Asia

• 12 June 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - Christian Arab media: instruments of peace, not "self-referential" circuits Amman (Agenzia Fides) - At this time in history, the religious inspired media are called to choose between two opposing options: to serve the religion to which they refer "exploring its identity," or "destroy and subjuga ...
• 12 June 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - More scholarships for tribal Christians and Dalits: the President of India’s appeal Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - Increase scholarships for Christian students in India: is what the president of the Indian Federation, Pranab Mukherjee, two non-governmental Organizations made up of Christian laity in the state ...
• 12 June 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Authorities confirm the thesis of "suicide" for the Christian leader who died in prison Dak Nong (Agenzia Fides) - "Suicide by electric shock": the Vietnamese police authorities, after conducting an investigation, have confirmed such version concerning the 38 year-old Hoang Van Ngai, Christian leader of the ...
• 11 June 2013
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishops to the government: "Yes to decentralization and a new Constitution" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Sri Lanka have asked the government not to abolish the administrative decentralization system which gives recognition to the Tamil minority and to think about the draft o ...
• 11 June 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Feast of St. Anthony Istanbul, in the midst of the turmoil in Taksim Square Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - " Many young people who go to Taksim Square pass by our church, light a candle to St. Anthony, then they go to demonstrate. They are people of all social classes and religions. As Franciscans, ...
• 10 June 2013
  ASIA/HONGKONG - Dialogue and charity for a new society: Card. Sarah for the 60 years of Caritas Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Tireless work to "contribute to the formation and development of man": is what is carried out by Caritas Hong Kong, one of the largest diocesan Caritas in the world, with over 10 thousand volu ...
• 10 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians "treated like animals" by Muslims in Punjab Kasur (Agenzia Fides) - Christians are "treated like animals", they are denied the dignity of human beings: is the complaint that reaches Fides from Kasur district, in the Punjab province, a district already known for th ...
• 10 June 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM – Free surgery for a group of disabled children Nam Dinh (Agenzia Fides) - A group of 30 disabled children in the northern Vietnamese province of Nam Dinh, will benefit from free surgery thanks to a program sponsored and supported by the Australian organization Hands ...
• 8 June 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN – Reporting the turbulent and controversial Middle East: Conference on the role of the Christian Arab media Amman (Agenzia Fides) – The two-day workshop organized by the Catholic Center for Studies and Media on the contribution offered by the Christian Arab media at the service of justice, peace and human rights begins on Mo ...
• 7 June 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Twenty pastors of the Baptist Church attacked by Hindu extremists Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - Hindu extremists brutally attacked 20 Protestant Pastors of the Baptist Church in the district of Mahehwaram Mandal, territory of Hyderabad, the state capital of Andhra Pradesh in south-centra ...
• 7 June 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - A mosque in Taksim Square? Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Premier Tayyip Erdogan, who returned yesterday to his country after his visit in some Countries of the Maghreb, called for the "immediate end" of the demonstrations which have trigg ...
• 7 June 2013
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A seminary attacked "for unknown reasons," says the Bishop Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - The inter-diocesan seminary "Jisu Dhyana Niloy" in the Diocese of Dinajpur, in the north of Bangladesh, was attacked yesterday afternoon by a group of local Muslims. This is confirmed to Fides ...
• 6 June 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Synod of the Chaldean Church has begun Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, June 5 the Synod of the Chaldean Church convened by the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans Louis Raphael I Sako began in Baghdad. The beginning of the assembly was also attend ...
• 6 June 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The crisis is a disadvantage for everyone: the Church welcomes the new North-South negotiations Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The willingness to re-open the joint industrial zone in Kaesong is a step forward that will kick off a process of thaw and rapprochement between North and South Korea. This is what the Korean Chur ...
• 6 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Extremists who burned the Christian area have been released; the man accused of blasphemy on trial Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of men who in March set fire to the Christian area of Lahore "Joseph Colony" were released by the police and out of 83 men identified and arrested, 31 have obtained bail. On the other ha ...