Asia

• 12 November 2012
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Earthquake in the town center: deaths, injuries and several missing Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Sunday, November 11, an earthquake 6.6 magnitude on the Richter scale shook central Burma, causing five deaths, 19 injuries and limited material damage. Many people could be missing. ...
• 12 November 2012
  ASIA - "Year of Faith" and the New Evangelization in Asia: what vision and what hopes? Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "Our humble service is to help modern society to find a soul. In the Year of Faith it is necessary to restore faith in the different contexts of life. In Asia it must seek common ground with peo ...
• 10 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The historic Evangelical Church of Aleppo destroyed with explosives Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The historic Arabic Evangelical Church of Aleppo, in the Jdeideh district (the old town), was mined with explosives and blown up "by armed men, for pure sectarian hatred": This is what Pastor Ibr ...
• 10 November 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In the "Day for Malala" a new literacy program Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani government, Churches and minorities, civil society, the entire nation gathers around Malala Yusufzai, the 15-year-old activist, victim of an assassination attempt, carried out a ...
• 10 November 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - More than 200 Muslim girls enrolled in the Catholic school in Swat, hit by Taliban Sangota (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic girls' school of the Sisters of the Presentation in Sangota, in the heart of the Swat valley (province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa), "reopened a few months ago, has more than 200 enrolled ...
• 9 November 2012
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Murder of an Indian Christian doctor: religious motivation is excluded Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - There is no religious motivation or Islamic fundamentalism behind the murder of a Christian Indian doctor Rajan Daniel, who was killed on November 2 in the UAE. The man was killed with numerou ...
• 9 November 2012
  ASIA/JORDAN - The director of Caritas Jordan: Syrian refugees are 250 000, of whom we give assistance to more than 50 thousand, and among children there is already "psychological emergency" Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The number of Syrian refugees who have found refuge in Jordan has reached the threshold of 250 thousand. And if the conflict between Assad’s government loyalists and rebels remains unresolved, i ...
• 9 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The scourge of kidnappings, more than 1,700 in the Syrian conflict: appeal for an American reporter Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Austin Tice, American reporter kidnapped in Syria on August 13 and collaborator of the "Washington Post" and "McClatchy Newspapers" group, is one of the most famous victims, but the scourge of ki ...
• 8 November 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Living Spring Foundation has been providing support for the initiatives of evangelization for 5 years Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Living Spring Foundation, Catholic non-profit foundation in Hong Kong, celebrated its 5 years of life and support to evangelization. According to information gathered by Fides Agency, the ...
• 8 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Church's efforts to free the kidnapped Christians and to assist the displaced Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - There is an effort underway on behalf of the Church to try to free ten Christians who were kidnapped in recent days by an armed group while they were on a bus from Aleppo to Beirut (see Fides 06/ ...
• 8 November 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - Cardinal Robert Sarah meets President Suleiman and the Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch: may our Churches be closer, especially in these difficult times Baalbek (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Robert Sarah’s visit "is going really well. To the intense program, unexpected and surprising meetings are added, such as what occurred yesterday between the Cardinal and the Orthodox ...
• 7 November 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Chinese Dominican Congregation has been evangelizing through service to the most vulnerable for 80 years Chia Yi (Agenzia Fides) – To confirm the continuity of evangelization, pastoral commitment, service to the most vulnerable, according to the Dominican spirit: these are the reasons that characterized the celebration fo ...
• 7 November 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Two Christian girls raped in Orissa, one killed Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Horror and outrage in the Christian community in Orissa. Two 13-year-old Christian girls were raped and one was killed. The two separate mob attacks took place in the Kandhamal district abou ...
• 7 November 2012
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Year of Faith in the Arabian Peninsula: gathering of young Catholics in the Middle East Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - More than 1,500 young Catholics in the Middle East will meet in Abu Dhabi, UAE, from November 15 to 17, for three days of reflection and prayer. At the center of the "Arabia Catholic Youth Con ...
• 6 November 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Living the Year of Faith, following the example of Abraham and Job; reading of the Catechism of the Catholic Church after Sunday Mass Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Living the Year of Faith, following the excellent example of faith given by Abraham and Job: with such conviction the Catholic community of mainland China starts its journey in the Year o ...