Asia

• 9 April 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - The death of Mgr.Thomas Qian Yurong. A man of simple faith Xuzhou (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 March Thomas Qian Yurong died. He was 99 years old. He was born in 1914 in the County of Tongshan from a family of ancient Catholic tradition. During the Sino-Japanese War he had saved a ba ...
• 9 April 2013
  ASIA/LAOS - Two Christian pastors released, arrested for "spreading the Christian faith" Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - Two Laotian Christian pastors were arrested on February 5, 2013 on charges of "spreading the Christian religion" have been released and, since mid-March, they returned to their families. Thi ...
• 9 April 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - Mass influx of Assyrian Christians fleeing the Syrian conflict Gaziantep - (Agenzia Fides) In the last 3 days more than 500 Syrian Christians of the Assyrian Church have crossed the Turkish border to seek safety from the tragic civil war in progress in their country. According to so ...
• 9 April 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - "Lightning of the East" in the sky of the Chinese Christians China (Agenzia Fides) – Fides received from various sources news about a sect originated in China, called "Lightning of the East" or the "Almighty God", which with its method of deception, blackmail to Catholic leaders ...
• 8 April 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops of Northeast India: "In the Year of Faith, by the side of the poor" Agartala (Agenzia Fides) - "There is an unbreakable bond between our faith and the poor": the Bishops of Northeast India - a region troubled by social conflicts and inhabited by tribal people who often lack basic service ...
• 8 April 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy: it is urgent to defend the Christians from summary executions and to protect minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - If the Christian Younis Masih, sentenced to death for blasphemy in recent days was acquitted by the High Court (see Fides 03/04/2013), his wife Meena Bibi and four children suffered for eight yea ...
• 5 April 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Honor crimes" caused the death of about a thousand women in 2012 Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Terrorist attacks, acts of violence against the different sectors of Pakistani society, violation of human rights, particularly of women and children, continue to increase the violence in the ...
• 5 April 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Winds of War, the Bishops appeal to the Pope: "Ask the leaders to work for peace" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "The dominant feeling in the South Korean people is not so much the fear but rather anguish and bitterness due to this agonizing situation. The war today, with lethal weapons that exist, would be ...
• 5 April 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - In Aleppo Christians fleeing rebel-held areas. A fatwa "authorizes" to rape women who are not Sunni Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The conquest of the district of Cheikh Maksoud by the anti-Assad militia which took place in recent days could mark the fate of Aleppo, the metropolis battered for months by a bloody civil war. " ...
• 4 April 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Funeral for the priest killed in Kerala in Bangalore Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of Fr. Kochupuryil J. Thomas, Rector of the Major Seminary of Bangalore, who was assassinated by unknown persons on the night of 31 March and 1 April will be held on April 8. The f ...
• 4 April 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack on a Christian area, stones at a church in Punjab: the local community on alert Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A fight between young Christians and Muslims, a Muslim mob that attacked the Christian area, burned shops, cars and motorcycles, stopped only by the intervention of the police, with a toll of six ...
• 3 April 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archbishop of Seoul, "Graces and blessings on our brothers and sisters in North Korea" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The response to threats of war are "abundant graces and blessings for our brothers and sisters, separated from us, in North Korea": This is what the Archbishop of Seoul, His Exc. Mgr. Andrew Yeom ...
• 3 April 2013
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Parents forced to sell their children to cope with poverty Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - The extreme poverty in which the majority of the Afghan population lives has fueled the phenomenon of child trafficking, particularly in the last decade. One of the last episodes reported in the l ...
• 3 April 2013
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Doors open to the immigration of the Copts persecuted? The Israeli government denies Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The recent, surprising rumors about an alleged preferential lane reserved by Israeli authorities to the immigration of Christian Copts fleeing Egypt politically in the hands of the Muslim Brot ...
• 3 April 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - After eight years in prison, a Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy has been acquitted Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Younis Masih, a Christian sentenced to death on false charges of blasphemy, in prison since 2005, was acquitted today, April 3, by the High Court of Lahore, at the conclusion of the appeal proces ...