Asia
22 May 2019
ASIA/INDONESIA - Joko Widodo confirmed President, the Bishops: "it is important to accept the result of the vote"
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent presidential and legislative elections turned out to be the most challenging elections in the nation, as hundreds of members of the electoral committee died due to their excessive wo ...
22 May 2019
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Catholic Bishops: the "two peoples-two States" formula is now "empty rhetoric"
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land take note that the proposal for a two-State solution has gone nowhere and is repeated to no avail. In fact, all talk of political solution seems empty rhe ...
21 May 2019
ASIA/JAPAN - The government awards Cardinal Farina for contributing to studies on "hidden Christians"
Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - The Japanese government has awarded Cardinal Raffaele Farina the honor of the Order of the Rising Sun - Gold and Silver Star - for his "contribution to the strengthening of friendly relations betw ...
21 May 2019
ASIA/LEBANON - A "new beginning" for theological reflection in the Middle East
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A "new beginning" for theological reflection in the Middle East, which takes into account the current historical phase and contributes to nourishing the communion between Churches and Christian c ...
20 May 2019
ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Catholic Church confirms its commitment to national harmony and reconciliation
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - While Sri Lanka celebrated, on May 18, the 10th anniversary of the end of a war with the Tamil rebels, "the Catholics of Sri Lanka, in a moment of tension and fear after the Easter attacks, conf ...
18 May 2019
ASIA/SYRIA - Assad to Armenian refugees: return to Syria and help us rebuild the country
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A call to return to Syria and rebuild homes devastated by the conflict was addressed by President Bashar Assad to Syrian Armenians who fled the Country during the years of conflict, finding ref ...
18 May 2019
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian cemetery devastated by vandals: an attempt to sow terror
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides): "It is very sad to see that some people attacked our Christian cemetery, they broke crosses and damaged graves. It is an offense to our faith, our religious feelings are hurt; the guilty must ...
17 May 2019
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Coadjutor Bishop of Baruipur
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese of Baruipur, India, the Rev. Shyamal Bose, of the clergy of Baruipur, currently Bursar and Chancellor of the same diocese.
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17 May 2019
ASIA/THAILAND - "Missionary enthusiasm" of Catholics in Thailand
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a lot of enthusiasm in the small Thai Catholic community. We are 390,000 baptized out of 65 million inhabitants. We are ready to welcome Cardinal Fernando Filoni, representative of the ...
16 May 2019
ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako: Parties have taken possession of parliamentary seats reserved for Christians
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The major “political parties” intervene in the process by supporting certain candidates for their own benefit, “stealing” Christians’ right in having this privilege, since the reality, ...
16 May 2019
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Church commitment against false marriages of Chinese men with Pakistani women
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Young Pakistani women were enticed to marry Chinese men on the promise of a better life, but these young women and their families are not at all aware that they can be deceived and trapped in ...
15 May 2019
ASIA/IRAQ - Security emergency in the Nineveh Plain: two elderly Christian women robbed and beaten up
Bartella (Agenzia Fides) - The robbery and violence that two elderly Christian women suffered at home in the Nineveh Plain by an armed group have become political "cases", causing the controversy over the lack of securit ...
14 May 2019
ASIA/SYRIA - The war is not over. Christian villages hit along the new "front line"
Hama (Agenzia Fides) - Artillery and missiles fired by rebel militias on the Syrian town of Al-Sqaylabiyeh, in the governorate of Hama, mostly inhabited by Orthodox Christians, also continued on Monday 13 May. On Sunday ...
13 May 2019
ASIA/LEBANON - National mourning for the death of Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanon mourns the death of Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Patriarch Emeritus of Antioch of the Maronites, who died on Sunday 12 May at the age of 99. The Lebanese government has proclaimed tw ...
13 May 2019
ASIA/INDIA - One of seven innocent Christians, accused in Orissa, released
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of India granted bail to Gornath Chalanseth, one of the seven innocent Christians languishing in jail for a decade due to the alleged murder of a local Hindu religious leader ...
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