Asia

• 19 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - "Living as a Christian in the hell of Aleppo": the testimony of a priest Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Aleppo are victims of death and destruction due to the fighting which for months, has been affecting the city. The Christian neighborhoods, in recent times, have been hit by rebel f ...
• 18 October 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - With an event in the city park, the Year of Faith in the Diocese of Tai Nan begins Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – An event in a public park in the town of Tai Nan to present the activities and organization of the Catholic Church officially opened on 13 October, the Year of Faith in the Diocese of Tai Nan ...
• 18 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Talibans in Asia united against Malala, but "Pakistan is with her" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - While the school in Mingora, where Malala Yousafzai studied, the girl victim of aTaliban attack who is struggling between life and death, has been forced to a temporary closure "because of the th ...
• 17 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The church of San Francesco attacked in Karachi: the Franciscans in fear Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of St. Francis, the oldest of the archdiocese of Karachi, in the old town, was attacked by a mob of about 600 Islamic radicals that devasted the yard, but did not manage to b ...
• 17 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Armenian Catholic Bishop Marayati: the visit of the delegation of the Synod "reason to hope for Christians and for all the people of Syria" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The news that a delegation of the Synod of Bishops, being held in Rome, will be in Syria is a source of hope for Christians and for all the people of Syria. We all hope that the visit takes on t ...
• 17 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rimsha's case: postponed for a month, Ryan’s case: blasphemous SMS sent by Muslims? Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Two cases of young Christians accused of blasphemy continue to hold the Christian community’s breath in Pakistan. We are talking about Rimsha Masih, a 12-year-old falsely accused by an imam ...
• 17 October 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The diocese of Hong Kong rejoices over the beatification of Fr. Allegra, the Franciscan who brought the Word of God in Chinese among the Chinese Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "We must learn his great love for the Lord and his spirit of evangelization", this is how Cardinal John Tong, Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, urged the faithful during the Mass of thanksgi ...
• 16 October 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - A "Prayer for the five continents", promoted by the PMS in collaboration with the Catholic University Fu Ren Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The path of the local Church of Taiwan towards World Mission Day intensifies. A "Prayer for the five continents" was promoted at the beginning of the missionary month of October by the Pontifica ...
• 16 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious freedom under the shadow of blasphemy Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2011 was a horrible year for religious freedom in Pakistan: So says the XI edition of the "Report on Religious Freedom in the World", published today by the Papal Foundation "Aid to the Ch ...
• 16 October 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The death anniversary of Fr. Tentorio, "Reviving justice and to heal the wounded peace" Arakan (Agenzia Fides) - On the first anniversary of the death of Fr. Fausto Tentorio, who was killed in Mindanao on 17 October 2011, "we are seeking to revive the peace justice to heal the wounded," says to Fides Agency ...
• 16 October 2012
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - An orphanage in Laos and a school in Vietnam: two projects for disadvantaged children Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - A group of seven Swedish professionals have founded the charity organization Together for Charity in Singapore. These are married women, expatriated from their country of origin, who have beco ...
• 16 October 2012
  ASIA - Catholic activist: "South Asia: a land of Christians persecution" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "South Asia is an area of great Christian persecution, subject to the violence of radical Islamic Hindus or also Buddhists": This is what John Dayal, a lay Catholic Indian, human rights activist an ...
• 15 October 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The "Door of Faith" in the Chinese Catholic communities of the continent opens Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Information and evidence concerning the opening of the Year of Faith in the Chinese Catholic communities of the continent continue to reach Fides Agency. Among these we mention a few. The dioces ...
• 15 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The whole of Pakistan in prayer for Malala; she and Rimsha symbol of change Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – While Malala Yousafzai, the girl victim of a Taliban attack is struggling between life and death and was transferred to a specialized hospital in London, the Pakistani nation is shaken and s ...
• 15 October 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fr.Tentorio’s murder: a year after his death the army has blocked the investigation Davao (Agenzia Fides) - A year after the death of Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME missionary killed on October 17, 2011 in Arakan, on the island of Mindanao, the perpetrators are still unpunished. Fr. Peter Geremiah, PIME miss ...