ASIA/SYRIA - Father Murad speaks of his captivity
Homs (Agenzia Fides) - “Even while being deported, with my hands tied behind my back, I surprisingly found myself repeating again and again: I am going towards freedom. My captivity was like being born again”. This w ...
ASIA - Young people Heralds of the Gospel
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Young Asian Catholics are acting as Heralds of the Gospel to tackle difficulties such as moral relativism, discrimination for reasons of religion, poverty and marginalisation: this was affirme ...
ASIA/INDIA - Dalit infants burnt alive: Bishops deplore inhuman act
ASIA/INDIA – Dalit infants burnt alive: Bishops deplore inhuman act
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops of India have firmly condemned the incident in Faridabad on 21 October when the home of a Dalit fa ...
24 October 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian women suffers gang rape
Kasur (Agenzia Fides) – A Christian woman was raped by three Muslim men who forced their way into her home in a village in the district of Kasur, at a time when the men in the family were out at work. The woman tried t ...
23 October 2015
ASIA/INDONESIA - El Nino brings drought and famine to farming communities
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Communities of farmers all over Indonesia are battling with drought caused by rising sea temperatures associated with the El Nino atmospheric phenomenon which affects rainfall all over the wor ...
ASIA/IRAQ - 400 young Christians take part in Kirkuk Youth Day
Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) – Some 400 Christian boys and girls belonging to different confessions took part in a Youth Day organised in Kirkuk by the local Chaldean Catholic archdiocese. The event, held on 17 October, was ...
23 October 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Remand for Christian charged with blasphemy
Sargodha (Agenzia Fides) – A lower Court of justice has granted bail to a young Christian mas detained since 8 October for suspected blasphemy. Naveed John, aged 24, who offers healing prayers in his home at the reques ...