Asia

• 5 April 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - In Aleppo Christians fleeing rebel-held areas. A fatwa "authorizes" to rape women who are not Sunni Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The conquest of the district of Cheikh Maksoud by the anti-Assad militia which took place in recent days could mark the fate of Aleppo, the metropolis battered for months by a bloody civil war. " ...
• 4 April 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Funeral for the priest killed in Kerala in Bangalore Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of Fr. Kochupuryil J. Thomas, Rector of the Major Seminary of Bangalore, who was assassinated by unknown persons on the night of 31 March and 1 April will be held on April 8. The f ...
• 4 April 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack on a Christian area, stones at a church in Punjab: the local community on alert Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A fight between young Christians and Muslims, a Muslim mob that attacked the Christian area, burned shops, cars and motorcycles, stopped only by the intervention of the police, with a toll of six ...
• 3 April 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archbishop of Seoul, "Graces and blessings on our brothers and sisters in North Korea" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The response to threats of war are "abundant graces and blessings for our brothers and sisters, separated from us, in North Korea": This is what the Archbishop of Seoul, His Exc. Mgr. Andrew Yeom ...
• 3 April 2013
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Parents forced to sell their children to cope with poverty Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - The extreme poverty in which the majority of the Afghan population lives has fueled the phenomenon of child trafficking, particularly in the last decade. One of the last episodes reported in the l ...
• 3 April 2013
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Doors open to the immigration of the Copts persecuted? The Israeli government denies Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The recent, surprising rumors about an alleged preferential lane reserved by Israeli authorities to the immigration of Christian Copts fleeing Egypt politically in the hands of the Muslim Brot ...
• 3 April 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - After eight years in prison, a Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy has been acquitted Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Younis Masih, a Christian sentenced to death on false charges of blasphemy, in prison since 2005, was acquitted today, April 3, by the High Court of Lahore, at the conclusion of the appeal proces ...
• 27 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Coutts: "At Easter, our churches will be packed" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Fear and violence will not prevent Christians of Pakistan to celebrate with great devotion, and massive presence, Easter. His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Coutts, Archbishop of Lahore and President of the E ...
• 27 March 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Meeting between representatives of the Churches on the condition and the current problems of the Christian communities Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Tuesday, March 26 leaders and representatives of the Churches and Christian communities in Iraq gathered at the headquarters of the Chaldean Patriarchate in Bagdad to discuss the pres ...
• 27 March 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Government Offices open at Easter: the protest of Christians New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Some tax offices and government departments have told their employees to stay open on 29, 30 and 31 March, which for Christians are days that go from Good Friday to Easter. As learned from Fid ...
• 26 March 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - The president of Caritas: Syrian refugees are more than 500 thousand Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian refugees who have found refuge in Jordan have already crossed the threshold of 500 thousand. This was reported to Fides Agency by Wael Suleiman, director of Caritas Jordan. "Every day," ...
• 25 March 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - 1500 children die every day due to preventable diseases Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - 25% of children in the age group between 0 and 5 in India die from causes related to diarrhea. For millions of people in the Asian country, the lack of water is a constant challenge. Two-third ...
• 25 March 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Catholics and Orthodox celebrate Easter according to the Julian calendar Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Most of the Catholic communities in Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan and Cyprus are preparing to celebrate the liturgies of Holy Week not these days but in the first week of May, ac ...
• 23 March 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - Environments close to the Guardians of the Revolution launch an alarm for the distribution of Christian pamphlets Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The Iranian semi-official Fars news agency, close to the body of the Islamic Revolution Guardians, has recently published a statement of Hojatol-Eslam Mohammad Hassan Akhtari in which the Secreta ...
• 22 March 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - With Pope Francis, the charism of religious life for the renewal of the Church New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "History has repeatedly demonstrated that the charism of religious life can bring about change and growth of the Church in terms of holiness and effectiveness of its mission. St. Benedict, St. ...