ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Shaw: "Christians in Pakistan pray for Paris"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We are terribly shocked. The massacre in Paris shook all Pakistanis. We condemn all forms of violence. Pakistan is a state which for years has fought against terrorism that has hit the streets, ...
16 November 2015
ASIA/JORDAN - Christian women spread a manual on domestic violence
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The manual on domestic violence prepared by the Association of young Christian women in Jordan, drawn up as part of the project titled "my dignity", was presented on Saturday, November 14 in Amman ...
16 November 2015
ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic Bishops: fight terrorism without "duplicity"
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Time has come for the world to stand united against terrorism, and to confront the reasons of terrorism such as feelings of "oppression, hatred, bad education and fanaticism", with no "double- ...
16 November 2015
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The closeness of the Church in Korea to French nationals
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Grief, closeness and prayer on behalf of the Church in Korea for the victims of the massacre in Paris: is what Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, writes in a message sent to the A ...
13 November 2015
ASIA/IRAN - Executions: appeal for a moratorium
Oslo (Agenzia Fides) - 648 people were executed in Iran in the first half of 2015 (from January 1 to June 18). Iran holds a very high average: every day about 4 executions are carried out. The average is much higher than ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian activist shot in the legs
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christian activist Aslam Masih, a volunteer and collaborator of the NGO "Legal Evangelical Association Development" (LEAD), committed to the free legal assistance to poor Pakistani Christians, wa ...
ASIA/INDIA - Appeal to Prime Minister Modi: "Protect religious minorities"
London (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to the government of Narendra Modi to protect the rights of minorities in India was launched by the NGO Minority Rights Group International (MRG), on the first day of the visit of the I ...
ASIA/MYANMAR - Aung San Suu Kyi’s party wins: now national reconciliation
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "National League for Democracy", the party of the leader Aung San Suu Kyi announces that it has obtained over 70% of the vote in the elections held on November 8 in Myanmar, gaining at least 78 s ...
11 November 2015
ASIA/NORTH KOREA - An inter-religious delegation visits North Korea
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of 150 religious leaders of different communities paid a visit to North Korea: during the short trip on 10 and 11 November, the leaders of seven major religions in South Korea, gather ...