Asia
19 January 2019
ASIA/SYRIA - Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch receives Russian delegation: thank you for your help
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of Russian parliamentarians visiting the Middle East was received in Damascus by Patriarch Yohanna X, Primate of the Greek-Orthodox Church of Antioch. During the meeting - accordin ...
19 January 2019
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Filipino youth at WYD to "enrich their faith"
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - World Youth Day, to be held in Panama from 22 to 27 January, will be a "moment of extraordinary enrichment of faith" for young Filipinos. This is stated by over 70 young people who, together with ...
18 January 2019
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Starting a life again after the war: Caritas's contribution to expatriate families
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Sri Lanka is committed to helping the refugees who had taken refuge in India, offering them opportunities to start a new life. In fact, after the end of the 2009 war, many families who h ...
18 January 2019
ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Bishops of Holy Land "Coordination": cuts to humanitarian resources increase poverty in Palestine
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The condition of "misery" in which the Palestinian populations live in the territories occupied by Israel "has been deepened by severe cuts to humanitarian funding by the US government". This ...
18 January 2019
ASIA/TAIWAN - Veneration of ancestors and value of the family unit at the base of the Lunar New Year
Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - China, like other countries of the Far East, follows the lunar calendar, starting this year from 5 February. "The feast begins with the eve of the new year - says Fr. Giuseppe Dido, a Camillian m ...
17 January 2019
ASIA/SYRIA - The icon of the "Mysterious Supper" returns to the Syrian village of Maalula
Maalula (Agenzia Fides) - A copy of the icon of the Mysterious Supper - stolen from the shrine of St. Sergius and Bacchus in Maalula in 2014 when the Syrian village was occupied by al-Nusra jihadists - has been relocated ...
17 January 2019
ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Tuticorin and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tuticorin (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Yvon Ambroise.
The Pope appointed Rev. Fr. ...
17 January 2019
ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archbishop Goh: "May religions be united in promoting spiritual values in a secularized society"
Singapore - "It is important that all religions work together to ensure that there are signs of closeness and sharing especially in the various religious feasts, celebrations and other occasions, this is important in the ...
17 January 2019
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Young Koreans bring their passion for peace to WYD
Cartago (Agenzia Fides) - Young Koreans bring their passion and commitment for peace to World Youth Day in Panama: as Agenzia Fides learns, 41 Korean pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Seoul, accompanied by Mgr. Peter Chun ...
15 January 2019
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians and Muslims together to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the encounter between St. Francis and the Sultan
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - To commemorate the historic event of the encounter between St. Francis with the Sultan of Egypt, AL-Kamil in the year 1219, modernize it in today's Pakistan, launching a universal message of tole ...
14 January 2019
ASIA/INDIA - 10 years after the anti-Christian violence in Orissa, victims await compensation
Kandhamal (Agenzia Fides) - About 3,000 survivors of the anti-Christian massacres in Orissa in 2008 still claim legitimate compensation in proceedings underway in front of the Supreme Court: this is what the justice, pea ...
11 January 2019
ASIA/SINGAPORE - The youth of Singapore: the next WYD is an opportunity to share faith and culture
Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The upcoming World Youth Day (WYD) in Panama will be an opportunity for the young people of Singapore to share faith and culture. As Agenzia Fides learns, a delegation from Singapore will atte ...
11 January 2019
ASIA/SYRIA - Assad promises to rebuild the memorial church of the Armenian Genocide in Deir ez-Zor
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Syrian President Bashar al Assad has pledged to rebuild with state funding the church-sanctuary of the Armenian martyrs located in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, which was devastated by the ji ...
10 January 2019
ASIA/LEBANON: Statistical projections: the demographic decline of the Christian population has stopped
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Accredited international scientific studies on the demographic changes in Lebanon show that the decline of the Christian component will stop in the coming decades. These scientific projections we ...
10 January 2019
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Cardinal Coutts: "We are in a phase of hope: let us work together for peace in Pakistan"
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are living a phase of hope: this meeting is an occasion to spread the message of hope and work together for peace in the country. Peace will not come only thanks to a wish, but by working an ...
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