Asia

• 25 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Director of the PMS: "Aleppo paralyzed by the fighting, Christians in fear" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "For two days Aleppo has been paralyzed by the fighting. The situation is very serious. We hear gunshots all the time. People are locked in the house, offices are closed, business is at a stand s ...
• 25 July 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Agricultural land belonging to the Christians in Punjab illegally confiscated Kasur (Agenzia Fides) - Influential Muslims take possession of 40 acres of farmland belonging to Christian families in Punjab, with the complicity of the police: as reported to Fides by local sources, it is a subtle inst ...
• 24 July 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Chaos, death and destruction due to the most intense cataclysm in the past 60 years Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A storm lasting over 10 hours has brought death and destruction in the main streets of Beijing, rivers have flooded the underground tunnels and subways, causing the death of several people. This ...
• 24 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Crisis, the situation of Christians, perspectives: Bishops' meeting in Aleppo Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Urgent issues of the Syrian crisis, at a time "of great concern" for the Churches and for the entire population, the situation of Christian communities and the plight of the internally displaced ...
• 23 July 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - New Foundation of the Diocese of Xian Xian for the aid to the poor and re-launch of evangelization Xina Xian (Agenzia Fides) - Education, aid to the poor and to the victims of natural disasters, evangelization of the newly baptized: are the priorities of the new Foundation of Xian Ai, of the diocese of Xian Xian (toda ...
• 23 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Islamist groups in action in Damascus: the victims are Christian civilians and Iraqi refugees Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Radical Islamist groups in the ranks of the revolutionaries sow terror among civilians in Damascus. Those who pay the consequences are those considered "loyalists", loyal to the regime of Basha ...
• 23 July 2012
  ASIA/YEMEN - One million children suffer from severe malnutrition Sana (Agenzia Fides) - Yemen is one of the poorest Arab countries in the world, where there are one million children suffering from severe malnutrition while their families are struggling to be able to buy food. The poli ...
• 23 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christians, the epicenter of solidarity with the IDPs of Damascus Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The epicenter of the initiatives of solidarity in Damascus are Christian communities and local committees of the interfaith movement "Mussalaha" ("Reconciliation"), where the population lives i ...
• 21 July 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The "Love Jihad " to convert Christian and Hindu girls to Islam and terrorism New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The spread of a "diabolical plan", called "Love Jihad " is the alarm among the Christian communities in India: according to a carefully orchestrated plan and financed from abroad, young Muslim ...
• 21 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - A nun from Damascus: "We pray that all ends, we have no faith in the revolution" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Refugees continue to knock on the door of the Shrine of Tabbaleh, dedicated to the Conversion of St. Paul in Damascus. The Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land and the Franciscan M ...
• 20 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus: "It is an apocalypse, we await the resurrection" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "One lives an apocalypse in Damascus, and we hope with all our heart, mind and strength, that resurrection may soon arrive": is what is said in a message sent to Fides Agency by His Exc. Mgr. S ...
• 20 July 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - "The Church becomes the home of people who suffer": Cardinal Tong to the new permanent deacons Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "Open the door of the domestic Church and of the big family of the Church, so that nobody in the world is without a family and the Church is the family for everyone. You must take charge of th ...
• 20 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Appeal from Damascus: "Keep out the civilians from the fighting, No to sectarian revenge" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "We urgently need to protect civilians. There is a danger that the season of revenge begins and that the civilians of Damascus are treated as 'traitors' because they have not taken an active pa ...
• 19 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The War "at home" in the chaos in Damascus Christians are "strong in faith" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - These are hours of high tension in Damascus: "We hear bombs and gunfire, people are terrified and do not leave the house. We thank God we are alive," says a Catholic priest from Damascus, reach ...
• 19 July 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Caritas Volunteers receive the missionary mandate "to bring Christ to the people" Tai Nan (Agenzia Fides) - "Make Love and Life grow": this was the message that the two groups of volunteers of Caritas in Taiwan, which started on 4 and 5 July, want to bring to people, especially young people, of the mo ...