Asia

• 13 January 2014
  ASIA/THAILAND - Tensions and protests in Bangkok, the Church: "May the outcome be peaceful" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – With regards to the tensions and anti-government protests being carried out today in the capital of Bangkok, with a strong impact on social and civic life, "the only important thing is: that t ...
• 10 January 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - The Bishop of San Yuan illustrates the Pope's message for World Day of Peace to the lay pastoral workers San Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father's Message for the XLVII World Day of Peace on January 1, 2014, titled "Fraternity, the foundation and the Pathway to Peace", was the theme of the meeting led by His Exc. Mgr. Ha ...
• 10 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - "Adopt a parish in Syria". The initiative of an Armenian Catholic priest Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - The Armenian Catholic priest Karnik Youssef Hovsepian, of the parish of St. Joseph in Qamishli, on the occasion of the Epiphany launched an initiative online "Adopt a parish in Syria" to raise ...
• 10 January 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Missionary Childhood children in Lebanon help Syrian refugee children Beirut ( Agenzia Fides) - Missionary Childhood (IM) Day will be celebrated on Sunday, January 26th, which has always had the motto "Children help children". Among the various initiatives, the young children of IM in Leba ...
• 10 January 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Christians are increasing in Aceh, but no permission is given to build churches Banda Aceh (Agenzia Fides) - The small Christian community in the Indonesian province of Aceh, in North Sumatra, is not getting permission to build churches, the local Churches tell Fides. In the province, known because ...
• 10 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Syriac and Armenian recognized as official languages Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi Parliament has also recognized Syriac and Armenian among the official languages of the Country, along with the language spoken by the Turkmens. The Official Languages Act was passed by ...
• 10 January 2014
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - "Accompanying and evangelizing young people" : Archbishop Goh’s Message Singapore (Agenzia Fides ) - "I call on you to build a deep communion with the young people so that you may evangelise them. Young people need us to feel with them, empathise with their struggles and pains. They seek to ...
• 9 January 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Bishops: Lebanon looks like the Prometheus of the Middle East Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanon looks like Prometheus, the mythological greek friend of mankind, punished by the gods for having brought to men the gift of fire. In the same way, the Land of the cedars is affected beca ...
• 9 January 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Dalai Lama: "Forced conversion is an oxymoron" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Dalai Lama disapproves of "forced conversion" from one faith to another, defining the term "forced conversion" an "oxymoron", ie the combination of two terms entirely opposed to each other. Th ...
• 9 January 2014
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - "Allah" issue: more than 100 complaints to the Director of the Catholic weekly Herald Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Lawrence Andrew, Malaysian priest and director of the Catholic newspaper "Herald", a diocesan weekly in Kuala Lumpur, is being investigated by the Malaysian justice and is likely to be ...
• 9 January 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ayatollah al-Sistani: the violence against Christians are a threat to the whole country Najaf (Agenzia Fides) - Violence that affect Christians in Iraq represent a loss for the entire country. This is the conviction expressed by Ayatollah Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani, during a meeting on Wednesday, January 8th ...
• 8 January 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - An Interfaith Council established by the Commune of Zamboanga City Zamboanga city (Agenzia Fides) - The City Council of Zamboanga City, a city on the island of Mindanao, has approved an ordinance that establishes a special "Interfaith Council of the city". The ordinance creates the new ...
• 8 January 2014
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Archbishop of Dhaka: "Messengers of hope among violence and social confusion" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The small minority of Bengali Christians "brings a message of hope among violence and confusion": is what the Archbishop of Dhaka, Msg. Patrick D' Rozario says in an interview with Fides Agency, d ...
• 8 January 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: may Geneva 2 not turn Syria into an Islamist State Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians of Syria, "hope that the Geneva 2 Conference opens prospects for democracy, freedom and equality for Syria". This is the reason why I am opposed to any Islamist drift that claims ...
• 7 January 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Bishop of Mannar calls for an international investigation into war crimes in Sri Lanka Mannar (Agenzia Fides) - "We urgently need an international investigation to ascertain the truth about alleged war crimes, given that most of the Tamils in the north and east of the country no longer have confidence in a ...