Asia

• 26 September 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Reconciliation ceremony for the release of Christian hostages Rableh (Agenzia Fides) - Bells ring in celebration, hugs among family members reunited, a Mass of Thanksgiving and a solemn interfaith ceremony of reconciliation: this is what happened yesterday in the village of Rableh, ...
• 26 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders: Pakistan asks UN a resolution against blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We, the participants at the conference on respect for religions ask you to immediately prohibit the diffusion of the film 'The Innocence of Muslims'. We ask the government of Pakistan and civil ...
• 26 September 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - "Together let us defend and respect human life" donation of the philanthropic governmental organization to Jinde Charities of the Catholic Church Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The first donation of 21 wheelchairs, offered by the Chinese Association of the Sick and by the Starlight Foundation of China Charities Aid Foundation for Children (government agency), wa ...
• 25 September 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - 150 Greek-Catholic faithful kidnapped Homs (Agenzia Fides) – The kidnapping of 150 Greek-Catholic faithful, which occured yesterday September 24, has shocked the Christian community in the village of Rableh, between the Lebanese border and the city of Qusa ...
• 25 September 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Father Bossi, exemplary missionary, builder of bridges and... churches ... Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Bossi was a great example of missionary life lived to the end. He was motivated by an authentic missionary spirit, of simplicity and sharing with the poor. Everyone remembers him ...
• 25 September 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - A great concert marks the "third season" of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the Diocese of Tian Jin Tian Jin (Agenzia Fides) - The great concert held on September 22 marked the culmination of the "third season" ("season of life", from July to September) of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the Diocese of Ti ...
• 25 September 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - Christian and Muslim religious leaders reflect together on the Pope's visit Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Benedict XVI’s visit to Lebanon is increasingly shaping up as the potential beginning of a new season in the complex situation of the Lebanese nation. This is confirmed by the summit of the He ...
• 25 September 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Rableh: 280 Christians held hostage Homs (Agenzia Fides) – Christians kidnapped in the village of Rableh, on the border with Lebanon, in western Syria, spreads: after the maxi kidnapping which occurred yesterday, of 150 people (see Fides article 25/9), ...
• 24 September 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - St. Therese’s novena has started at the Shrine in Taipei dedicated to the Patroness of Missions Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - With the intention of prayer "so that the faithful proclaim the Gospel" yesterday, Sunday, September 23, the novena in preparation for the feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus began, the shri ...
• 24 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - No evidence against Rimsha; support on behalf of Muslim women Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - After a week of further investigation, the Pakistani police have acknowledged that there is no evidence against Rimsha Masih, a Christian girl arrested for blasphemy and then released on bail. Th ...
• 21 September 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - For the Year of Faith also a contest for the hymn that uses "the cultural resources of indigenous peoples" Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The organization of four Seminars, the publication of brochures, a competition for the hymn of the Year of Faith made by the indigenous peoples of the island: are some of the initiatives of the ...
• 21 September 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Deputy delegate of Aleppo: Christians help refugees, not to take up arms Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "There are tens of thousands of displaced families in the metropolitan area of Aleppo, who fled from the neighborhoods where fighting occurs. They find shelter in schools, churches, mosques, publ ...
• 20 September 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Thousands of children cannot go back to school Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - In Syria, the school year is expected to begin this week, but the reality of the civil war that the country is going through does not allow thousands of children to attend classes. More than 20 ...
• 20 September 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Priesthood and diaconate ordinations enrich the continental Catholic community and in Taiwan Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Su Zhou and the Diocese of Ji Nan of the continent are celebrating the priestly and diaconal ordinations just celebrated, representing the harvest of the fruits of evangeli ...
• 19 September 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The continental Major Seminaries welcome 80 new seminarians and 213 religious women engaged in formation courses Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Nine Chinese continental Major Seminaries opened the new school year in the month of September, as every year, except that of the Diocese of Shang Hai, the Seminary of She Shan. According ...