Asia
4 September 2018
ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The balance between religious policies and "cult of the state" is at the basis of tolerance
Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "In Kazakhstan, the principle of religious tolerance is at the basis of the constitution of the State. Kazakh cities are teeming with magnificent mosques and Orthodox churches harmoniously living ...
3 September 2018
ASIA/ISRAEL - The project of a city reserved for "Aramaean Christians" has been submitted to the government
Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - The project to build a new city reserved for "Aramaean Christians", motivated also with the intention of guarding the language and their Aramaic culture, has been submitted to the attention of ...
3 September 2018
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops of Asia united: Forum for peace on the Korean peninsula
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To share an approach of peace and reconciliation applied to politics and society, to share experiences and launch a message of unity: with this spirit, Cardinals and Bishops from all over Asia a ...
3 September 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Abuse of the blasphemy law: the floor to the government of Imran Khan
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The improper use of the blasphemy law continues in Pakistan, but "it is still unlikely that amendments to defuse these abuses are applied to the controversial legislation", says a Pakistani journ ...
22 August 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians welcome address of Prime Minister but lament absence of representatives of religious minorities in the Federal Cabinet
Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - - "Pakistan’s religious minority citizens still face challenges and serious issues and welcome the fact that Prime Minister Imran Khan has raised the question of equal rights for all citizen ...
10 August 2018
ASIA/SYRIA - The monastery of St. Tekla in Maalula reopens
Maalula (Agenzia Fides) - The Orthodox monastery of St. Tekla, in the Syrian town of Maalula, will soon be open again to the visits of pilgrims and tourists. In fact, reconstruction work on the monastery is nearing compl ...
10 August 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Catholic lay elected in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic layman Anthony Naveed is the only Christian member elected in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh (southern Pakistan). Chosen by the Pakistan People Party (PPP), he will be present in the ...
10 August 2018
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Government anti-drug campaign: the Church's commitment to the rehabilitation of drug addicts
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Father Luciano Airel Felloni, an Argentinian missionary who has lived in the Philippines for twenty years, has started a serious effort to rehabilitate drug addicts and lead them to live a meanin ...
9 August 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Cardinal Coutts: "A call to pray and serve my people and the universal Church"
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "I am not chosen because I am the most capable". This is God's plan for me: serving him close to the Holy Father. It is a responsibility and a call to pray and serve more. My elevation to Cardin ...
8 August 2018
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Korean Youth Day is approaching
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Seoul will host the fourth Korean Youth Day, which is celebrated from 11 to 15 August on the theme "It is me; do not be afraid" (Jn 6:20) ). "The experience will see almost 2,00 ...
8 August 2018
ASIA/INDONESIA - A priest: "After the earthquake, the displaced are desperate: humanitarian aid is urgently needed"
Mataram (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a need for humanitarian aid for the thousands of people affected by the recent earthquake on the tourist island of Lombok": says to Agenzia Fides Catholic Catholic priest Fr. Laurenciu ...
7 August 2018
ASIA/IRAQ - Four years after the jihadist invasion, Christians from Karamles celebrate the return home with a procession
Karamles (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Iraqi Christians took part, on the evening of Monday August 6th, in a procession that took place along the streets of Karamles, a town of the Nineveh Plain traditionally inhabited b ...
7 August 2018
ASIA/INDIA - Ten years ago the greatest anti-Christian violence in the history of India
Kandhamal (Agenzia Fides) - The anti-Christian massacre campaign in Orissa in 2008 is ten years old: it is the biggest wave of violence against believers in the history of the nation. Today the population of Kandhamal di ...
6 August 2018
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The hopes of religious minorities are growing with the next government of Imran Khan
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Imran Khan, political leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), winner of the recent general elections in Pakistan, has publicly announced that he wants to follow the legacy of Mohammad Ali J ...
3 August 2018
ASIA/IRAQ - Stop to the settlement of 450 Sunni families in the Nineveh Plain, to protect the demographic balance
Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Nineveh provincial Council, with a resolution announced Tuesday, July 31, suspended the transfer of 450 Sunni Arab families in the areas of the Nineveh Plain, already authorized by the federal gov ...
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