ASIA/HOLY LAND - Child malnutrition in Gaza: Caritas Jerusalem intervenes
Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - Most of the one million and 800 thousand inhabitants of the Gaza Strip cannot afford adequate food, partly because of higher food prices following the latest Israeli military action. Children and y ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Equal opportunities and citizenship to build peace
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Peace, equal opportunities and citizenship: are the keywords of a program launched by "Christian Study Center" in Rawalpindi in collaboration with the "Cecil Chaudhry & Iris Foundation" in Lahore ...
ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of the Bishop of Vinh Long
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 7 October 2015, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kontum (Vietnam), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Michael Hoàng Duc Oanh, in accordance with ...
ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Ministry of Justice: Christian property will be protected
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi government will adopt measures to protect the real estate property of Christians who have left the Country, and to prevent that their homes and their land illegally change owner during ...
ASIA - Religious freedom and human rights in ASEAN
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Defend and promote freedom of belief or religion as a universal, inalienable and non-derogable human right for all persons, for individuals and communities of ASEAN, the Association of nations o ...
5 October 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian girls kidnapped and raped by Muslims
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Two Christian girls were kidnapped and raped by a group of Muslim men. Two of the criminals were arrested, three are still at large in the city of Jaranwala, in Punjab.
The victims are defended ...
5 October 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Food security, a right for all
Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - Ensuring food security for every citizen: is what the "Right to Food and Work Network" demands and in West Bengal has launched a campaign calling on the government to comply with the national l ...