Asia

• 23 June 2012
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church to the people of North Korea: "Peace be with you" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace be with you": a strong appeal for reconciliation, solidarity, fraternity comes from the Church of South Korea to the people of "Brothers and sisters in North Korea." This is what is said in ...
• 22 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Chaldean Bishop of Aleppo: "The Pope's words are a help to seek ways of peace" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "Urgency for us is national reconciliation. The situation is serious, it is necessary to re-establish dialogue. Syria has always been an example of conviviality and today must find its peaceful f ...
• 22 June 2012
  ASIA/LAOS - Converted to Christianity? Two soldiers discharged Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of May 2012, Khamsorn and Tonglai, two members of the security forces in the village of Alowmai in the district of Phin, part of the province of Savannakhet, converted to Christia ...
• 22 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Appeal from Homs: "Respect the humanitarian truce" Homs (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal to respect the humanitarian truce in Homs reaches Fides Agency by representatives of the Christian community, civic leaders and important Sunni Muslims of the city. Families trapped ...
• 21 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Truce in Homs, but civilians cannot leave the city yet Homs (Agenzia Fides) – There is truce between the Syrian army and rebels: after long and difficult negotiations, a cease-fire agreement was reached to allow the release of civilians trapped in Homs. However, say Fides ...
• 21 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Catholic politician: "Solid democracy in Pakistan, Christians part of the country" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Democracy is solid in Pakistan, I see no danger of a coup," says to Fides Akram Gill, Catholic politician, until now Minister of State for National Harmony, commenting on the difficult politi ...
• 20 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Premier disqualified, there is a risk of instability: the Church supports democracy Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualified Prime Minister Yousuf Reza Gilani from his office yesterday, due to the effect of the sentence imposed on him for contempt on April 26. The Supreme C ...
• 20 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The revolution is not and should not be an "Islamic Jihad" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "The Syrian revolution is a struggle for the ideals of democracy, freedom, dignity, human rights. It is not and must not become an 'Islamic jihad', which is why Christians have nothing to fear ...
• 19 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced conversions "against human dignity": Christians support the new law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Conversions and forced marriages are "contrary to human dignity, human rights, fundamental freedoms of every individual, inscribed by God in every human being." For this reason "as Christians, we ...
• 19 June 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Tropical Storm Talim causes severe flooding in the coastal provinces of the country Fuzhou/Haikou (Agenzia Fides) - The province of northeastern China's Harbin is facing serious flooding due to the tropical storm Talim that brought heavy rains. This is the fifth storm of the year and is the eastern and ...
• 19 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The army: "Yes to the exit of civilians from Homs," but they become human shields Homs (Agenzia Fides) - The 800 civilians trapped in Homs are caught between the crossfire, unable to get out, exploited in the conflict, now used as human shields: is the alarm that reaches Fides Agency by representative ...
• 19 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Gregory III Laham: "National Dialogue to end the conflict" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - To come out of the Syrian crisis and end the conflict, "it is urgent that all Syrian unify efforts for a genuine national dialogue" is what the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, Gregory III ...
• 18 June 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Mass Attack against Christians in Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Nightmare for Christians in Orissa, eastern India is back. A Pastor and the entire community of a Christian village, about 12 families, were violently attacked and injured by an organized gr ...
• 18 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Civilians trapped in Homs are likely to die of hunger Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "Save us, we are hungry": is the appeal launched by the families of Homs, seeking the intervention of humanitarian organizations. The situation for about 800 civilians (half Muslim Sunni, half ...
• 18 June 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - Conflict in Syria and appointment of the Bishop of Homs in the Synod of the Greek Melkite Church Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The conflict in Syria, the plight of the approximately 300 thousand greek-Melkite Catholic faithful in Syria, the appointment of the new Greek-Melkite Bishop of Homs: are among the topics on the ...