ASIA - Christians in Asia in the name of ecumenism and dialogue
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The Lord wants Christians in Asia to live together in common obedience, witnessing the love of God in the world": this is the conclusion of the 14th general assembly of the "Christian Conferenc ...
29 May 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Street dentists for the poor: a widespread service
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - A group of non-specialized dentists have organized themselves to work on the streets in some small Indian cities offering very low rates for the poorest people. Ignoring noisy buses and curiou ...
29 May 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Church destroyed and six Christians beaten in Punjab
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A new episode of violence against Christians in Pakistan. A Protestant church was destroyed and six Protestant Christians, including a Pastor, were beaten by armed men. The incident happened yest ...
ASIA/MYANMAR - Radical Buddhist groups: "The Rohingya are not Burmese"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Rohingya are not Burmese and have no right to remain in Myanmar: proclaiming this slogan, several hundred Buddhist protesters, led by monks, marched through the streets of the main city of My ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN – Children do not go to school in order to beg in the street
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan, hundreds of thousands of school-age boys and girls live and work in the street, earning a few cents a day to help their poor families. Among the initiatives to help these children, ...
ASIA/SYRIA - Assyrian hostages: jihadists release two women
Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - Two elderly women in the group of more than 230 Assyrian Christians taken hostage in February by the State Islamic jihadists in the Syrian north-western region of Jazira, have been released and ...
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian lawyers: "The blasphemy law has to be abolished"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Tension remains high in the neighborhood of Sanda, in Lahore, the scene of anti-Christian violence carried out on Sunday 24 May. After a case of alleged blasphemy (of which a Christian is accused ...