Asia

• 11 September 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscans of India: the Pope has rekindled in us the spirit of peace and harmony New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "As Franciscans, we are called to unite our communities and all our institutions in order to offer our solidarity to the people of Syria and build peace in Syria, the Middle East and throughou ...
• 11 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Gregory III to Obama: "Great leaders are those who know how to make peace" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "The greatness of a leader is to seek peace and make peace, not to wage war and create destruction. A superpower is such if it is a power of peace": with these words, the Melkite Patriarch (Gre ...
• 10 September 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Pilgrimage of the relics of Don Bosco. Bishop Somali: he also intercedes for Peace Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - As of today, 10 September to Thursday, September 19, the relics of St. John Bosco will make a long pilgrimage in many places of Holy Land, before returning to Italy at the end of the tour that ...
• 10 September 2013
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The youngest Church in the world towards World Mission Day 2013 Ulan Bator (Agenzia Fides) - Many are not aware of the great progress made ​​to date by the Catholic Church in Mongolia, the world's youngest established about 20 years ago after the fall of communism. The appeal o ...
• 9 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo writes to Obama: the world does not want war Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) : "It is for peace that I write to you, our peace. It is against war that I write to you, your war". This is what Monsignor Behnam Hindo, Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Hassaké - Nisibis, says t ...
• 9 September 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistani Bishops: "We are close to Pope Francis for peace in Syria" Lahore ( Agenzia Fides ) - "We pray for peace in Syria, together with Pope Francis. As Christians, who wish and work for peace, we hope that there is no more violence in Syria and in the world. We want peace in in the wo ...
• 9 September 2013
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - "To execute the converts to Christianity": shock-appeal in Parliament Kabul ( Agenzia Fides) - A member of the Afghan Parliament suggested that those who convert from Islam to Christianity are to be executed, according to the sharia (Islamic law), in order to stop the rapid growth of Chris ...
• 6 September 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I: let us pray for peace in Syria, together with Pope Francis Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople welcomes the appeal of the "brother in Christ, Francis Pope" to pray and fast for peace in Syria, asking also international leaders gathered ...
• 6 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Melkite Patriarch: appeal to save Maaloula, a holy place for the Syrians Damascus ( Agenzia Fides) - The cross that towered on the dome of the monastery of Saints Sergius and Bacchus does not exist any more. Armed groups of the jihadist Galaxy removed it, who on Wednesday attacked and invaded ...
• 6 September 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians and Hindus united in fasting and prayer for peace in Syria Vasai (Agenzia Fides) - Fasting and prayer for peace in Syria sees Christians and Hindus in India united. This is what was said to Fides Agency by His Exc. Mgr. Felix Machado, Bishop of Vasai and President of the Commiss ...
• 6 September 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - Iranians of different faiths: fasting and prayer in solidarity with the Syrian people Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - Iranian citizens around the world, followers of Shia Islam, Christians, citizens of the Bahai faith, or lay people, all members of the organization "Iran Rights Watch" will fast tomorrow, Septemb ...
• 5 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Prayer and fasting in Maaloula, a village symbol of coexistence, threatened by armed groups Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – One already prays and fasts for peace in Maaloula, a small Christian village in the north of Damascus, where Aramaic is spoken, the language of Jesus. Maaloula is a small Christian village in ...
• 5 September 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Church prays and fasts for peace together with Pope Francis Baghdad ( Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans Louis Raphael I Sako calls on the Chaldean Church and all Iraqis to share a day of fasting and prayer for Syria convened by Pope Francis for Saturday, ...
• 5 September 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Christian MP Maria Saadeh: "Stop the attacks: we join the Pope for peace" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "All Syrians, Christians and non-Christians, hope that prayer and fasting serve to stop violence, violations of human dignity, announced military attacks. As Syrian Christians, we share the hea ...
• 5 September 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - The goals for the new year of the preparatory Seminary of Xing Tai Xing Tai (Agenzia Fides) - A spirituality centered on the Eucharist and the Sacrament of Penance: is Don Zhang Ji Can’s exhortation, Rector of the preparatory Seminary of Xing Tai, in He Bei province, to 70 seminarians ...