ASIA/INDIA - Jesuit sees growing intolerance in India
Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) – “The episode of lynching on 28 September 2015, when Muslim Mohammad Akhlaq was killed by the crowds after reports that he had eaten cattle meat, should not be considered a spontaneous act ...
22 October 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Five new Deacons, a gift for the Church
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Their mission is to serve the local Church: a service of proclaiming the Word of God, taking part in Liturgical celebrations, and in charitable work. With these words Rev Sebastian Francis Shaw ...
AASIA/HOLY LAND - Olive harvest has begun in Gethsemane
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The olive harvest in the garden of Gestsemani began on Saturday, October 17 and will last at least one week. As usual, even this year the Franciscan friars, guardian of the Sacred Garden where ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN - New initiative to try to reduce maternal mortality
Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - The provincial government of Jiber Pajtunjwa, Pakistan, has created a program for the reduction of maternal mortality which consists in offering $ 10 per visit to every pregnant woman. Accordin ...
ASIA/INDIA - Protestant Pastor killed in Jharkhand
Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - A Protestant Pastor was killed in the state of Jharkhand, eastern India.
As reported to Fides by the Evangelical Fellowship network of India, Chamu Hasda Purty, 54, of the Independent Pentecosta ...