Asia
25 March 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shots fired against agents in front of St. Peter’s church in Lahore
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Tension remains high in Lahore, capital of Punjab in Pakistan, especially in the Christian community: as Fides learns, yesterday two masked men on a motorcycle, fired shots against police officer ...
25 March 2015
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Economic incentives for pregnant women and children under 5 years of age
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Government of Bangladesh has recently introduced economic incentives for pregnant women and children under five years of age in some selected districts, particularly in the north of the Countr ...
25 March 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Two Christians accused of the lynching of two suspected terrorists
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Two Christians, Sohail Johnason and Yousaf Kamran, according to a video in the possession of the police, are accused of being responsible for the lynching of two suspected terrorists, which took ...
24 March 2015
ASIA/SINGAPORE - A missionary: "Lee Kuan Yew, a man of dialogue and religious harmony"
Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "Lee Kuan Yew managed to create a country that is a model of peaceful coexistence among religions, in which there was genuine religious freedom. After the race riots in 1969, harmony among eth ...
24 March 2015
ASIA/CHINA - The Chinese Catholic community towards Easter
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - As every year, Chinese Catholics are living their spiritual journey towards Easter with various initiatives. The communities are organizing spiritual retreats.
The parish of the diocese of Xuan ...
24 March 2015
ASIA/TURKEY - No ringing of bells for the Armenian churches in the Turkish territory for the hundred years since the Genocide
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - One hundred ringing of bells in all Armenian churches of the planet at 19.15 - hour chosen to symbolically recall the year 1915 - and in this way commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Ar ...
24 March 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The General Vicar of Lahore: "Release the innocent among the Christians arrested"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is calm, but there is still a lot of fear in Youhanabad. The faithful are afraid of police intervention and arrests but also of revenge on behalf of Muslim groups. In any case, the ...
24 March 2015
ASIA/SYRIA - The Islamic State shows a video of an Assyrian Christian who "converted" to Islam
Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The militants of the Islamic State have spread on the sites under their control, a video documenting the alleged "conversion" to Islam of one of the Assyrian Christian hostages they captured du ...
23 March 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The case of the young Christian tortured and killed by the police goes unpunished
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The case of the young Christian Zubair Masih, tortured and killed by the Pakistani police on 7 March will go unpunished. The young boy, completely innocent, was arrested by the police just becaus ...
23 March 2015
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Palestinian President invited to the canonization on 17 May
Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Fouad Twal, has invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to attend Mass for the canonization of the Blessed Palestinians, Sister Marie Alphonsine Ghattas an ...
23 March 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Catholics: "Close schools in sign of protest against the violence on Christians"
Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "We demand the closure of the schools of the Archdiocese of Mumbai on March 25, to protest against the attacks on Christian institutions": this is what Catholics of the state of Maharashtra say, ...
20 March 2015
ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Thottunkal: "India should be concerned about human rights, not just cows"
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "India should be as concerned about its people, as it is about its cows": said Indian Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, the head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI). The ...
20 March 2015
ASIA/SYRIA - Assyrian Bishop writes to the jihadists: our Church does not identify itself with any armed group
Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - The Assyrian Church of the East – to which hundreds of Christians in the Khabur valley taken hostage by jihadists of the Islamic State (Is) belong – has chosen not to identify itself with a ...
20 March 2015
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The pastor of Youhanabad: "Critical situation, let us pray with the Via Crucis"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is critical. Many people are afraid of an attack by Muslims in Youhanabad after the traditional Friday prayers in nearby mosques. But there is a massive deployment of police. We, t ...
18 March 2015
ASIA/SYRIA - Millions of children deprived of education: schools destroyed or used as shelters for the displaced
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Four years after the beginning of the conflict in Syria, there are currently more than 5 million children and 2 million displaced who have sought refuge in neighboring countries. According to est ...
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