Asia
22 December 2015
ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: we do not accept Christmas greetings from those who have abandoned us
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - During the pre-Christmas retreat for priests and deacons of the Chaldean Archieparchy in Baghdad, held on Monday, December 21 in Baghdad in the presence of Chaldean Patriarch Raphael Louis I, th ...
22 December 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Ecumenical Christmas: Christians called to be "leaven for peace"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus Christ was born during the reign of King Herod who ordered to kill all newborn babies. Today there are many 'Herods' who hate and kill: it is our task to spread the message of life, becaus ...
22 December 2015
ASIA/SYRIA - Two Christian villages bombarded by jihadists
Hama (Agenzia Fides) - At least two civilians were killed and another twenty injured by grenades on Monday, December 21 by anti-regime jihadist fighters against the villages of Maharda and Sqelbyia, in the province of Ha ...
22 December 2015
ASIA/SYRIA - New church among the ruins in Damascus: "a Christmas of Resurrection"
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - In the midst of ruins and destruction, after three years of war, a new Maronite church will rise in Damascus. It will be inaugurated on January 8, in the district of Kachkoul, on the east outsk ...
21 December 2015
ASIA/SYRIA - President Assad's visit to a Catholic church on the outskirts of Damascus
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited the Melkite Catholic parish of Our Lady of Damascus, in the Damascene district of al Qussur, with his wife Asma. Of the presidential visit, which took p ...
21 December 2015
ASIA/INDONESIA - Birth of the Union of female religious Orders in Indonesia
Bandung (Agenzia Fides) - The Union of Superiors General (UISG) brings together 17 religious congregations in Indonesia. As reported to Fides, in the recent meeting in Bandung, the religious elected Sister Veronica Manaa ...
21 December 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Vijayawada
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 December 2015 the Holy Father appointed Fr. Joseph Raja Rao Thelegathoti, S.M.M., Provincial Superior of the Montfort Missionaries in Bangalore as Bishop of the diocese of Vijayawada ...
21 December 2015
ASIA/HOLY LAND - 600 Israeli "permits" to Christians in Gaza to visit the holy places at Christmas
Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli authorities issued 600 permits to many Christians living in Gaza Strip to allow them to visit the Holy Places during the holiday season. Permits have a monthly period, starting from Sun ...
21 December 2015
ASIA/BANGLADESH - A violent year: religious extremism worries Christians and activists
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "2015 has been a year of unprecedented violence and serious violations of human rights in Bangladesh. Women, children and elderly were hit, innocent people killed. Schools, institutions, mosques, ...
19 December 2015
ASIA/VIETNAM - The President of the Bishops: "The theological Institute becomes reality in the Holy Year"
Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic university of Vietnam becomes reality and will be inaugurated in Ho Chi Minh City during the Jubilee Year: this was confirmed to Agenzia Fides by His Exc. Mgr. Paul Bui Van ...
19 December 2015
ASIA/LEBANON - Presidential elections, the Maronite Patriarch still considers "Franjieh's option" valid
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai continues to consider Sleiman Frangieh as a credible presidential candidate thanks to the consent of the Lebanese political forces that allow the election o ...
19 December 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Salesians: compassion towards the flood victims in Chennai
Chennai (Agenzia Fides) - The Salesians of Tamil Nadu are actively engaged in helping the flood victims that hit the city of Chennai, former Madras. This is what Don Raphael Jayapalan, SDB Provincial of the Salesians in ...
18 December 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - An NGO: need to recognize and welcome persecuted Christians of Pakistan in Europe
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Pakistan who escape religious persecution have to be recognized and welcomed in Europe: is what the NGO "Global Minorities Alliance" (GMA), based in the United Kingdom asks Europ ...
18 December 2015
ASIA/ISRAEL - Netanyahu: Israel is the only State in the Middle East that protects Christians
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - In the Middle East, Christians are persecuted and killed "by radical Islam", and the only State in the region that protects Christians "is the State of Israel". This is how the Israeli Prime M ...
18 December 2015
ASIA/INDIA - The Archbishop of Calcutta: "upcoming canonization of Mother Teresa, a gift to the whole of India"
Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - "This Christmas is very special. We are grateful and overjoyed at upcoming canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. We are deeply grateful to God and to the Holy Father. Today there is an atm ...
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