Asia

• 31 July 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Director of Caritas Jerusalem: the settlements and the Wall are mines on the peace process Ramallah (Fides) - The resumption of the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians "is a positive thing, because the only way to solve problems is to negotiate". But the conditions in which it occurs are not open t ...
• 31 July 2013
  ASIA/JAPAN - More than 66,000 cases of child abuse in 2012 Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - Since 1990, Japan has started recording cases of child abuse and, since then, the phenomenon has never decreased, over 60 thousand a year. With social awareness and the increase of complaints, ...
• 30 July 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - 45 thousand people displaced due to the torrential rains in the province of Maguindanao Maguindanao (Agenzia Fides) - Floods and incessant torrential rains have flooded 18 cities in the province of Maguindanao, situated in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. In addition to 45.594 people forced to ev ...
• 30 July 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - Religious proselytism in refugee camps: the Catholic Church stands off Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The initiative of Christians linked to evangelical groups that were filmed while distributing gospels and leaflets concerning spiritual reflection in the refugee camp in Zaatari, the main camp for ...
• 26 July 2013
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The "social WYD" Christian Baptists, in communion with the Pope in Rio Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - As the Pope is in Rio de Janeiro with young Catholics from around the world for "World Youth Day", on the other side of the globe, the young Christians of the Baptist Church gather in Singapor ...
• 26 July 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - The parish of Ling Shou builds a Center for formation of faith Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - A Center for the formation of faith is being built in the parish of Ling Shou, not far from Shi Jia Zhuang, capital of the province of He Bei. According to information collected by Fides ...
• 25 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Holy See to the UN: there can be no military solution in Syria, it is necessary to start negotiations New York City (Agenzia Fides) – No more wasting time, exclude any military option, immediately start a negotiation: it is what Mgr. Francis A. Chullikatt, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the UN, asked yesterday d ...
• 25 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New Report on the state of human rights: "intolerance is tolerated" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "A pervasive intolerance is widely tolerated in Pakistan", says a new Report on the state of human rights in the country, published by the "Human Rights Commission of Pakistan" (HRCP), one of ...
• 25 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A girl and a Catholic nun threatened and forced to flee: "women trafficking" is feared Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - Tension, fear and the need to leave the country for a certain period: this is what a Catholic family in the village Padri Jo Goth, in the district of Sanghar, in the Pakistani province of Sind ...
• 24 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Minorities rights: a challenge for the new government London (Agenzia Fides) - The rights of religious minorities are a challenge for the future action of the new government, elected in Pakistan in May and could prove to be a crucial point in the development of democracy an ...
• 24 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Nobel Maguire at the Vatican: "Non-violence and dialogue are the only path to peace" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Non-violence, dialogue, reconciliation and peace are "the key words to solve the Syrian crisis." They are "the only possible way to avoid a regional degeneration of the conflict, with unpre ...
• 24 July 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic community in aid of earthquake victims Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of mainland China has been active, as always in these circumstances, to help the population of the Chinese province of Gan Su, hit by a violent earthquake at 7.45 o ...
• 23 July 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - More Syrian children are expected than Lebanese for the next school year in Lebanon Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - About half of the 6.8 million Syrians in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, both within Syria and on the borders, are school age children. According to UN data, the Country where there is th ...
• 23 July 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Technological Blasphemy": Christian couple arrested for insulting Muhammad via SMS Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - A new "front" of blasphemy seems to be opening in Pakistan after the life sentence of a man accused of having sent a blasphemous SMS (see Fides 15/07/2013), cases and complaints of blasphemy v ...
• 23 July 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Summer camp: a favorable opportunity to promote faith among boys and girls Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - With the arrival of the school holidays, the Catholic communities of mainland China are involved in the organization of summer camps, which are now a traditional annual event to promote t ...