Asia

• 29 August 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Sharif’s Pakistan stops the executioner Islamabad ( Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani government led by Nawaz Sharif, leader of the "Pakistan Muslim League -N" has officially suspended 468 capital executions, confirming the moratorium that has existed in the coun ...
• 29 August 2013
  ASIA/YEMEN - More than 8,000 refugees damaged by sudden torrential rains Sana'a ( Agenzia Fides) - Torrential rains have destroyed half of the camps and caused extensive damage in the three refugee camps (IDPs ) near Haradh, in north-western Yemen. More than 8,000 people have been affected, a ...
• 29 August 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The prayers of Aleppo so that the international military intervention is avoided Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "Here people live in uncertainty and are suffering, but no one expects the release from bombs and missiles of an outside military intervention. Even for me it would be madness to carry out acts o ...
• 29 August 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA – Perpetual night adoration to beg for peace and stop terrorism Qarah ( Agenzia Fides) - In the face of danger, the uncertain future, against the evil of war and terrorism, "powerful weapons are prayer and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament": in the Monastery of St. James in Qarah (c ...
• 28 August 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES – An "Interfaith Muslim-Christian Council" begins in the home of Abu Sayyaf Jolo (Agenzia Fides) - After a year of preparation work, the "Interfaith Council of Leaders-Sulu" has officially started, the small string of islands in the southern Philippines, known for being the home and the basis of ...
• 28 August 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - The Diocese of Zheng Ding welcomes three new workers of the vineyard of the Lord Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - More than 1,600 faithful from different dioceses in mainland China on August 22, 2013 attended the priestly ordination of three new priests of the Diocese of Zheng Ding (today Shi Jia Zhu ...
• 28 August 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Nobel Prize Laureate Maguire: "A military action will destabilize the Middle East, we need a political solution" Belfast (Agenzia Fides) - "A military action of the U.S. or NATO forces will not solve the problems of Syria. It could lead to the death of thousands of Syrians and the shattering of Syria. It will mean the further escap ...
• 28 August 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Appeal from Deir Mar Musa: "No to military intervention and all forms of violence" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - While a military attack of Western armed forces in Syria seems imminent, "an appeal for peace and the rejection of all forms of violence" rises from the monastery of Deir Mar Musa (The Monaster ...
• 28 August 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: Intervention against Syria would be "a disaster" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The US-led military intervention against Syria would be "a disaster. It would be like a volcano erupting with an explosion meant to destroy Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine. And maybe someone wants this ...
• 27 August 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - A program to reduce the trafficking of girls Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) – Human trafficking, mainly women and girls, is one of the most serious violations of human dignity and human rights. Alarmed by the increase in cases of trafficking and exploitation of tribal gi ...
• 27 August 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - "Let us give a hand to fulfil the dream of study" Wan Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty university students from poor families received financial aid on August 23 from the Diocese of Wan Zhou in Si Chuan province in mainland China. The initiative is part of the campaign "Le ...
• 27 August 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archbishop of Seoul and Cardinal Grocholewski: education as a means of evangelization in Asia Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Re-launching education and the formation of the clergy as a way to evangelize Asian nations: is the orientation which emerged during the talks between the Archbishop of Seoul, His Exc. Mgr. Yeom ...
• 27 August 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako to the Christians of Kurdistan: Do not sell your homes Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans Louis Raphael I Sako addressed to the Christians of Iraqi Kurdistan a strong reminder to "cling to their villages" and not to sell the houses and lands ...
• 26 August 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The turbulent context of Raqqa and the mission of Fr. Paolo Dall'Oglio Raqqa (Agenzia Fides) – This silence regarding the fate of the Jesuit Fr. Paolo Dall'Oglio, who disappeared about a month ago in the area of Raqqa, generates fear and concern in the Christian community and in Syrian so ...
• 26 August 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - "Rape is social alarm", says the Church New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly and unequivocally condemn the recent gang rape of a photojournalist in Mumbai. A crime against women such as rape is a crime against humanity. It is urgent to immediately stop thi ...