Asia

• 15 February 2013
  ASIA/HONGKONG - "From Sacred Scripture to Jesus Christ": Pastoral Letter for Lent Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Didache, koinonia and diakonia, three characteristics that distinguish the original Christian community are the main themes of the Pastoral Letter for Lent by card. John Tong, Bishop of the Di ...
• 14 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus: Benedict XVI was close to these forgotten people Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – What has just begun will be the third Lent of suffering for Christians living in Syria. A time marked by anxiety and hope. This is what the Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar of Damascus writes ...
• 14 February 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Homes, schools and orphanages: main areas at risk of sexual abuse of minors New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement released following the murder of a student in New Delhi in December 2012, the organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) denounced the sexual abuse of minors as an alarming phenomeno ...
• 14 February 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishops: the Pope's prayer will purify the Church Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We support the decision of the Pope with prayer and we are sure that his prayers will continue to purify the Church for centuries to come": is what His Exc. Mgr. Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of ...
• 14 February 2013
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic school students - an active part in the Chinese New Year Fair Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - To promote evangelization, the sense of community and collaboration among Catholic school students were the main focus of the young people who took part in the traditional Chinese New Year Fai ...
• 13 February 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bishop Shomali: any consent of the Church to the Wall in the Valley of Cremisan was denied in court Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "The lawyers of the Israeli army said the route of the separation Wall in the valley of Cremisan had received the consent of the Church. But this key issue of giving deposition before the judg ...
• 13 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Kidnappings, rapes, and trafficking of Syrian refugees London (Agenzia Fides) - The conflict in Syria deteriorates and affects all Syrian citizens, regardless of ethnicity or religion. But, as in any war, the situation of minorities is the worst: the Christian minorities hav ...
• 13 February 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholics: a moratorium on the death penalty is urgently needed New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the execution of Afzal Guru, one of the terrorists responsible for the attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, the Indian Catholic movements, while expressing solidarity and ...
• 13 February 2013
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - The king of the Country donates land for the construction of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "Bahrain will soon have a new church!" This is what was announced this morning to Fides Agency by Mgr. Camillo Ballin, mccj, Apostolic Vicar of north Arabia, vicariate which includes Bahrain, Kuw ...
• 13 February 2013
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The National Council of Churches promotes campaigns to raise awareness in society Tai Chun (Agenzia Fides) - "Against all forms of violence, we must protect life." Ecumenism, the promotion of indigenous peoples and the most vulnerable continue to be the main objective of the National Council of Church ...
• 12 February 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New violence against Christians in Punjab, while Fouzia Bibi’s rapists go unpunished Pattoki (Agenzia Fides) - Intimidation and violence against Christian families in Punjab: the last episode registered by Fides Agency happened in the village of Pattoki, in the district of Kasur, which had already record ...
• 12 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Two priests kidnapped by the rebels. Archbishop Marayati: let us wait to know what they want Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The fate of the two priests Michel Kayyal (Armenian Catholic) and Maher Mahfouz (Greek Orthodox) kidnapped by a group of armed rebels on Saturday, February 9 on the road that leads from Aleppo to ...
• 12 February 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - World Day of the Sick: "Take care of the sick and preach the Gospel" Okara (Agenzia Fides) - On February 11 the World Day of the Sick was celebrated. Worldwide several initiatives were promoted, among them the Lay Camillian Family (LCF) together with the group of charismatic prayer St. Ca ...
• 12 February 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Burmese people entrusts the peace of the country to the Virgin Mary Nyaunglebin (Agenzia Fides) - The pilgrimage of over 70 thousand Catholic faithful and non, to the Marian Shrine of Nyaunglebin (the most famous in Myanmar), on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, was an opportunity to ent ...
• 12 February 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - The Chinese New Year lived in the spirit of evangelization Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Welcoming the Chinese New Year by committing to a project of evangelization and spiritual prayer, Bible reading, meditation, spreading the faith and active participation in the life of th ...