Asia

• 5 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Christian girl's rapists will be prosecuted Kasur (Agenzia Fides) - A court in Pattoki in the district of Kasur, Punjab province, has formalized the charges of rape against two Muslim men who in February raped the Christian 15-year-old Fouzia Bibi. Shabir Ali and ...
• 5 July 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - Pastor Asserian released Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The Pentecostal pastor Robert Asserian, a member of the Assemblies of God in the Iranian capital was released on bail. The release, which took place on Tuesday, July 2, was reported to Fides by t ...
• 5 July 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - Christians between hope and skepticism, after the victory of a moderate religious in the election Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The victory of the moderate religious Hassan Rouhani in the recent presidential elections in Iran increases expectations and hopes among the Christian communities in the Islamic republic, althoug ...
• 4 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - A Catholic Belgian priest and a monastery are in the sights of the jihadists Qara (Agenzia Fides) - The Belgian Catholic priest Fr. Daniel Maes, 74, of the religious Order of "Canons Regular Premonstratensian", is in the sights of jihadist groups who intend to eliminate him and invade the monaste ...
• 4 July 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Cardinal Van Thuan, controversial hero of faith, "for the Vietnamese he is already a saint" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "For the faithful he is already a saint. Hundreds of testimonies of Catholics have been collected, many say they prayed and received graces through his intercession. The faithful love him and pray ...
• 3 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence against minorities: the case of three Christian women stripped naked and humiliated shakes the nation Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - An episode of violence against Christians has become a "political case" in Pakistan. Three Christian women were beaten, stripped naked and humiliated publicly in a village near Pattoki, in the di ...
• 3 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Discrimination and hatred: the church and civil society take stock of the problems concerning Christian minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Becoming aware of the discrimination, injustice, prejudice of whom Christians in Pakistan face and are victims, about 3% of the population, and the necessity to report these issues to the new gov ...
• 2 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The "Caliphate" of Saraqib, where Fr. Murad was killed Idlib (Agenzia Fides) - The governorate of Idlib has become "the caliphate of Saraqib." The region of Idlib, in the northwest of Syria, between Aleppo and Hama, controlled by Islamist factions of the Syrian rebels, is th ...
• 2 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Rape and atrocities on a young Christian in Qusair Qusair (Agenzia Fides) - Mariam was a 15-year-old Christian from Qusair, a city of the governorate in Homs, 35 km south of the capital. The city, which had become a stronghold of the Syrian rebels, was reconquered by the ...
• 2 July 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Young Filipino women sexually abused by state officials: the complaint of a missionary Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Young Filipino women are victims of sexual abuse by government officials, serving in the Philippine embassies in the Middle East: the complaint is sent to Fides by Fr. Shay Cullen, a Catholic pri ...
• 2 July 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - The election of Rohani seen by Iranian Jews Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The election of new Iranian President Hassan Rohani is for Iranian Jews the confirmation that "Iran is a democratic Country, where it is quite normal to change President and Members of Parliament ...
• 1 July 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Teenagers captured by satanic rituals: alarm for Christians Nagaland (Agenzia Fides) - The teenagers of the state of Nagaland in Northeast India are seduced by satanic groups that spread also through social networks. According to Fides sources, only in the last few months, more t ...
• 1 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Military offensive on refugee camps in the north Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The refugee camp in Bab al-Salam was the subject of an air raid by the Syrian Air Force where seven people were seriously injured, including a child. This was reported to Fides Agency by sources ...
• 28 June 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - New report on the civil war: Christians are among the "most vulnerable" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - As the sacrifice of human lives in the Syrian conflict reaches the threshold of 100 thousand deaths, a detailed 78-page report commissioned and published by Open Doors International (relief age ...
• 28 June 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Religious leaders’ appeal: "Stop religious hatred; together for the development of the country" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the major religions in Myanmar launched a strong appeal to the nation to stop religious violence and build together the well-being and "a future of hope for the country": says a jo ...