Asia

• 9 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Alleged blasphemy: over one hundred Christian homes burned in Lahore and a Bishop wounded Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A crowd of about 3,000 Muslims attacked and set fire this morning, Saturday, March 9, to about a hundred homes of Christians in the district of Badami Bagh in Lahore, for a case of alleged blasph ...
• 8 March 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Radical Islamic groups: stop to the churches in West Java Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Protestant community "Banua Niha Keriso Protestant" in the city of Bandung (West Java province) received threats and orders to stop the assemblies of worship. A local Muslim leader ...
• 8 March 2013
  ASIA - Civil and religious leaders united against nuclear weapons Oslo (Agenzia Fides) - In front of dangerous wings of nuclear escalation and provocations launched recently by countries such as North Korea, religious leaders and civil society in the world raise a cry to stop nuclear w ...
• 8 March 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - Block the election bodies that administer the Foundations linked to religious minorities Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The General Directorate of Foundations in Turkey in recent days sent a letter to the Foundation for Religious minorities with a request to suspend the election of their respective Boards of admin ...
• 8 March 2013
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal John Tong encourages catechumens to participate actively in evangelization HongKong (Agenzia Fides) - Before leaving for Rome for the Conclave, Cardinal John Tong, Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, encouraged the catechumens to participate actively in evangelization to bear witness to Christ. ...
• 7 March 2013
  ASIA/CHINA – Itinerant priest in remote communities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Several Catholic communities in mainland China have created the figure of the itinerant priest during Lent. According to what Faith of He Bei said, the priests of the diocese of Bayanur Meng (Sh ...
• 7 March 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - New Chaldean Patriarch Sako takes possession of the See of Baghdad: "The storm will have to pass" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The new Chaldean Patriarch of the Church Louis Raphael I Sako yesterday Wednesday, March 6 celebrated at the Cathedral of St. Joseph the mass of enthronement of the Patriarchal See in Baghdad. T ...
• 7 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Petition to remove the death penalty under the law of blasphemy Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – To eliminate the death penalty under the law of blasphemy and withdraw the charges against Sherry Rehman: this is what the petition launched by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), non- ...
• 7 March 2013
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Prison camps spread out and encompass the villages Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The notorious "prison camps" that exist in North Korea, where more than 200 thousand political prisoners and dissidents are detained, for reasons of conscience and religion, are getting bigger and ...
• 6 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian Pastor released, who was arrested for alleged blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Protestant Pastor Karma Patras, 55 years old, arrested in October 2012 on false charges of blasphemy, was released on bail after his accuser admitted he accused him "incorrectly". A ...
• 6 March 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula": Archbishop of Seoul’s appeal Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Due to the tensions that occur between North and South Korea, "it is urgent to promote a desire for dialogue." Starting with an assumption: "The Church proposes to denuclearize the Korean Penins ...
• 6 March 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: Soon a summit between the Orthodox and Catholic Patriarchs of the Middle East Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We are preparing a meeting of all Orthodox and Catholic Patriarchs of the Middle East, to promote unity among Christians and deal with the problems and suffering that we share in this difficult mo ...
• 5 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Year of Faith: antidote to terrorism and violence in Punjab Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Rediscover and renew one’s faith, deepen catechism, work for the new evangelization is an antidote to the spread of sectarian violence in the province of Punjab, the most important in Pakistan: ...
• 5 March 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Religious Minorities under attack, the indifference of the government: a new Report Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Indonesian government fails to protect religious minorities in front of the growing religious intolerance and violence, which caused 264 attacks in 2012: says a new Report published by the N ...
• 4 March 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - With faith and the Word of God, the Diocese of Bao Ding lives Lent in the Year of Faith Bao Ding (Agenzia Fides) - With faith and the Word of God, the Diocese of Bao Ding of He Bei province of mainland China lives Lent in the Year of Faith. According to what Faith of He Bei reported, the Diocese of Bao Ding ...