Asia

• 19 February 2013
  ASIA/HONGKONG - Church in perfect harmony with the Pope’s Message for World Communications Day Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic world of social communications in Hong Kong is in perfect harmony with the Message issued by Pope Benedict XVI for this year’s World Communications Day with the theme " Soci ...
• 18 February 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Witnesses of faith, spiritual retreat, visiting confessors for the faithful of Wen Zhou Catholic diocese Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – Witnesses of faith, a spiritual retreat, visiting confessors are just some of many initiatives undertaken by the Catholic Wen Zhou diocese, in the Zhe Jiang province of mainland China, to he ...
• 18 February 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Thousands of villages in Marathwada affected by famine and drought Aurangabad (Agenzia Fides) – At least 12 thousand villages affected by prolonged drought in the district of Marathwada, in the central Indian state of Maharashtra, now face severe famine due to massive damage to crops ...
• 18 February 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Children “evangelizers” in the Year of the Faith Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – During the present Year of the Faith, proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI, little children are among the protagonists in evangelising activities of the local Catholic Church in Lahore. Learning wh ...
• 18 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Church never pays ransom, instead it offers prayers Aleppo (Fides News Agency) – The Catholic church in Syria, its various communities and bodies, does not pay ransom for its kidnapped faithful and never will. While calling on the international community to help put an ...
• 15 February 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Peace through dialogue": politics accept the negotiations with the Taliban Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The political parties of Pakistan, close to the general elections due at the end of March, officially ask the government in power and the future government to "begin talks with the Pakistani T ...
• 15 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Priests kidnapped: the Church seeks contact with kidnappers Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Aleppo are seeking contacts with the kidnappers of the two priests Michel Kayyal (Armenian Catholic) and Maher Mahfouz (Greek Orthodox) kidnapped on February 9 by a group of armed r ...
• 15 February 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - In ten years 1455 people sentenced to death: Civil society demands to stop the executioner New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - From the Indian civil society a cry to "stop the executioner" in India: during the years 2001-2011 1,455 people were sentenced to death, which means "a man condemned to death every three days" ...
• 15 February 2013
  ASIA/HONGKONG - "From Sacred Scripture to Jesus Christ": Pastoral Letter for Lent Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Didache, koinonia and diakonia, three characteristics that distinguish the original Christian community are the main themes of the Pastoral Letter for Lent by card. John Tong, Bishop of the Di ...
• 14 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus: Benedict XVI was close to these forgotten people Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – What has just begun will be the third Lent of suffering for Christians living in Syria. A time marked by anxiety and hope. This is what the Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar of Damascus writes ...
• 14 February 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Homes, schools and orphanages: main areas at risk of sexual abuse of minors New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement released following the murder of a student in New Delhi in December 2012, the organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) denounced the sexual abuse of minors as an alarming phenomeno ...
• 14 February 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishops: the Pope's prayer will purify the Church Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We support the decision of the Pope with prayer and we are sure that his prayers will continue to purify the Church for centuries to come": is what His Exc. Mgr. Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of ...
• 14 February 2013
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic school students - an active part in the Chinese New Year Fair Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - To promote evangelization, the sense of community and collaboration among Catholic school students were the main focus of the young people who took part in the traditional Chinese New Year Fai ...
• 13 February 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bishop Shomali: any consent of the Church to the Wall in the Valley of Cremisan was denied in court Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "The lawyers of the Israeli army said the route of the separation Wall in the valley of Cremisan had received the consent of the Church. But this key issue of giving deposition before the judg ...
• 13 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Kidnappings, rapes, and trafficking of Syrian refugees London (Agenzia Fides) - The conflict in Syria deteriorates and affects all Syrian citizens, regardless of ethnicity or religion. But, as in any war, the situation of minorities is the worst: the Christian minorities hav ...