Asia

• 24 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Nobel Maguire at the Vatican: "Non-violence and dialogue are the only path to peace" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Non-violence, dialogue, reconciliation and peace are "the key words to solve the Syrian crisis." They are "the only possible way to avoid a regional degeneration of the conflict, with unpre ...
• 24 July 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic community in aid of earthquake victims Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of mainland China has been active, as always in these circumstances, to help the population of the Chinese province of Gan Su, hit by a violent earthquake at 7.45 o ...
• 23 July 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - More Syrian children are expected than Lebanese for the next school year in Lebanon Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - About half of the 6.8 million Syrians in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, both within Syria and on the borders, are school age children. According to UN data, the Country where there is th ...
• 23 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Technological Blasphemy": Christian couple arrested for insulting Muhammad via SMS Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - A new "front" of blasphemy seems to be opening in Pakistan after the life sentence of a man accused of having sent a blasphemous SMS (see Fides 15/07/2013), cases and complaints of blasphemy v ...
• 23 July 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Summer camp: a favorable opportunity to promote faith among boys and girls Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - With the arrival of the school holidays, the Catholic communities of mainland China are involved in the organization of summer camps, which are now a traditional annual event to promote t ...
• 22 July 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - A 3-year-old girl raped and murdered: the Archbishop of Calcutta calls for mobilization Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - A three year old girl was raped and murdered in the area of Hastings, in Calcutta. As learned by Fides, the body of the child, belonging to one of the many "homeless" families who live on the s ...
• 22 July 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Centre of Excellence for the recovery of street children Makati City (Agenzia Fides) - A program of assistance, protection and training with regards to the fundamental values of life in favor of street children continues to increase. We are talking about Tuloy Foundation prese ...
• 22 July 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The industrial area of Kaeseong, bordering the North re-opens: Mass of the Archbishop of Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To pray for reconciliation and to start up economic cooperation again between North and South Korea: with this spirit His Exc. Mgr. Andrew Yeom Soo-jung celebrated yesterday, 21 July, a Mass wit ...
• 19 July 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - More than a thousand faithful of the Diocese of Tai Yuan live the Year of Faith studying the documents of the Council on the Church and Ecumenism Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – To embody the spirit of the Second Vatican Council in one’s life and transform oneself in the face of Christ to witness faith: this is the meaning of the exhortation that His Exc. Mgr. Paul ...
• 19 July 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: Christians can contribute to justice in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians, although a small minority, are called, by virtue of their faith, to be the leaven of justice and peace in Orissa. Driven by their faith, hope and charity they are responsible fo ...
• 19 July 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - Eight Christians sentenced for "actions against the national security" Shiraz (Agenzia Fides) - Eight evangelical Christians in Shiraz were sentenced to jail after being found guilty of "action against the national security" and "propaganda against the order of the system". The news was giv ...
• 19 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New Report: deterioration of religious freedom and increasing violence in the country Washington (Agenzia Fides) - In the past 18 months we have witnessed a gradual deterioration of respect for religious freedom in Pakistan. Religious minorities such as Shia Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Ahmadis are ...
• 18 July 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA – March for peace on the border between the Koreas: Prayer for Reconciliation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Faithful Korean Catholics will march and pray for peace in the demilitarized area on the border between North and South Korea: As reported to Fides, it is one of the initiatives that characterize ...
• 18 July 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Protests against the anti-conversion law increase in Madhya Pradesh Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - In the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh protests of religious minorities against the amendments to the anti-conversion law increase. The changes exacerbate the punishment on the prohibition of conv ...
• 18 July 2013
  ASIA/MALAYSIA – Legal comparison Church-government on the use of the word "Allah"; the Nuncio promotes the line of dialogue Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The comparison between the Catholic Church and the Malaysian government on the use of the word "Allah" to refer to God in the Bible and in Christian publications is enriched by a new chapte ...