Asia

• 16 November 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic pastoral operator Killed on the islets of "Abu Sayyaf" Bongao (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Conchita Francisco, 62, pastoral worker, a widow and mother of two children, was shot to death, by unidentified men in front of the Catholic Cathedral of Bongao, in the Philippine pr ...
• 15 November 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The faithful of Xian Xian have not forgotten Fr. Ting Ming-Cheng, the French Jesuit who spent half a century of his life to the mission in China Xian Xian (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Xian Xian (today Cang Zhou) of He Bei province, received with great honor a group of distinguished guests: Fr. Ting Ming-Cheng’s relatives, as the French Jesuit missionary Ghe ...
• 15 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Death of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies. Patriarch Laham: "May his death be an offer for peace" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Jules Baghdassarian, 55, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Syria, a position he had held since 2003, died yesterday at noon, following a sudden heart attack. Fr J ...
• 15 November 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Sister Valsa John’s murder: after a year, the trial for the culprits has not yet begun Dumka (Agenzia Fides) - A year after Sister Valsa John’s death, a nun of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary killed in the Indian state of Jharkhand on November 15, 2011, "the trial for the culprits has not yet be ...
• 14 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Car bomb outside a church in northeastern Syria Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - A car bomb exploded in front of the Orthodox Church of the Annunciation, in the city of Raqqah, in northeastern Syria, causing two deaths and injuring a woman, all civilians. As confirmed by Fi ...
• 14 November 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - To form the youth so that they are followers of Christ; towards World Youth Day in Taiwan Hsin Chu (Agenzia Fides) - The formation of young people, so that they are followers of Christ and witnesses of the Lord, was the objective of the fourth Taiwan Youth Ministers' Meeting (TYMM), which was held from Octobe ...
• 14 November 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal for a Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy, in prison for seven years Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The ordeal of Younis Masih, 26 years of age at the time of his arrest, a Christian sentenced to death for insulting the Prophet Mohammed, who for seven years has been in prison, is emblematic for ...
• 14 November 2012
  ASIA - Asian Bishops in Holy Land to "return to the sources" in the Year of Faith Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Returning to the sources and thinking about evangelization again, with a pilgrimage to Holy Land in the Year of Faith: with this spirit 120 Asian Bishops experienced, from November 6 to 12, a ...
• 14 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Families and especially children in the refugee camp of Atmeh, on the border between Syria and Turkey Atmeh (Agenzia Fides) - There are many children who have escaped the on-going bloody civil war in Syria and represent the majority of the displaced in the tents of the refugee camp of Atmeh, on the border between Syria a ...
• 14 November 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Trial for Rimsha has concluded: waiting for the verdict Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistan is waiting with bated breath for the final verdict in the case of Rimsha Masih, a Christian girl, mentally disabled, accused of blasphemy and released on bail because the evidence aga ...
• 14 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Apostolic Nuncio Zenari: the unification of the opposition favors a political solution to the conflict Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The unification of various factions of the opposition to the Assad regime may be a "positive sign", provided that this initiative can "better serve the cause of finding a political solution to ...
• 13 November 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The consecration of new churches, sign of faith and the maturity of the continental community Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - In the missionary month of October which has just ended, several parishes consecrated their new church, as an eloquent sign of faith, evangelization and also the maturity of the Catholic ...
• 13 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Health Emergency: cases of plague in Homs Homs (Agenzia Fides) - The health situation in Homs is at high risk: there have been cases of infections and bubonic plague. This is the alarm launched by a group of 20 Christian civilians living near the convent of the ...
• 12 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - An Orthodox Archbishop: conflict and refugees on the Turkish-Syrian border, between fear and uncertainty Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - "There is great fear among families of different communities for their future. People are so afraid of a real war that could break out at any time between Turkey and Syria. We do not know what ...
• 12 November 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Annual meeting of the priests of Taiwan, "so that all may be one" Hsin Chu (Agenzia Fides) - "So that they may all be one" (Jn 17: 21) was the main theme of the annual meeting of the priests of Taiwan, held from October 29 to 31 in the diocese of Hsin Chu, in collaboration with the Reg ...