Asia

• 15 March 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - "Pope Francis, we are looking forward to having you in China": Chinese Catholics welcome Pope Francis with great enthusiasm and happiness Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - In communion with the Universal Church the Chinese Catholics welcome Pope Francis with great enthusiasm and happiness. At 5 am on March 14, the first masses of the parishes of Beijing ded ...
• 15 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Hope for a better future," the people gladly welcome the election of the newly elected Pope Francis Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The whole Christian community in Pakistan was very happy for the election of the new Pope, a man of God and a deeply spiritual person" This is what was reported to Fides Agency by father Mushtaq ...
• 15 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Schools destroyed by bombs because they are considered a symbol of the State and of modern western education Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Attacks on the school buildings by the Pakistani Taliban continue. Among the latest allegations a bomb exploded on February 16 in the village of Kadi, Swabi district, province of Khiber Pakhtu ...
• 14 March 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - 70 000 Indian children exploited in 5000 coal mines Shillong (Agenzia Fides) – From a bamboo ladder children descend into humid wells up to 20 meters deep, they crouch to get into a hole 60 cm wide and crawl in the mud for 90 metres before starting their long day of wor ...
• 14 March 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop Machado: "Hindus and Christians welcome Pope Francis, a man of dialogue and charity" Vasai (Agenzia Fides) - "All the people of India, Hindus and Christians, welcome with joy Pope Francis. We believe he will be a man of dialogue and charity ", says to Fides Agency His Exc. Mgr. Felix Machado, Bishop of V ...
• 14 March 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Church in Indonesia near the new Pope: "We hope to promote dialogue with Islam" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Emotion and high hopes for a renewed dialogue with Islam in the Indonesian Church, after the election of Pope Francis. His Exc. Mgr. Johannes Maria Pujasumarta, Archbishop of Semarang and Sec ...
• 13 March 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - The old restored church in the city of Hai Kou of the Diocese of Hai Nan consecrated and opened Hai Kou (Agenzia Fides) - On March 9, the old restored church in the city of Hai Kou of the Diocese of Hai Nan was consecrated and opened. According to reports from Faith of Hei Bei, the church dedicated to St. Joseph wa ...
• 13 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious and civil society: it is urgent to revise the law of blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The urgency for reform of the blasphemy law, its rules and procedures: is what the orders and religous Catholic congregations in Pakistan ask for in an appeal sent to Fides Agency, through their ...
• 13 March 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarchate: Church-related institutions are to be fair and transparent in the management of financial resources Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Tuesday, March 12, the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans - led by the new Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, who celebrated his inaugural Mass on Wednesday, March 6 - issued a statem ...
• 13 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Real estate interest behind the attacks on Christians: looking for the perpetrators Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - There seems to be real estate interests and the attempt to expel Christians from Joseph's Colony, in the center of Lahore (in Punjab), behind the attack on behalf of the Muslim mob, which took pl ...
• 11 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians Protest in Lahore, hundreds arrested by the police: the Bishops at the sit-in Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - High social and religious tension in Lahore, after the episode on Saturday, March 9, when 178Christians houses in "Joseph colony", in the district of Badami Bagh, were set on fire, in a case of a ...
• 11 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack on Christians: a move of the Supreme Court, solidarity from political and religious leaders Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, March 11, the Supreme Court of Pakistan began the hearings to shed light on the attack at the Christian area of Joseph Colony, which took place on Saturday in Lahore, where 178 C ...
• 11 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Commission "Justice and Peace": "Government and police are the perpetrators of violence against Christians" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Government and police are the perpetrators of violence against Christians": This is what the Commission "Justice and Peace" of Catholic Pakistani Bishops strongly says, speaking after the seriou ...
• 11 March 2013
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Youth Pastoral Commission of the Diocese of Tai Chung accompanies the young people’s spiritual journey of Lent Tai Chung (Agenzia Fides) - A spiritual retreat, the via crucis, Taize prayer, the sacrament of reconciliation, Eucharist celebration ...: is the two-day program organized by the Youth Pastoral Commission of the Diocese ...
• 9 March 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - False News with regards to the execution of an evangelical pastor Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani is still alive. The news about his execution circulated last week have been discredited by reputable sources contacted by the association Christian Solidarity Worldwi ...