Asia

• 13 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Caritas Asia: the victims of Typhoon Haiyan "a message of love and hope" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - A "message of love and hope" to the population of the Philippines from Caritas Asia. In a statement released by the organization and sent to Fides Agency, the 23 Caritas of Asian countries expre ...
• 13 November 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Buddhist protest against the visit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Muslims go away!": With this slogan hundreds of Burmese citizens of Buddhist religion in Myanmar today welcomed the arrival of a delegation from the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), ...
• 13 November 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Mourning in the Episcopate Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 October, His Exc. Mgr. Peter Liu Guandong, Bishop Emeritus of the Apostolic Prefecture of Yixian (Yihsien), in Hebei Province (Mainland China) returned to the Father's house, at the age of 94 ...
• 13 November 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - "Ad interim" government of the Syrian opposition: Christians, excluded, protest Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of the Syriac and Assyrian Christian members of the Syrian National Coalition - the Syrian opposition groups recognized last year as the sole legitimate representative of th ...
• 13 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Incalculable material damage, more than 4 million people devastated by Hayan: NGOs mobilize Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Among the many humanitarian organizations that are mobilizing to help the people of the Philippines, also Manos Unidas, engaged in the Asian country for over 25 years, together with the organizat ...
• 12 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Double the mortality rate of people with disabilities compared to the rest of the population affected by the typhoon Iloilo City (Agenzia Fides) - An alarming fact is added to the very serious situation that the Philippine population is experiencing due to the violent typhoon Hayan. Unfortunately people with disabilities are those most ...
• 12 November 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Mortar shells on the center of Damascus: children, civilians and churches affected Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Mortar shells damaged the Primary Christian School St. John Damascene yesterday in the district of Al-Qassaa in Damascus, killing 5 children and wounding 27 others. Another rocket hit a school ...
• 12 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: novena of national prayer for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The faithful Filipinos will carry out, in all the churches of the nation, a special novena of prayer for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan (locally called "Yolanda"), to ask God for protection and su ...
• 11 November 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Catholic Bishops: foreign representatives favor the flight of Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Among the factors which encourage the exodus of Christians from Iraq there is also the practice adopted by many foreign embassies and consulates that facilitate the granting of visas for asylum ...
• 11 November 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - From Korea solidarity and aid to the victims of Typhoon Haiyen Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Solidarity and aid to the Philippine people affected in recent days by the typhoon Haiyen (locally known as "Yolanda") come from different Asian countries. In particular, as reported to Fides, His ...
• 11 November 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Contrasts between the jihadist factions. Father Karam: it is now a war "all against all" Beirut ( Agenzia Fides) - The leader of al-Qaeda Ayman Zawahiri with an official pronouncement has delegitimized the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the jihadist organization that last year had assumed a heg ...
• 11 November 2013
  ASIA/YEMEN - No marriages to minors: the Ministry intervenes for the Protection of Human Rights Taiz (Agenzia Fides) - After the most recent reported cases of early marriages, reported by the YemenPost, the Ministry for the Protection of Human Rights in Yemen has issued a warning to local authorities to prevent the ...
• 9 November 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - A Bishop of Orissa: "The Church relieves the suffering of the people affected by the cyclone" Balasore (Agenzia Fides) - Because of cyclone Phailin, which in recent weeks "has caused untold misery and tragedies in Orissa, the Church prays for the victims and is fully committed to alleviating the suffering of the ...
• 9 November 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - A Christian Iranian; rigorous imprisonment for a Pastor arrested unjustly Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Iranian Mostafa Bordbar was released from prison after winning an appeal against the sentence to 10 years in prison, which had been imposed in July 2013. As Fides learns, the releas ...
• 9 November 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Director of Caritas: the refugee camp in Zaatari will become a "provisional city" Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The biggest refugee camp hosting Syrian refugees, displaced in the Jordanian desert, is about to become a "temporary city". This is confirmed to Fides Agency by Wael Suleiman, Director of Caritas ...