Asia

• 29 October 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Ethnic minorities at a conference: a common strategy in view of a peace agreement Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - A session of talks between the representatives of 19 ethnic Burmese minority groups started today in the Kachin State in northern Myanmar, which aims to develop a common position and strategy, ...
• 28 October 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu extremists attack Christians with the charges of "forced conversions" Kalva (Agenzia Fides) - An assembly of faithful Christians was attacked yesterday, Sunday 27 October, by Hindu extremists belonging to the Radical Group "Bajrang Dal" in Kalva, Indian state of Maharashtra. As reported to ...
• 25 October 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Reception centers for street children Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Provincial Government of Jakarta is planning reception centers for street children and victims of violence. The construction of safe houses for children is among the priorities of the local ...
• 25 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christian book burning in Raqqa Raqqa (Agenzia Fides) - The militia of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the faction that in several regions of Syria monopolized the armed insurrection against the regime in Damascus in recent days have o ...
• 25 October 2013
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - A Tamil priest: The government has failed in reconciliation, a prophetic role of religious leaders is needed Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Sri Lankan government has failed in national reconciliation in the aftermath of the civil war. In such situation, we need a prophetic role of religious leaders: this is what S.J. Emmanuel, a ...
• 25 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Orthodox Bishop: a humanitarian corridor to save civilians of Sadad is needed Homs (Agenzia Fides) - The Metropolitan Silwanos Boutros Alnemeh, titular of the Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Homs and Hama, has launched an appeal to institutions and international humanitarian organizations on behalf ...
• 24 October 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - "Let us run for the poor" at the Beijing Marathon 2013 Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Run for the charitable works of the Church; we have to run for our poor, elderly, orphans, the sick ....; we have to run to witness our faith": this is how a few participants in the Beijing Int ...
• 24 October 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - Christians sentenced to 80 lashes for having drunk the Eucharist wine Rasht (Agenzia Fides) - A court in the Iranian city of Rasht sentenced four members of the "Church of Iran", Christian Protestant denomination, to 80 lashes each for drinking communion wine during a Christian liturgy. Th ...
• 24 October 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - Patriarch Twal opens the Conference on the role of women in the Middle East Fuheis (Agenzia Fides) - With a report on the role of women in the Church and society in the Middle East, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal opens on Thursday, October 24 in Fuheis the conference organized by th ...
• 24 October 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Proposal to the Government: an "Islamic triumvirate" to unblock peace in the southern Philippines Zamboanga del Sud (Agenzia Fides) - To end the stalemate regarding peace negotiations in the South of the Philippines "the solution could be to create, for the new 'Bangsamoro region' - Autonomous Region for Muslim commu ...
• 23 October 2013
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Premier: "Christians in Borneo can use the term Allah"; the Bishops criticize the "misinformed judges" Kota Kinabalu (Agenzia Fides) - The Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak said that the Christians of Malaysian Borneo - ie those residing in the states of Sabah and Sarawak - can continue to use the term "Allah" during ...
• 23 October 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES – After two years, Fr. Fausto Tentorio’s murder goes unpunished Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - Two years since the murder of PIME missionary Fr. Fausto Tentorio, the crime goes unpunished. The missionary was killed on October 17, 2011 at his parish in Arakan, in the province of North Co ...
• 23 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Incursion of the Islamist militias in the Christian city of Sadad Sadad (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian city of Sadad, situated in a strategic area along the road that joins Homs to Damascus, has been since yesterday at the center of the battle between the army of Assad and rebel milit ...
• 23 October 2013
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Commission "Justice and Peace" in Jaffna denounces "the genocide of Tamils" Jaffna (Agenzia Fides) - "A genocide of the Tamil people is in progress in Sri Lanka": this is a strong and circumstantial complaint sent by the Commission "Justice and Peace" of the diocese of Jaffna in the north of Sri ...
• 22 October 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Parliament debates on the revision of the Constitution, on corruption and development Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The revision of the Constitution of 1992 and other important measures on issues such as corruption and socio-economic development are at the center of the sixth session of the National Assembly in ...