Asia

• 10 July 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - Improving faith and Christian life: pastoral summer activities for children and young people of Zhou Cun Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - To improve the knowledge of faith and promote active participation in the liturgy, thus allowing a quantum leap in spiritual life, as every year many Catholic communities, in this period of scho ...
• 10 July 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Baghdad, Christians kidnapped and killed despite the payment of ransom Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In two weeks, four Iraqi Christians have been kidnapped in Baghdad, and two of them unfortunately were killed: after the payment of the ransom, they were found dead by the police. The body of Qu ...
• 9 July 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - High school diploma: excellent results in the schools of the Latin Patriarchate in Palestine Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - In the eight schools of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem scattered in the Palestinian territories, the final exams this year showed outstanding results, which confirm the excellence of the ...
• 9 July 2015
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Violence prevents aid workers to provide safe medical care Kunduz (Agenzia Fides) - Violence and vandalism against people and health care facilities in the country increase. Just a few days ago, armed members of Afghan Special Forces entered the trauma centre run by the humanita ...
• 9 July 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Patriarch: the deadlock on the election of the President is caused by outside interference Diman (Agenzia Fides) - The political and institutional deadlock that has prevented to elect a new President of the Republic of Lebanon for nearly 14 months seems to be a problem of "internal politics", but in reality it ...
• 9 July 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Risking their lives to escape poverty Teknaf (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of the mass exodus of migrants and refugees in Southeast Asia continues to alert the various humanitarian organizations as well as the United Nations itself. According to the UN Hi ...
• 8 July 2015
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Country is aging Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - Japanese families with one or more children are only 11 million 400 thousand, 22.6% of the total population, the lowest percentage ever recorded in Japan which highlights the country's advanced s ...
• 8 July 2015
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archbishop Goh to Muslims: "We are 'just one thing' in God" Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "This year the Catholic Church celebrates the 50th anniversary of the promulgation of the Second Vatican Council document 'Nostra Aetate', on inter-religious relations. The document reminds us ...
• 8 July 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND – Surprising about face of the Supreme Court of Israel: the green light to the construction of the "separation Wall" in the Cremisan Valley Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Israel, with a pronouncement in many ways surprising, on Monday, July 7 gave the green light to the construction of the "separation Wall" between Israel and Palestine in t ...
• 8 July 2015
  ASIA/YEMEN - Alarm of the Red Cross: the country risks famine Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - Since the current military conflicts broke out in Yemen (see Fides 07/07/2015) 3,000 people have died and one million are displaced and at risk of famine. The situation is getting worse day by da ...
• 7 July 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The government bans to translate holy Islamic terms Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved a summary prohibiting the English translation of Islamic terms. Sacred Arabic names and words like "allah", "masjid", "sala'at" or "rasool", are n ...
• 7 July 2015
  ASIA/YEMEN - The conflict becomes more and more serious, the civilian population is the most affected Aden (Agenzia Fides) - After the bombing that devastated the city of Aden and caused hundreds of injuries, other cases of civilian casualties and damage to civilian facilities have also been recorded on the densely popul ...
• 7 July 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Cautious hopes for the release of the Franciscan parish priest taken away by jihadists Yacoubieh (Agenzia Fides) - The story of the Franciscan Iraqi priest Dhiya Azziz - the parish priest of the Syrian village of Yacoubieh taken away on Saturday, July 4 by the militiamen of jihadist organizations that cont ...
• 7 July 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Bishops: the encyclical Laudato Si’ is important for the faithful and for the country Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The encyclical Laudato Si’ is important for the faithful and for the whole of Bangladesh: with this conviction the Bishops of Bangladesh have promoted the circulation of the text in parishes, co ...
• 6 July 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Earthquake: the help of religious congregations Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – The religious congregations in Nepal are committed to helping victims of the earthquake which devasted the country on 25 April. As reported in a note sent to Fides by the Apostolic Vicariate ...