Asia

• 3 May 2013
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Bishop of Galle: "Dialogue with Buddhists, no to all forms of violence. The Pope encourages us " Galle (Agenzia Fides) - Heartfelt concern for the violence that occurs in Sri Lanka; renewed appeal of dialogue and willingness to "build social and religious harmony in the country"; "thanks for the Pope’s words to th ...
• 3 May 2013
  ASIA/YEMEN - Kidnapping and torture of migrants released by military raids Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - The Yemeni army has launched a crackdown on illegal trafficking in the north of the country where migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and refugees from the Horn of Africa are often held captive an ...
• 3 May 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Syrian Orthodox Metropolitan Kawak: Turkey help us to free the kidnapped bishops Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "Turkey is important to resolve the situation of our two brother bishops of Aleppo kidnapped. The entire northern Syria is now somewhat under Turkish control, so it is important to talk with th ...
• 2 May 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Islamic militants to the Christian missionaries: "Leave Kashmir" Jammu (Agenzia Fides) - New allegations and threats by Islamic extremists against the Christian missionaries in Kashmir, where the social and religious situation remains explosive. As sources of Fides report, the "United ...
• 2 May 2013
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - An American sentenced to hard labor: religions call for dialogue Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that the case of Kenneth Bae will be used by North Korea to open a direct dialogue with the United States. As religious communities we renew our call for dialogue, respect for human rig ...
• 2 May 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - A Prayer for the Chaldean Synod Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – On June 5 the first Synod of the Chaldean Church convened by the new Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, who was elected last January 31 will begin in Baghdad. The agenda of the synodal assembly i ...
• 2 May 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - DEEPEST CONDOLENCES FROM MGR. SAVIO HON TAI FAI FOR THE DEATH OF BISHOP JIN Dear Brothers and Sisters, My deepest condolences to you all! When the news of the death of our beloved Bishop JIN reached me, I felt very sad. I still have fond memories of the Seminary in Sheshan, when Bishop JI ...
• 30 April 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Formation and awareness on rights, health, prevention of women from violence Pune (Agenzia Fides) - In India, boys are taught to continue their family activities, while girls are trained to be "good wives and submissive." Forced to marry very soon, they have to leave their families and live with ...
• 30 April 2013
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - The Jesuits: apostolate in prisons in Dili, encouraged by Pope Francis Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The apostolate in prisons, especially with young prisoners, is one of the special ministries for the Jesuit community in Dili, capital of East Timor. As reported to Fides, the second Sunday of each ...
• 30 April 2013
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The case of the Buddhist "Taliban" explodes: Church re-launches the work for religious harmony Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The group of Buddhist fundamentalist monks, extremist and violent seriously concern civil society and religious minorities. This is 'the alarm sent to Fides Agency by His Exc. Mgr. Raymond Wickr ...
• 29 April 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The industrial complex of Kaesong closes but the "North-South cooperation is not completely interrupted," notes the Church Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - South Korea has begun to return home workers engaged in the industrial complex in Kaesong, an area of economic production on the border between the Koreas, the result of cooperation between the go ...
• 29 April 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Holy Week of the Eastern Churches begins in the sign of the bishops kidnapped Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian communities in Syria are working together to plead for the release of the two bishops of Aleppo kidnapped – the Syrian-Orthodox Metropolitan Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim and the ...
• 29 April 2013
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A missionary: "The collapse of the factory brings together the elements of discontent: explosive situation" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The story of the collapse of the factory on the outskirts of Dhaka" has shocked the nation and has aggregated all the elements of discontent in society," says to Fides Agency Fr. Silvano Garello, ...
• 27 April 2013
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Eight arrests for the collapse of the factory, three Christian girls missing Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - As one continues to dig under the rubble of the eight-storey building which collapsed last Wednesday on the outskirts of Dhaka, burying more than three thousand people, all workers from three text ...
• 27 April 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The "new Korean martyrs": an example in the Year of Faith Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Faith is even martyrdom. We wanted to express our spiritual closeness to all the faithful who bore witness to their faith in the distant past, in recent decades, and many still keep alight the fl ...