Asia

• 13 May 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church: "Democracy strengthens: constructive dialogue with the new Premier" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - After the general election, which saw the clear victory of Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N, "the hope is good, constructive dialogue has already started. Sharif has a good ap ...
• 11 May 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Water emergency for 90 disabled Muslims rescued by Christians Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Ninety disabled people forced to flee the aleppino neighborhood of Cheikh Maksoud - an area conquered in recent weeks by the anti-Assad militias - received hospitality in a hostel owned by the Ap ...
• 10 May 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - The country has the highest number of child deaths within the first 24 hours of life New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Every year a million children die within 24 hours of birth, and 2 million before the age of 3 months old. This is what emerges in a recently published report by the NGO Save the Children, in w ...
• 10 May 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops' Appeal for the elections: "Vote for those who promote harmony" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "As Bishops, we invite you to vote for those who promise a free, fair, democratic, respectful society and for those who are seriously engaged in building social harmony, to create harmony among ...
• 10 May 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - International day of prayer for peace Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday, May 11 the Syrian Christians of all Churches and ecclesial communities have organized a day of prayer to "pray God to grant mercy to Syria and to put an end to the violence." The appeal ...
• 10 May 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Two missionaries who distributed biblical pamphlets: beaten and arrested Srinagar (Agenzia Fides) – First the onslaught of the crowd that beat them savagely. Then arrested by the police, who rescued them from a secure lynching. This is the fate of two missionary lay Christians, who were acc ...
• 8 May 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - A "Turkish plan" for Syriac Christians? Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey may offer Turkish citizenship to all Syriacs of the Christian community who are or have been related to former citizens of Turkey and who are now in a d ...
• 8 May 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Threats to a Christian NGO committed to a transparent policy and the participation of women Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The women of a Christian NGO have received threats by Rao Kasif Raheem Khan, a Muslim candidate of the "Pakistan Muslim League-N" party for their campaign of education of voters with regards ...
• 7 May 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - International effort for the release of the Bishops kidnapped, but beware of fake mediators Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A great international and ecumenical effort is in progress to try to save the lives and release the two Bishops of Aleppo in Syria kidnapped two weeks ago, the Syrian Orthodox Gregorios Yohannn ...
• 7 May 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - No justice for the Christian victims of the massacres in Orissa: the figures of impunity Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Five years after the anti-Christian massacres that shocked Kandhamal district in the Indian state of Orissa, justice is still far and impunity prevails. In the "pogrom" of 2008, over 400 vil ...
• 6 May 2013
  ASIA/NEPAL - We need to change behavioral attitudes to combat malnutrition Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Across the country, child malnutrition, which causes stunting (low height for age, also known as chronic malnutrition) and other long-term effects on health, is not due to food insecurity or l ...
• 6 May 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop Audo: Easter in the tears of our Orthodox brothers Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "They sang 'Christ is risen', and while repeating those words of joy and victory, they all had tears in their eyes. All their prayers mingled with their tears." With this image the Chaldean Bisho ...
• 6 May 2013
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Islamic radicals ravage Dhaka: Archbishop's appeal for peace Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of violence, "an effort of good will and peace, from all parts of society" is needed: is what the Archbishop of Dhaka, Patrick D'Rozario asks for in a statement released after the unre ...
• 6 May 2013
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - After the election, a plan of "national reconciliation" Kuala lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - A new process of "national reconciliation" to dampen the ethnic and religious polarization in Malaysian society: is the path outlined by Prime Minister Najib Razak, of the "Barisan National ...
• 3 May 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Young Christians organize markets to pay for the trip to the next WYD Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, May 1 at the Chaldean Church of St. Joseph in Baghdad the do-it-yourself market organized by young Iraqi Christians was inaugurated in order to find funds to support the expenses o ...