Asia

• 30 August 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Week of Prayer for Peace in Syria Paris ( Agenzia Fides) - A week of prayer for peace in Syria begins today, August 30, and will last until September 6 in the 17 countries where the work of pontifical right "Aid to the Church in Need" (ACS) is present. A ...
• 30 August 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic community: the fruits of an intense pastoral summer Shi Jia Zhuang ( Agenzia Fides) - The Sacraments of Christian initiation, the missionary mandate given to readers, extraordinary ministers and students, are the result of the pastoral summer which has just ended, of the ...
• 30 August 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Matta Roham : "It is easy to launch air strikes, difficult to stop the consequences" Hassaké (Agenzia Fides ) - "It is easy to pave the way for air strikes on Syria, but it is difficult to end the war and the consequences of these attacks throughout the Middle East": is the comment, entrusted to Fides A ...
• 30 August 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - Summit of the Leaders of Middle Eastern Churches sponsored by the Hashemite Monarchy Amman ( Agenzia Fides) - A summit of the leaders of Churches and Christian communities in the Middle East starts on Tuesday, September 3 in Amman to focus on the many problems and challenges that closely affect the lives ...
• 29 August 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Pope Francis to the Archdiocese of Seoul : "The martyrs as the way of faith and evangelization" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis "prays that the Month of Korean Martyrs can be an opportunity for pilgrims to rekindle the faith in their hearts and so commit themselves more fully to the urgent task of evangelizati ...
• 29 August 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Sharif’s Pakistan stops the executioner Islamabad ( Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani government led by Nawaz Sharif, leader of the "Pakistan Muslim League -N" has officially suspended 468 capital executions, confirming the moratorium that has existed in the coun ...
• 29 August 2013
  ASIA/YEMEN - More than 8,000 refugees damaged by sudden torrential rains Sana'a ( Agenzia Fides) - Torrential rains have destroyed half of the camps and caused extensive damage in the three refugee camps (IDPs ) near Haradh, in north-western Yemen. More than 8,000 people have been affected, a ...
• 29 August 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The prayers of Aleppo so that the international military intervention is avoided Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "Here people live in uncertainty and are suffering, but no one expects the release from bombs and missiles of an outside military intervention. Even for me it would be madness to carry out acts o ...
• 29 August 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA – Perpetual night adoration to beg for peace and stop terrorism Qarah ( Agenzia Fides) - In the face of danger, the uncertain future, against the evil of war and terrorism, "powerful weapons are prayer and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament": in the Monastery of St. James in Qarah (c ...
• 28 August 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES – An "Interfaith Muslim-Christian Council" begins in the home of Abu Sayyaf Jolo (Agenzia Fides) - After a year of preparation work, the "Interfaith Council of Leaders-Sulu" has officially started, the small string of islands in the southern Philippines, known for being the home and the basis of ...
• 28 August 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - The Diocese of Zheng Ding welcomes three new workers of the vineyard of the Lord Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - More than 1,600 faithful from different dioceses in mainland China on August 22, 2013 attended the priestly ordination of three new priests of the Diocese of Zheng Ding (today Shi Jia Zhu ...
• 28 August 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Nobel Prize Laureate Maguire: "A military action will destabilize the Middle East, we need a political solution" Belfast (Agenzia Fides) - "A military action of the U.S. or NATO forces will not solve the problems of Syria. It could lead to the death of thousands of Syrians and the shattering of Syria. It will mean the further escap ...
• 28 August 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Appeal from Deir Mar Musa: "No to military intervention and all forms of violence" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - While a military attack of Western armed forces in Syria seems imminent, "an appeal for peace and the rejection of all forms of violence" rises from the monastery of Deir Mar Musa (The Monaster ...
• 28 August 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: Intervention against Syria would be "a disaster" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The US-led military intervention against Syria would be "a disaster. It would be like a volcano erupting with an explosion meant to destroy Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine. And maybe someone wants this ...
• 27 August 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - A program to reduce the trafficking of girls Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) – Human trafficking, mainly women and girls, is one of the most serious violations of human dignity and human rights. Alarmed by the increase in cases of trafficking and exploitation of tribal gi ...