Asia

• 10 June 2015
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - National Director of the PMS: "Faith and youth walk together in East Timor" Dili (Agenzia Fides) - "In the young there is the seed of faith. People have trust in the Church and is attracted by the message of Christ. Today we have, in the two inter-diocesan seminaries, over 120 major seminarians ...
• 10 June 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch: a year after the fall of Mosul, only national reconciliation can save the country Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - On the first anniversary of what is called "the tragedy of Mosul" when the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) conquered the second city of Iraq, the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Louis ...
• 10 June 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Lebanese pray for the unity of the Country in front of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - From 12 to 16 June, a series of liturgical celebrations and moments of Marian devotion will be held in various locations in Lebanon on the occasion of the second anniversary of the consecration o ...
• 10 June 2015
  ASIA - Climate change and ecology at the attention of Asian churches Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Churches of Asia focus their attention on environmental issues and climate change. As Fides learns, in view of the publication of Pope Francis’ Encyclical dedicated to the issues of protect ...
• 9 June 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The five Patriarchs of Antioch in Damascus: no to the disintegration of Syria Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The only path to follow to try to get out of the Syrian crisis is a "political solution", accompanied by the commitment of regional and global powers to counter the jihadist of the Islamic Stat ...
• 9 June 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Children bought for $ 500 among the ruins of the earthquake Gorkham (Agenzia Fides) - While the Nepalese population are trying to rebuild their lives devastated by the earthquake, traffickers take advantage of poverty to increase illegal trade. This is what four young Californian ...
• 9 June 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 22 Muslims arrested for the attack on the Christian area: massacre avoided thanks to Islamic leaders Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - 22 Muslims arrested and more than 700 under investigation for the mass attack against the Christian area of Sandha, in Lahore, which occurred on May 24 following accusations of alleged blasphemy ...
• 9 June 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - A course on "Project Management" for the religious women in Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty nuns of various religious communities in Jerusalem took part in a course on the management of social projects and charity, organized at the house of the Comboni Missionaries of the Holy ...
• 3 June 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bail denied to Christians and Muslims accused of lynching Lahore (Fides) - An anti-terrorism court has denied bail to 18 Christians who are in prison, accused of having carried out the lynching of two Muslims, which took place in Youhanabad, a Christian area in Lahore, immediat ...
• 3 June 2015
  ASIA/THAILAND - Conclusion of the Council: "New paths to give witness to Christ in Thailand" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Thilandia, just concluded in Bangkok, was an important moment to remember the past, our roots, and to look towards the future: the Catholics s ...
• 2 June 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Suicides of farmers, a scourge of society New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Over the past 20 years, about 300,000 farmers have committed suicide in India, according to the National Bureau of Statistics of India. And in the first months of 2015, 257 farmers committed s ...
• 2 June 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Message from the "Silsilah" movement: a Ramadan of peace in Mindanao Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "In a time when people are being killed because they belong to a religion or a specific group, it is important to remember the value of life, and reaffirm our common origin that gives us the s ...
• 2 June 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - Study Seminar to improve the collaboration between the Catholic Church and Chinese society Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - To improve the exchange and cooperation between the Catholic Church and Chinese civil society, promoting a vision and a comprehensive evaluation of the development of the Church in contemporary ...
• 1 June 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The Salesians start a center for renewable energy in the Northeast Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - It is a center created thanks to the partnership of Salesian Fathers with other companies already present in the sector: the Don Bosco Centre for Renewable Energy, within the Don Bosco Technica ...
• 1 June 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Muslim leaders for the release of father Murad, but the kidnappers are foreign to the social fabric Homs (Agenzia Fides) - Father Jaques Murad, the priest kidnapped in the area of Homs on May 21, known in the area of the village of Al-Qaryatayn, where he lived in the monastery of St. Elias, was much appreciated for his ...