ASIA/INDIA - Mercy is religious tolerance
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Religious tolerance is an expression of mercy and is a hallmark of Indian society. India is not a theocracy, it is not a mono-religious state but is a deeply pluralistic nation. Its Constitut ...
16 December 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - During the Jubilee Pakistani Catholics study Latin
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the Catechetical Centre of the Diocese of Karachi did not think they would have had such a great success when they proposed a specific course to learn Latin, in the Jubilee Year. ...
16 December 2015
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Twal: "Mercy is a political act par excellence"
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – "Children of the world dream of a wonderful celebration with gifts, lights, decorated trees and crèches". However, and I repeat the same words of Pope Francis, everything is distorted "beca ...
ASIA/INDONESIA - The religious: "Present the face of God's mercy"
Bandung (Agenzia Fides) - "To fully live one's vocation in order to present the face of God's mercy to the world": this is the commitment of the men and women religious in Indonesia, at the conclusion of the Year of cons ...
ASIA/INDIA - A new priest in Orissa, in the Year of Mercy
Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The new Jesuit priest who will be ordained on December 30 comes from the district of Kandhamal, in Orissa, which was the scene of anti-Christian violence in 2008. Narendra Singh, 35, will be ...