ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Claretians engaged in solidarity with flood victims
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Religious Claretians in Sri Lanka are actively engaged in helping victims of the floods that hit the country last May, leaving massive damage to persons, houses, facilities. The Major Superior o ...
18 June 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Police Violence against Christians
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Pakistan are abused also by the police. On Sunday, June 12 police officer Amir Abdullah raided the Protestant Christian Church in Fazalia district, Lahore, and hit and humiliated Pa ...
ASIA/CHINA - Catholic communities in the footsteps of the Apostle Barnabas
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The liturgical feasts of the Apostles are in particular felt by the Chinese Catholics, who choose such occasions for many initiatives related to evangelization and pastoral commitment, th ...
16 June 2016
ASIA/MONGOLIA - A new mission in Erdenet entitled to the Divine Mercy
Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - In the year of the Jubilee of Mercy a new local Catholic mission, dedicated to the Divine Mercy opens in Erdenet, the second largest city in Mongolia: confirms the Catholic Church in Mongoli ...
16 June 2016
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Mercy at the center of the Malaysian Youth Day
Kota Kinabalu (Agenzia Fides) - It was a pilgrimage and an experience centered on the theme of mercy - this is what more than two thousand young Catholics from Malaysia, gathered in the Sabah province (in Malaysian Borne ...
ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church's appeal for peace in Kachin state
Yangoa (Agenzia Fides) - "On behalf of all people of good will, I would like to launch an urgent appeal for peace and reconciliation for the Kachin population that has long suffered. It is urgent to take the opportunity ...
15 June 2016
ASIA/JORDAN - Queen Rania visits the "Restaurant of Mercy" run by Caritas
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In the holy month of Ramadan, Caritas volunteers who since December have been offering meals to those in need at the Restaurant of Mercy in Amman, in the Jabal al Weibdeh area, have modified their ...
15 June 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Murders of human rights defenders: UN has to intervene
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent that the Pakistani government "captures the killers of Catholic Minister Shahbaz Bhatti and other activists for human rights and justice", because such cases highlight "the persis ...
ASIA/INDIA - Christian population is growing in three Indian states
Chennai (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian population in three Indian states of Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand has increased at a faster rate compared to the growth of the total population growth rate during the 2001-11 ...