ASIA/IRAN - Pastor released, three faithful detained
Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - Iranian Protestant Pastor Nadarkhani, of the "Church of Iran," arrested in recent days in Rasht was released, while three other believers arrested on May 13 are still in custody. As NGO Catholic ...
16 May 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The mercy between Christianity and Islam
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The mercy in Christianity and Islam" is the title of a seminar organized in Lahore, on the occasion of the Jubilee Year, by the "Council for Interreligious Dialogue in Pakistan", coordinated by ...
16 May 2016
ASIA/JORDAN - Construction of Our Lady of Mount Center starts in Anjara
Anjara (Agenzia Fides) - At the initiative of the Parish “The Visitation of Our Lady”, construction work of a multipurpose center has started in Anjara, Jordan. The project, named after Our Lady of Mount, will serve ...
14 May 2016
ASIA/IRAN - A Protestant pastor arrested
Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - Christian Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, of the Protestant community "Church of Iran", acquitted in 2012 of the charge of apostasy, was arrested yesterday, May 13, in Iran with his wife, Tina Pasandid ...
ASIA/MYANMAR - Buddhist monk: replace churces with pagodas
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Buddhist monk Myaing Kyee Ngu Sayadaw invites his followers to destroy the country's churches and replace them with Buddhist temples. This is the alarm launched by the Christian community in Myan ...
ASIA/TURKEY - Armenian cemetery desecrated in Mus
Mus (Agenzia Fides) - An historic Armenian cemetery dating back to the eighteenth century was desecrated in Mus, the capital of the Turkish eastern province. The news of the desecration was released yesterday from local ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A two-year-old Christian child killed by a Muslim man
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - It is one of those cases where high social status and wealth turn into arrogance and arbitrariness towards the weakest and most vulnerable. A wealthy Muslim landowner owner, who has so many C ...