ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch: corruption is a "social leprosy"
Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - "The state of corruption, ethical degradation, political feudalism that the country is suffering from, the prioritization of personal and sectarian interests is hindering the enhancement of the ...
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Philippine Church is not "against Duterte"
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - There is a gap between President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration and the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The faithful see the pronouncements of Duterte against the Church and against pries ...
ASIA/MYANMAR - The "Mother Teresa of Burma" takes care of AIDS patients
Yangon (Myanmar) – They all call her the "Mother Teresa of Burma": Sister Marta Mya Thwe, a religious of the Congregation of St. Joseph of the Apparition (SJA), is tirelessly committed to taking care of people with AID ...
3 March 2017
ASIA/INDONESIA - Violations of religious freedom increase
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Violence against religious communities and religious freedom abuses increased in Indonesia in 2016: says the Report on Religious Freedom in Indonesia 2016, carried out and just published by the ...
ASIA/MYANMAR - The slavery of Rohingya girls
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Last October, the Burmese Army carried out a military operation in the State of Rajine, North Myanmar, following an attack on a border post in the region which caused the death of nine agents. Si ...