Asia

• 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 ...
• 26 August 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Prayer and fasting for Fr. Dall'Oglio and for peace in Syria at the monastery of Deir Mar Musa Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - At the monastery of Deir Mar Musa, that is the Monastery of Saint Moses the Ethiopian in Syria, on August 27, on the eve of the liturgical feast of Saint Moses (which falls on August 28), one p ...
• 24 August 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - President Yudhoyono: more commitment against intolerance and for religious freedom Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he was concerned about the growing religious intolerance in Indonesia and promised that the country, champion of pluralism, will defend religio ...
• 24 August 2013
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Use of the word "Allah" for Christians: on September 10 the hearing for the government’s appeal Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The legal dispute on the use of the word "Allah" in Christian publications will be examined in the appeal hearing on September 10. As reported to Fides, this is the result of the decision o ...
• 23 August 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - "Faith grows among the persecuted Christians in Orissa": Archbishop Barwa five years after the pogroms Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Tertullian's observation: 'the blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians' has become a reality in the Church of Orissa": says His Exc. Mgr. John Barwa SVD, Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswa ...
• 23 August 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal of the Church and civil society: "In ethnic and religious diversity, the path is dialogue" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Authentic peace in Myanmar passes through "respect for ethnic and religious diversity". "A real peace process with ethnic minorities" is necessary which involves "national political dialogue," an ...