Asia

• 16 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Marayati: the policies of the international community encourage the exodus of Christians Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a rumor that 17 Countries have opened their doors to Syrian refugees. This news has reignited with more force even among Christians the impulse to leave Syria". This was reported to Fi ...
• 16 October 2013
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - A response to the main need in East Timor: education Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuits of East Timor have taken a step forward in the realization of the project "Instituto de Educação Jesuita" obtaining 6.7 acres of land adjacent to their school. The institute for the t ...
• 15 October 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - Houses for Muslims built on the lands belonging to Christians. Sectarian balance at risk Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - An urgent reminder to curb the misuse of land belonging to Christians in order to build housing for the Muslims was launched on Monday, October 14 from Talal al- Doueihy, leader of the Movement " ...
• 14 October 2013
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Use of the word "Allah": appeal verdict unfavorable to Christians . "It violates religious freedom" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Court of Appeal in Kuala Lumpur, with a judgment delivered this morning, has prohibited the use of the term "Allah" to indicate "God" in the publications of the Catholic weekly "Herald" ...
• 14 October 2013
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur: "On the word Allah, a politicized case: the term will continue to be used in liturgies" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The judgment of the Court of Appeal on the use of the term Allah in Christian publications "was predictable: we expected this outcome: the case has been far too politicized" says to Fides A ...
• 14 October 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako establishes the Diocesan Pastoral Council. Laity have the management of financial affairs Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans Louis Raphael I Sako established the Pastoral Council for the Chaldean diocese in Baghdad, involving together with the auxiliary bishop Shlemon Warduni ...
• 11 October 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - New violence and arbitrary arrests against Christians New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - New violence against Christian communities in different places in India: As reported to Fides by the "All India Christian Council" (AICC) – a coalition that unites Christians of different de ...
• 11 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo: does not want a "Kurdish State" in the Syrian province of Jazira Hassaké (Agenzia Fides ) - "The only ones who want to create a Kurdish autonomous region in northern Syria are the militants of the PKK, the Abdullah Ocalan party. But the project does not even receive acclaim from othe ...
• 11 October 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Religious leaders work for peace Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal and a shared commitment "to work together in order to build security and peace in Myanmar" was launched by the Burmese religious leaders of different faiths, at the conclusion of ...
• 10 October 2013
  ASIA/JAPAN - "Pacem in Terris" in Japanese infects society Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - 50 years after its publication, the encyclical "Pacem in Terris", which Pope John XXIII addressed to the Church and all people of good will, is very modern and is experiencing a "second childhood ...
• 10 October 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church : "The massacre of Peshawar is strengthening our faith. Yes to dialogue with the Taliban" Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The tragic massacre of Peshawar, which according to official figures, has caused 126 deaths and injured 166, "is strengthening the faith of Christians in Pakistan. That attack, in the church, ...
• 10 October 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - "Faith is the happiness that God has given us" Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - "Faith is the happiness that God has given us". Thus begins the comment written by His Exc. Mgr. Thaddeus Ma Daqin with regards to Pope Francis’ encyclical Lumen Fidei (see Fides 10/08/2013). ...
• 9 October 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Philippine Church reflects on the "new evangelization" in Asia Manila (Agenzia Fides) - With a remarkable international conference, dedicated to the "new evangelization" and proclaimed by the Archbishop of Manila, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the Church of the Philippines stops to r ...
• 9 October 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - More than 60 religious leaders are in prison camps Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - There are 63 among Christian Pastors and other religious leaders detained in deplorable conditions in four prison camps in Vietnam. They are in prison with sentences ranging from 5 to 18 years, an ...
• 9 October 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - The properties of the Monastery of Mor Gabriel returned to the Syriac Orthodox community Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly of Foundations, the highest deliberative body of the cartel authorities that in Turkey manage the assets of minority religious communities, approved that the ownership of the lands o ...