Asia

• 27 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Coutts: "At Easter, our churches will be packed" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Fear and violence will not prevent Christians of Pakistan to celebrate with great devotion, and massive presence, Easter. His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Coutts, Archbishop of Lahore and President of the E ...
• 27 March 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Meeting between representatives of the Churches on the condition and the current problems of the Christian communities Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Tuesday, March 26 leaders and representatives of the Churches and Christian communities in Iraq gathered at the headquarters of the Chaldean Patriarchate in Bagdad to discuss the pres ...
• 27 March 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Government Offices open at Easter: the protest of Christians New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Some tax offices and government departments have told their employees to stay open on 29, 30 and 31 March, which for Christians are days that go from Good Friday to Easter. As learned from Fid ...
• 26 March 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - The president of Caritas: Syrian refugees are more than 500 thousand Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian refugees who have found refuge in Jordan have already crossed the threshold of 500 thousand. This was reported to Fides Agency by Wael Suleiman, director of Caritas Jordan. "Every day," ...
• 25 March 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - 1500 children die every day due to preventable diseases Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - 25% of children in the age group between 0 and 5 in India die from causes related to diarrhea. For millions of people in the Asian country, the lack of water is a constant challenge. Two-third ...
• 25 March 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Catholics and Orthodox celebrate Easter according to the Julian calendar Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Most of the Catholic communities in Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan and Cyprus are preparing to celebrate the liturgies of Holy Week not these days but in the first week of May, ac ...
• 23 March 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - Environments close to the Guardians of the Revolution launch an alarm for the distribution of Christian pamphlets Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The Iranian semi-official Fars news agency, close to the body of the Islamic Revolution Guardians, has recently published a statement of Hojatol-Eslam Mohammad Hassan Akhtari in which the Secreta ...
• 22 March 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - With Pope Francis, the charism of religious life for the renewal of the Church New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "History has repeatedly demonstrated that the charism of religious life can bring about change and growth of the Church in terms of holiness and effectiveness of its mission. St. Benedict, St. ...
• 22 March 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appeal for respect for the rights of ethnic and religious minorities Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal for respect concerning the rights of ethnic and religious minorities in Myanmar: was launched by a group of non-governmental organizations that include "Human Rights Watch", "Chri ...
• 21 March 2013
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - "We feel close to the Pope, humble person, who knows the life of the poor" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very close to the figure of Pope Francis: he is a humble person who knows the life and problems of the poor": is what the Catholic Rosaline Costa, an activist of the NGO "Human Rights Hotl ...
• 21 March 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Emeritus Sabbah: the great people in the world visit us, but our situation does not change Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "All the great people in the world come to visit us. They arrive and depart, and our reality does not change. We are in the same situation." So says to Fides Agency Patriarch Emeritus of Jerus ...
• 20 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslim leaders defend Christians: the abuse of blasphemy is to be punished Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Punishing abuse and exploitation linked to the controversial blasphemy law is an urgent need for the respect of law and the rule of law in Pakistan: this was said by Muslim leaders who met in pas ...
• 20 March 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Commission "Justice and Peace" to Obama: respect for international law and fight illegal policies Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of Barack Obama’s visit in the Middle East - which began today, Wednesday, March 20 with the arrival in Israel - the Commission "Justice and Peace" of the Assembly of Catholi ...
• 18 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy and forced conversion: two young Christians rescued Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian teenager Ryan Stanton, victim of false accusations of blasphemy, was rescued and taken abroad with his family. A Christian girl, Rafia Mansha, 14, kidnapped by a Muslim and forced i ...
• 18 March 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - Roman meetings between Patriarch Rai and political Lebanese leaders on the electoral law Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today consultations between the Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites Boutros Bechara Rai and political leaders of the Lebanese delegation, who arrived in the City to attend the opening Mass of the ...