Asia

• 24 October 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Marriage tradition of indigenous comunities and Catholic theology: Pastoral Congress in Taiwan Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - "Marriage tradition and the Catholic pastoral" is the theme of the 7th Pastoral Congress of indigenous peoples of Taiwan to be held from November 7 to 9. The invitation to participate, addressed ...
• 24 October 2012
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic bishops of the Holy Land: no Vatican ok to the separation wall in the Cremisan valley Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land strongly condemns the project of the separation wall that the Israeli authorities want to build in the Cremisan valley, between Bethlehem a ...
• 24 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - An Orthodox priest kidnapped in Damascus Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The Greek Orthodox priest Fr. Fadi Jamil Haddad, pastor of the church of St. Elias in Qatana, a suburb of Damascus, was kidnapped by an unidentified armed group. According to information sent t ...
• 24 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Hina, another girl targeted by the Taliban. The Bishops: intolerance has grown Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Hina Khan is a teenager threatened by the Taliban as Malala Yousafzai, the girl hit by a bomb attack in the Swat Valley and now in hospital in the UK. Even Hina, a 17-year-old Muslim, who lives i ...
• 23 October 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Faith and Evangelization: Mission Day of the Diocese of Jing Xian Heng Shui (Agenzia Fides) - "In the Year of Faith one has to put into practice Charity for Evangelization and Faith and the spread of Hope": with this commitment, the parish of Fu Cheng of the diocese of Jing Xian (today ...
• 23 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Two faithful kidnapped and killed. Patriarch Laham: "Christians are exploited in the conflict" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Two Christians were kidnapped and killed yesterday in Damascus, while a car bomb exploded last night near the church of St. Abramo, in the area of Jaramana, in the north of Damascus. The two fa ...
• 23 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishop Shaw: "The Synod will help the faithful of Asia to renew the message of Christ" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The new evangelization is a long wave that will reach even the Muslim-majority countries such as Pakistan. I am convinced that the peoples of Asia will benefit as much as those of the West ...
• 22 October 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The Diocese of Hai Men opens the Year of Faith administering 445 Confirmations Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The faithful were 445 adults from the Diocese of Hai Men, in Jiang Su province, in mainland China, who received the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the Sacrament of Confirmation, on October 14, at t ...
• 22 October 2012
  ASIA/LAOS - "Year of Faith" amid the persecutions of Christians forced to become "animists" Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - Some loatian civilian officials of the province of Savannakhet threaten to destroy the homes of Christians in the village of Seekaew if they refuse to perform animist religious rituals. Acco ...
• 22 October 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Hope and dignified life for 600 children and adults with disabilities Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The list of children and adults physically and mentally disabled in the Philippines is heavy. There are 600 young children and adults affected by different disabilities assisted at the center El ...
• 22 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus: questions, fears and prayers of the Christians of Syria after the massacre of Bab Touma Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The mass murderer attack carried out on Sunday, October 21 in the area of Bab Touma, on the eve of a peace mission that will bring Cardinals and delegated Bishops of the Synod of Bishops in Syr ...
• 20 October 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai condemns the massacre in Beirut: "a criminal attack against peace and the joyful effects of the Pope's visit" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites Bechara Boutros Rai "strongly condemns the horrific explosion which took place yesterday in Beirut", which killed general Wissam el-Hassan, head of the int ...
• 19 October 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - "To evangelize all peoples so that they become disciples": the National Director of the PMS in Taiwan for World Mission Day Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - "To evangelize all peoples so that they become disciples" is the title of Fr. Felice Chech’s letter, MI, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Taiwan, addressed to all ...
• 19 October 2012
  ASIA/IRAQ - A Catholic University to offer new chances to young Iraqis Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The event is scheduled for Saturday, October 20 at 4.30 pm: in Ankawa, a suburb of Erbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, within an area of 30 thousand square meters made available by the Chaldean Chu ...
• 19 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Year of Faith: Catechism in Urdu is useful for Christians and Muslims Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "An effort to renew catechesis, as the Pope asks us in Porta fidei is necessay in Pakistan. This commitment is up to priests, religious and lay missionaries, and one can carry it forward wi ...