Asia

• 13 February 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholics: a moratorium on the death penalty is urgently needed New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the execution of Afzal Guru, one of the terrorists responsible for the attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, the Indian Catholic movements, while expressing solidarity and ...
• 13 February 2013
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - The king of the Country donates land for the construction of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "Bahrain will soon have a new church!" This is what was announced this morning to Fides Agency by Mgr. Camillo Ballin, mccj, Apostolic Vicar of north Arabia, vicariate which includes Bahrain, Kuw ...
• 13 February 2013
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The National Council of Churches promotes campaigns to raise awareness in society Tai Chun (Agenzia Fides) - "Against all forms of violence, we must protect life." Ecumenism, the promotion of indigenous peoples and the most vulnerable continue to be the main objective of the National Council of Church ...
• 12 February 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New violence against Christians in Punjab, while Fouzia Bibi’s rapists go unpunished Pattoki (Agenzia Fides) - Intimidation and violence against Christian families in Punjab: the last episode registered by Fides Agency happened in the village of Pattoki, in the district of Kasur, which had already record ...
• 12 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Two priests kidnapped by the rebels. Archbishop Marayati: let us wait to know what they want Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The fate of the two priests Michel Kayyal (Armenian Catholic) and Maher Mahfouz (Greek Orthodox) kidnapped by a group of armed rebels on Saturday, February 9 on the road that leads from Aleppo to ...
• 12 February 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - World Day of the Sick: "Take care of the sick and preach the Gospel" Okara (Agenzia Fides) - On February 11 the World Day of the Sick was celebrated. Worldwide several initiatives were promoted, among them the Lay Camillian Family (LCF) together with the group of charismatic prayer St. Ca ...
• 12 February 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Burmese people entrusts the peace of the country to the Virgin Mary Nyaunglebin (Agenzia Fides) - The pilgrimage of over 70 thousand Catholic faithful and non, to the Marian Shrine of Nyaunglebin (the most famous in Myanmar), on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, was an opportunity to ent ...
• 12 February 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - The Chinese New Year lived in the spirit of evangelization Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Welcoming the Chinese New Year by committing to a project of evangelization and spiritual prayer, Bible reading, meditation, spreading the faith and active participation in the life of th ...
• 4 February 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian minor raped and tortured by Muslims Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian minor girl was kidnapped, raped and tortured by two influential Muslims. Fouzia Bibi, 15 years old, and a resident of the village of Roday, near Kasur (in Punjab), comes from a very p ...
• 4 February 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - The religious in India between prophecy and mystic Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) - To be prophets and witnesses in society, among the challenges of modernity, but at the same time be "mystical", men and women of prayer, a sign of the transcendent: is the commitment of the co ...
• 4 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - New protests of the Christians of Mesopotamia against the scourge of kidnapping Hassake (Agenzia Fides) - In the province of Jazira, in the Sirian upper Mesopotamia, the exponential increase in kidnappings - side effect of the Syrian conflict - continues to flog the civilian population even in areas ...
• 4 February 2013
  ASIA/HONG KONG - "We are all missionaries": the way of WYD in Hong Kong sponsored by the Youth Pastoral Commission of the Diocese begins Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "We are all missionaries": with this invitation the way of the youth of the Diocese of Hong Kong has begun, sponsored by the Youth Pastoral Commission of the Diocese, towards World Youth Day t ...
• 1 February 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - Louis Sako, the new Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans: Christ will help us rebuild our house Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Authenticity, unity, renewal." These are the three words that Archbishop Louis Sako, just elected the new Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, chose as his patriarchal motto. Three guidelines th ...
• 1 February 2013
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Catholic Biblical Association of Hong Kong celebrates 40 years of pastoral service Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Biblical Association of Hong Kong celebrated the 40th anniversary of ministry with Holy Scripture and expressed gratitude for the beatification of Father Gabriele Maria Allegra, O ...
• 1 February 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - Exploitation, abuse, hard labor and underpaid workers for 50 000 children Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In Jordan, because of poverty, many children have never had the chance to play or lead a life as a child because they are forced to work to survive. According to the latest census, the total workf ...