Asia

• 30 September 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archbishop of Seoul: "Cardinal Filoni’s visit is an incentive for the Church in Korea that wants to be missionary" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "We thank Cardinal Fernando Filoni for his visit, for the attention and support for the Korean Church. We are honored and we feel particularly blessed by the Lord for his presence among us". These ...
• 27 September 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Merciful Jesus "stands out" in Madhya Pradesh: the tallest statue in India will be blessed Sagar (Agenzia Fides) - "The size of the statue is a message that is intended to show the immensity of the mercy of Jesus": this is what the Bishop of Sagar, His Exc. Mgr. Anthony Chirayath explains to Fides Agency with ...
• 27 September 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Gaza, the return to class without problems for Christian schools Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The re-opening of the school year for five Christian schools (including three Catholic schools) operating among the population of the Gaza Strip took place with no surprises. "Children and teachers ...
• 27 September 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - After the bombs, atrocities against Christians, organ trafficking concerning victims of Peshawar? Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - After the bombs in the church of All Saints in Peshawar, the situation remains tense in the Pakistani society: not only tragedy but also horror. The Christians said they were "horrified" by the ...
• 27 September 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Franciscan Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: 90th anniversary of the founding Xi An (Agenzia Fides) – Return to the original charism, renewal, dedication and evangelization: are the four themes chosen for the celebrations of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Franciscan Missionary Siste ...
• 26 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Fatwa of Ulema of Damascus: "It is legal to confiscate goods belonging to Christians, Alawites and Druze in order to buy weapons" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Life for Syrian religious minorities gets more and more difficult and in the conflict they are the most vulnerable sectors of society. As Fides learns, 36 ulemas (Muslim religious leaders) of D ...
• 26 September 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies: "The situation is critical for Christians" Lahore ( Agenzia Fides ) - "It is a very sad moment for the Church of Pakistan. The situation is very critical. The faithful Christians who died in the attack at the church of Peshawar are the innocent martyrs of faith, ...
• 25 September 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Coutts : "The government has to seriously address the issue of sectarian violence " Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The government has to seriously address the growing religious and sectarian violence that has reached alarming proportions, as evidenced by the incident in the Church of Peshawar": says, in a n ...
• 25 September 2013
  ASIA/LAOS - Christians expelled from a district because of their faith Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - The civil authorities of the district of Atsaphangthong, in the province of Savannakhet, have determined that the Christian Lao citizens in the various villages in the district, must renounce ...
• 25 September 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - A library for the University of Madaba Madaba (Agenzia Fides) - Among the projects that the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has decided to support in the near future, according to the program already foreshadowed for the second half of 2013, there is also the ...
• 25 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA – Greek-Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo: here are the figures of the Syrian disaster Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The figures of the Syrian catastrophe do not stop the devastating number of people who die and are wounded. In a note sent to Fides Agency, Archbishop Jean-Clément Jeanbart, Metropolitan of Ale ...
• 24 September 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Sacrifice and dedication up to martyrdom: six priests ordained on the feast of St. Matthew Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) – To be willing to sacrifice and dedication up to martyrdom to defend the Church: with these wishes the community of the Diocese of Han Dan (Yong Nian) has welcomed 6 new priests who were ordain ...
• 24 September 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY – There are 22 religious minority schools. At the time of the Ottoman Empire there were more than 6 thousand Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The schools belonging to minority communities in the Turkish territory are now only 22, while in the last years of the Ottoman Empire there were more than six thousand. The striking numerical dif ...
• 24 September 2013
  ASIA/THAILAND - A quarter of the Country's provinces are flooded: flood alert Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Since July, over 600,000 Thais have been affected by severe floods and more than a quarter of the provinces have been flooded. Local authorities have launched an alert for landslides and initi ...
• 24 September 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Christians: Prayer and protest after the bombs in the church of Peshawar Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer vigils in churches, protest in the streets, closure of schools and shops in mourning. This is how Pakistani Christians have expressed bitterness and shock after the explosion of two bomb ...