Asia

• 19 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protests against the blasphemous film: religious leaders demand respect, harmony and peace Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The protests against the blasphemous film about Muhammad "The Innocence of Muslims" inflame Pakistan: in all provinces there are continuous demonstrations, while religious leaders try to quell th ...
• 19 September 2012
  ASIA/NEPAL - About a quarter of the population is extremely poor Katmandu (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Nepal is working on a program to fight poverty in the country, thanks to which will identify the segment of the population most in need and therefore offer food assistance, he ...
• 19 September 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishops: "Together against human trafficking, modern slavery" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A joint effort of all the ecclesial communities and institutions to combat human trafficking and modern slavery is urgently needed. This is what the Bishops of the Philippines ask in a message se ...
• 18 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Film on Mohammed: firing at the Cathedral, a Christian injured in Hyderabad Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - Tension and fear for Christians in Hyderabad, a city in the province of Sindh in southern Pakistan. Angry protest marches for the blasphemous film about Mohammed, "The innocence of Muslims," h ...
• 18 September 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Chaldean Bishop Antoine Audo: "The Pope’s comfort reached Aleppo" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Benedict XVI’s visit also gave comfort to the Christians of Aleppo, the Syrian metropolis which for two months has been in the middle of armed clashes between the rebels and the Syrian army. Th ...
• 18 September 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The parish of Cai Bang in the city of Xian Tao, a meeting place for 800 faithful, destroyed "in the total indifference of the local authorities" Xian Tao (Agenzia Fides) - More than 800 members of the parish of Cai Bang in the city of Xian Tao, in the province of Hu Bei, discovered with great sorrow that their church was destroyed around 4 pm (local time) on Sept ...
• 18 September 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christians form "popular committees" armed to prevent violence Homs (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian communities in Syria, after repeated violence suffered by armed gangs, often jihadist groups, have begun to organize, in different locations, "popular dissuasive committees", formed b ...
• 17 September 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Towards the Year of Faith, the parish of Our Diocese of Sanyuan celebrated the patronal feast Sanyuan (Agenzia Fides) – In view of the Year of Faith wanted by Pope Benedict XVI, the parish dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows of the Diocese of Sanyuan celebrated its patronal feast on September 15. As reported to Fi ...
• 17 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Two Christians killed on the outskirts of Karachi, the faithful, in terror, raise a wall Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Two Christians were killed with a firearm in the district of Essa Nagri, on the outskirts of Karachi, by Muslim extremist groups of ethnic Pashtuns who terrorize the population. This is what is ...
• 17 September 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - Muhammad Sammak: "Everyone in Lebanon wanted the Pope to stay longer" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - " Benedict XVI’s visit to Lebanon showed the world that the Lebanese people, Christians and Muslims, are all on the same side, while the political parties and factions divide and create conflic ...
• 17 September 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarchs' hopes of peace after the Pope's visit to Lebanon Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Satisfaction and hope of the Christian Patriarchs in Damascus for a future of peace and reconciliation in Syria: in the aftermath of the Pope's visit the Christian leaders of Damascus, all in L ...
• 15 September 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - Archbishop Maroun Lahham: The Apostolic Exhortation of Benedict XVI is a real help to the Christians of the Middle East Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The post-synodal apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in the Middle East "is a high-profile pastoral text, with Biblical inspiration, full of useful tips that will help Christians in the Middle East to ...
• 14 September 2012
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - "The challenge of the sects, in the horizon of the new evangelization": Meeting of Bishops of the Lusophone countries Dili (Agenzia Fides) - "The challenge of the sects, in the horizon of the new evangelization" was the theme of the 10th meeting of the representatives of the Episcopal Conferences of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), ...
• 14 September 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Bishops of Aleppo, forced to give up the meeting with the Pope and launch an appeal to Benedict XVI for a ceasefire and reconciliation Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Aleppo has been in the middle of armed clashes between the rebels and the Syrian army for more than two months. The Council of the six Catholic Bishops of the second largest city of Syria had to ...
• 14 September 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - "Faithful, do not leave Syria!": Patriarchs’ Message, rallied around the Pope Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "With all my heart we ask the Christians of Syria not to leave our beloved country, despite the violence, the suffering, the displacement": This is what the Patriarchs of the Christian Churches ...