ASIA/PAKISTAN - Over 1400 cases of blasphemy in a year
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - In 2014, 1,400 cases of blasphemy were registered in Pakistan: it is a peak, compared with the trend of recent years, which reveals a very worrying situation. This was reported by senior lawyer ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Peace and prosperity, the duty of every citizen
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Every Pakistani citizen has a responsibility and a key role in building peace in Pakistan": said His Exc. Bishop Joseph Arshad, Bishop of Faisalabad, speaking at a recent seminar dedicated t ...
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ASIA/INDIA - Hindu extremists demand an anti-conversion law in Jharkhand
Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - Hindu extremist groups have begun a campaign to promote the adoption of a new "anti-conversion law" in the Indian state of Jharkhand, in north central India. As Fides learns, after the news of th ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Fears for the Catholic headmaster's family
Kasur (Agenzia Fides) - Fear and insecurity prevail in Siddique Azam's family, headmaster in the village of Pernawa, in the district of Kasur in Punjab, who was beaten by fellow Muslims. The latter do not recognize the h ...
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Tentorio's murder is "a blood stain on justice"
Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - Four years after the killing of Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME missionary who was shot dead on October 17, 2011 in Kidapawan on the island of Mindanao, the case remains unsolved and investigations ...