Asia

• 2 December 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Silsilah" movement chosen for the Goi Peace Award Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "We have chosen the “narrow road” of those who live and promote a Culture of Dialogue starting from a personal transformation in the midst of divisions and conflicts. This is for us the best w ...
• 29 November 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Twal: pray for rain Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "Rain is late in our Holy Land and the threat of drought is hanging over us. In times of drought, we must pray that God bless us and have mercy on us and provide us with our needs – especial ...
• 29 November 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – The Christian Younis Masih, sentenced to death for blasphemy, has been released Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – It is a day of joy for the Christian community in Pakistan: the 35 year-old Christian Younis Masih was released yesterday, with a decision on behalf of the Court of Appeal in Lahore. Masih was ...
• 29 November 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ – EU delegate: the government of Baghdad does not protect minorities. Let us give EU subsidies to the NGOs Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The European Union "must stop sending such financial aid to Baghdad, where it simply disappears, but must instead give it directly to the NGOs who are actively helping the Syrian refugees in Iraq. ...
• 28 November 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Alarm among Christians: the scourge of blasphemy gets worse, four cases in a month Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Although many Muslims have expressed solidarity with Christians, victims of the tragic suicide bombing in the church of Peshawar, on September 22, there is a sharp increase in complaints and in ...
• 28 November 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - The oldest Christian place of worship will become a mosque in Istanbul Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The ancient monastery of San Giovanni in Studion, currently classified as the museum complex, will be transformed into a mosque in 2014, once the restoration work in progress are completed. The ...
• 28 November 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - A parish priest: "The exodus of civil Christians from Qara, invaded by foreign jihadists" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Christian and non-Christian villages, in the north of Damascus, are targeted by foreign jihadist armed groups, bringing only death and destruction. This is what was stated by Fr. George Louis, ...
• 27 November 2013
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Use of the word "Allah": UN's appeal to the government, in the name of freedom of expression and religion Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Malaysian government should permit the use of the word "Allah" in the columns of the Catholic weekly "Herald" in the name of freedom of expression and religion: says a team of UN observ ...
• 27 November 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Pax Christi International: Europe must not close its doors to Syrian refugees Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Pax Christi International urgently appeals to the government in Damascus and forces involved in the Syrian conflict so that the Country's borders are opened in order to allow humanitarian relie ...
• 27 November 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Controversy between a priest and the Korean President: the Archbishop of Seoul invites priests not to get involved in politics Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The laity, not the clergy, have the responsibility of administering and participating directly in politics: this was confirmed in a statement sent to Fides Agency by the Archbishop of Seoul, His E ...
• 26 November 2013
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A new church in Dinajpur, a sign of rebirth at the conclusion of the Year of Faith Kodbir (Agenzia Fides) - The Year of Faith ended with an event in Bangladesh defined by all as "highly symbolic": the consecration of a new church and the simultaneous creation of a new parish in Kodbir (the 15th in the ...
• 26 November 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop Menamparampil: " Persecuted? Beware of false martyrdom and proselytism" Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - "If we are persecuted because of our carelessness , institutional arrogance, lack of cultural integration, we should not consider ourselves martyrs ": is what is stated in a note sent to Fides ...
• 26 November 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Concrete proposals to preserve the demographic balance in the Christian -majority areas Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The first conference sponsored by the "Friends of Bartala" organization to denounce the tampering of the demographic balance in areas where historically indigenous Christian communities in Iraq we ...
• 26 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The poor wait outside hospitals because they cannot pay their visits and treatments and very often die Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - The consequences of the earthquake and Hayan typhoon that hit the Philippine population continues to get worse also because of the poor condition of the various hospitals, including the Hospital of ...
• 25 November 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - The Sisters of the Diocese of Su Zhou end the Year of Faith with a pilgrimage Su Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – A three-day pilgrimage to the Cathedral and the Shrine of Our Lady, in the Archdiocese of Ji Nan: this is how the Diocesan Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation of the Virgin of the ...