Asia

• 11 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - A food embargo in Aleppo: there is "no bread" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Supplies and goods have been blocked, including food, a real "food embargo", which is devastating the civilian population of Aleppo. The block, now in its seventh day, was imposed by rebel groups ...
• 10 July 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Year of Faith: visit of the Papal Representative to the nuns of the diocese of Bui Chu Bui Chu (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of Bui Chu have dedicated their life to the Church and society as a whole, because it is based on prayer and service to the poor and the sick: this is the recognition of Mgr. Leopold ...
• 10 July 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A nation consecrated to Mary, for the common good: Bishops' Message Manila (Agenzia Fides) – National consecration to the Virgin Mary in order to have light in dealing with difficult pastoral challenges the nation is facing: is what the Bishops of the Philippines are doing in a message ...
• 9 July 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians: no to the new anti-conversion law in Madhya Pradesh Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - Christians of the state of Madhya Pradesh (Central India) strongly oppose a measure that exacerbates the existing measures on the prohibition of conversion. The new law was approved by the execut ...
• 9 July 2013
  ASIA - Bishop Wickramasinghe: major effort for inter-religious harmony is needed in Asia Galle (Agenzia Fides) - "We call on all people of good will to promote dialogue among believers of all religions in Asia: it is urgent to promote mutual respect, understanding, harmony, love and peace in the hearts and m ...
• 9 July 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES – Mgr. Villegas, Cardinal Sin’s successor, dusts off the "critical collaboration" with the government Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The relationship between Church and government will be marked by a "critical collaboration": His Exc. Mgr. Socrates Villegas, Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan and newly elected President of the Cat ...
• 9 July 2013
  ASIA/ISRAEL - The Justice and Peace Commission intervenes on the recruitment of Christian Arabs into the army Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A document which has just released by the Justice and Peace Commission - a body linked to the Assembly of Ordinary Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land and presided by the Patriarch Emeritus Mich ...
• 8 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Fr. Dall'Oglio’s appeal for peace during Ramadan Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The holy month of Ramadan is a time of penance and conversion to God and is a time to ask our brothers and sisters’ forgiveness. We ask the grace of repentance for everyone. We ask it while clai ...
• 8 July 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako to priests: priesthood is a mission, not business Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In recent years, the weakness in the management of the central authority, the vacatio of several episcopal sees, the lack of security and the state of perpetual socio-political emergency experie ...
• 8 July 2013
  ASIA - Asian Bishops: conviction for violence against Buddha, more effort against divisions New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Asian Bishops strongly condemn the violence against Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya. They also condemn the mentality of division, discrimination and communalism that breeds violence. They de ...
• 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 ...