Asia
16 March 2017
ASIA/LEBANON - Aoun meets the Pope while Lebanese Maronite Christians call for more political representation
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Lebanon, Michel Aoun was received today, Thursday, March 16, by Pope Francis in the Vatican. In the course of the visit, Michel Aoun also met with the Cardinal Secretary of State ...
16 March 2017
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 90 years of the founding of the diocese of Pyongyang: a Mass and an exhibition for the Catholics of North Korea
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - In 2017, the Catholic diocese of Pyongyang celebrates its 90th anniversary of foundation: for the occasion the Archdiocese of Seoul has organized a series of initiatives, like a special Mass and a ...
15 March 2017
ASIA/SYRIA - Six years of Syrian conflict. The Jesuits JRS: the war is not over
Homs (Agenzia Fides) – Wednesday, March 15 marks the sixth anniversary of the conflict in Syria. And contrary to what is reported by international media, Syria "continues to suffer." This is the key message that the Je ...
15 March 2017
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Prime Minister Sharif: punish blasphemy on web and abuse of the law, to protect minorities
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif intervened again on the issue of blasphemy. Sharif ordered to remove "blasphemous" content on websites and social media in Pakistan and to punish t ...
14 March 2017
ASIA/IRAQ - Even Assyrian Patriarch Mar Gewargis supports the aggregation process of political and social Christian acronyms
Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - Even Mar Gewargis III, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, supports the impetus promoted by political and social acronyms related to Christian communities in Iraq towards an aggregation ...
14 March 2017
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Resignation of the Bishop of Jeonju, appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On March 14, 2017 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Jeonju (Korea), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Vincent Ri Pyung-ho. The Holy Father a ...
14 March 2017
ASIA/INDONESIA - Asian Youth Day 2017: celebrating diversity in a multicultural society
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - To encourage and accompany young people in Asia to live and promote a "culture of solidarity and encounter with the other, in the multicultural and multireligious societies of Asia", and increas ...
14 March 2017
ASIA/TURKEY - The Catholic Church in Ankara will host the liturgies celebrated by the Ecumenical Patriarchate for Orthodox Christians
Ankara (Agenzia Fides) – Starting from March 2017, an Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople will celebrate the Divine Liturgy for the Orthodox faithful living in Ankara once a month, and will d ...
9 March 2017
ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch at the forum on post-conflict: let us copy the distinction between politics and religion from the West
Sulaymaniyah (Agenzia Fides) - When Mosul will be completely taken away from the jihadists of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, and the Iraqi people will be faced with the difficult task to reconstruct a torn political, ...
9 March 2017
ASIA/SRI LANKA - 80,000 people affected by the worst drought in 40 years
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - About one million people urgently need food aid and tens of thousands need urgent life-saving aid due to the drought that is severely hitting Sri Lanka. The alarm emerges from a statement of the ...
9 March 2017
ASIA/HOLY LAND - The chapel of the Ascension, on the top of the Mount of Olives, damaged in an arson attack
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, March 8th, the chapel of the Ascension, located at the top of the Mount of Olives, was damaged in an arson attack. According to the media of the Custody of the Holy Land, in all ...
9 March 2017
ASIA/INDONESIA - Young people of all religions united against all forms of radicalism and intolerance
Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - Over 3,000 young people from different religious communities gathered in Semarang, capital of Central Java province, to attend an interreligious meeting, committing themselves to "develop an in ...
8 March 2017
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The House approves the death penalty: the Church "in mourning"
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippine Catholic Church is "in mourning" after the House of Representatives approved the re-imposition of capital punishment in the nation. On March 7, 217 to 54 with one abstention, lawm ...
8 March 2017
INDONESIA - Saudi king meets with religious leaders and praises tolerance and coexistence
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "We shared aspirations and hopes with the Saudi king. This meeting is symbolic and very important": said to Fides Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo, after the Interreligious meeting organized by the G ...
7 March 2017
ASIA/IRAQ - In Kirkuk, the political and Christian Social components try to unite into a single Council
Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - The appeal repeatedly launched by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I to Iraqi Christians not to proceed "in random order" on the political and social ground, but to try to merge their forces in o ...
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