Asia

• 7 June 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - A mosque in Taksim Square? Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Premier Tayyip Erdogan, who returned yesterday to his country after his visit in some Countries of the Maghreb, called for the "immediate end" of the demonstrations which have trigg ...
• 7 June 2013
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A seminary attacked "for unknown reasons," says the Bishop Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - The inter-diocesan seminary "Jisu Dhyana Niloy" in the Diocese of Dinajpur, in the north of Bangladesh, was attacked yesterday afternoon by a group of local Muslims. This is confirmed to Fides ...
• 6 June 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Synod of the Chaldean Church has begun Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, June 5 the Synod of the Chaldean Church convened by the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans Louis Raphael I Sako began in Baghdad. The beginning of the assembly was also attend ...
• 6 June 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The crisis is a disadvantage for everyone: the Church welcomes the new North-South negotiations Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The willingness to re-open the joint industrial zone in Kaesong is a step forward that will kick off a process of thaw and rapprochement between North and South Korea. This is what the Korean Chur ...
• 6 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Extremists who burned the Christian area have been released; the man accused of blasphemy on trial Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of men who in March set fire to the Christian area of Lahore "Joseph Colony" were released by the police and out of 83 men identified and arrested, 31 have obtained bail. On the other ha ...
• 5 June 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Priests on pilgrimage to the tombs of the martyrs pray for peace Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To follow, in the Year of Faith, the example of the Korean Martyrs, a model of virtue and faith: with this spirit on 7 June, the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests, 600 priest ...
• 5 June 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Support Groups for families with disabled children Da Nang (Agenzia Fides) - Children with disabilities are the most subject to violence and abuse of all kinds, they are often exploited, kept hidden or locked up in institutions and are therefore among the most marginaliz ...
• 5 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Nawaz Sharif is Prime Minister, religious minorities are pessimistic with regards to the blasphemy issue Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Nawaz Sharif, leader of the "Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz" (PML-N), is officially the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Sharif today received the vote of confidence in parliament with 244 votes in f ...
• 5 June 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - The analyst Oktem: the revolt does not disavow the conciliation between Islam and democracy Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The parallel between the Turkish uprising and the Arab Springs "appears for the time being misleading," and the current crisis "cannot be taken as a pretext to deny the possible conciliation be ...
• 4 June 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 19 million faithful Indians pray, united with the Pope, for the respect of women in India Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - More than 19 million Catholics in India united with the Holy Father in solemn Eucharistic Adoration on June 2, scattered in parishes, monasteries and other religious institutions across India. Th ...
• 4 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pressures of the police to save the rapists of a young Christian Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Sectors of the police have moved to save the rapists of a Christian girl, Fouzia Bibi, a 15-year-old in the district of Kasur in Punjab, brutally raped by two Muslim men Shabir Ali and Sher Moham ...
• 3 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - What does the future hold for Christians after the election? The problem concerning blasphemy Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - What future do Christians have in Pakistan? After the recent elections that brought to power the "Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz" (PML-N) party and decreed new Premier Nawaz Sharif, many Christi ...
• 3 June 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Melkite Archbishop of Aleppo: "Chaos and rubble in Syria. United with the Pope we call for dialogue " Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "We see only chaos and destruction in a conflict that is against everything and everyone. In a country disfigured, with the civilian population led to the slaughter, Pope Francis’ appeal calls ...
• 3 June 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - Bishop Pelatre with regards to the riots: the prospect of compromise seems to have the upper hand Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The riots which broke out in Turkey are a "warning sign" that the Turkish government might want to consider if it is to protect the stability that in the past 10 years has favored the country's ...
• 29 May 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops to the government: no to religious discrimination in textbooks Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The education and formation of the mentality of young people are one of the key points on which to intervene to change Pakistan, to reduce religious intolerance and to promote harmony and peac ...