Asia

• 5 June 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Priests on pilgrimage to the tombs of the martyrs pray for peace Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To follow, in the Year of Faith, the example of the Korean Martyrs, a model of virtue and faith: with this spirit on 7 June, the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests, 600 priest ...
• 5 June 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Support Groups for families with disabled children Da Nang (Agenzia Fides) - Children with disabilities are the most subject to violence and abuse of all kinds, they are often exploited, kept hidden or locked up in institutions and are therefore among the most marginaliz ...
• 5 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Nawaz Sharif is Prime Minister, religious minorities are pessimistic with regards to the blasphemy issue Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Nawaz Sharif, leader of the "Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz" (PML-N), is officially the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Sharif today received the vote of confidence in parliament with 244 votes in f ...
• 5 June 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - The analyst Oktem: the revolt does not disavow the conciliation between Islam and democracy Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The parallel between the Turkish uprising and the Arab Springs "appears for the time being misleading," and the current crisis "cannot be taken as a pretext to deny the possible conciliation be ...
• 4 June 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 19 million faithful Indians pray, united with the Pope, for the respect of women in India Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - More than 19 million Catholics in India united with the Holy Father in solemn Eucharistic Adoration on June 2, scattered in parishes, monasteries and other religious institutions across India. Th ...
• 4 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pressures of the police to save the rapists of a young Christian Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Sectors of the police have moved to save the rapists of a Christian girl, Fouzia Bibi, a 15-year-old in the district of Kasur in Punjab, brutally raped by two Muslim men Shabir Ali and Sher Moham ...
• 3 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - What does the future hold for Christians after the election? The problem concerning blasphemy Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - What future do Christians have in Pakistan? After the recent elections that brought to power the "Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz" (PML-N) party and decreed new Premier Nawaz Sharif, many Christi ...
• 3 June 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Melkite Archbishop of Aleppo: "Chaos and rubble in Syria. United with the Pope we call for dialogue " Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "We see only chaos and destruction in a conflict that is against everything and everyone. In a country disfigured, with the civilian population led to the slaughter, Pope Francis’ appeal calls ...
• 3 June 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - Bishop Pelatre with regards to the riots: the prospect of compromise seems to have the upper hand Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The riots which broke out in Turkey are a "warning sign" that the Turkish government might want to consider if it is to protect the stability that in the past 10 years has favored the country's ...
• 29 May 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops to the government: no to religious discrimination in textbooks Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The education and formation of the mentality of young people are one of the key points on which to intervene to change Pakistan, to reduce religious intolerance and to promote harmony and peac ...
• 29 May 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop Vera López’ humanitarian mission Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Bishop Raul Vera Lopez OP will be part of a delegation of 12 observers who in the first half of June will try to enter Syria to collect data and information on the atrocities and hu ...
• 29 May 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Politics: "Yudhoyono has to act more to put an end to religious intolerance" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidential Adviser for Human Rights, Albert Hasibuan, asked the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to be more decisive with his subordinates, including local and regional lead ...
• 28 May 2013
  ASIA/LAOS - The government encourages women to sterilization, Christians defend life Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - A family planning campaign launched by the Department for Health Care in the province of Huaphan (eastern Laos) encourages women to undergo surgical sterilization (tubal ligation). As reporte ...
• 28 May 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA – Worldwide Eucharistic Adoration with the Pope: to pray for peace with North Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Worldwide Eucharistic Adoration, will be broadcast from St. Peter’s Basilica next Sunday, 2 June, in communion with Pope Francis. The Archdiocese of Seoul will pray with a particular intenti ...
• 28 May 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdullah II and Cardinal Sandri at the solemn inauguration of the American University of Madaba Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The official opening of the American University of Madaba, AUM, affiliated to the University of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem is scheduled for Thursday afternoon, May 30. King Abdullah II of ...