Asia

• 6 March 2015
  ASIA/LAOS - Three new priests, hope for the little Church in Laos Luang Prabang (Agenzia Fides) - "2015 will be a year of blessing for the little Church in Laos. Three priests will be ordained in the Vicariate of Luang Prabang: a sign of great hope": says His Exc. Mgr. Tito Banchong Th ...
• 6 March 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Church promotes the donation of organs Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Lebanese National Committee for the donation and transplantation of organs and tissues (NOD Lebanon) and the Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Health Services of the Maronite Patr ...
• 5 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Threats and retaliation for health workers involved in vaccination against polio Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - Health workers engaged throughout Pakistan in vaccinations against polio continue to find a lot of resistance and suffer threats from parents who refuse to vaccinate their children. Only last w ...
• 5 March 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic Minister Jonan: in politics with faith, honesty, courage Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "A Catholic politician is he who gives, first of all, a good example with life": says to Agenzia Fides Ignasius Jonan, Indonesian Transport Minister, the only Catholic in the government of new p ...
• 5 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Joseph Coutts: "God is close to us, in spite of evil" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus Christ died for us so that we could live. Evil is defeated and God's love triumphs. Even today, here in Pakistan": This is what His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Coutts, Archbishop of Karachi said in ...
• 5 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Syrian Parliament commemorates the Armenian Genocide Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday 4 March, the Syrian People's Assembly dedicated a session commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The initiative, promoted in particular by the Syrian Chr ...
• 5 March 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Meeting between representatives of Hezbollah and the Maronite Church on the election of the President Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A meeting of dialogue to address the crux of the non-election of the President of the Lebanese Republic brought together on Tuesday, March 3 representatives of the Maronite Patriarchate and the S ...
• 4 March 2015
  ASIA/LAOS - Prayer for the sick is a crime Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - The provincial authorities of Savannakhet have established that "the religious ceremony to pray for the healing of the sick, in accordance with their religious worship, is a violation of Art ...
• 4 March 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic communities pray for the persecuted Christians in the Middle East and around the world Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - A prayer vigil with Eucharistic adoration for the persecuted Christians around the world, especially for Christians in Syria and Iraq, was held in various Chinese Catholic communities on ...
• 4 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The "rebels" say no to truce in Aleppo. Bishop Abou Khazen: powers from outside plan our torture Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The refusal of the anti-Assad forces to humanitarian truce in Aleppo proposed by the UN envoy Staffan de Mistura is "a serious matter" and proves once again that the Syrian conflict "will not end ...
• 4 March 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo: "The seven swords that pierce Mary's heart in Myanmar" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - There are "seven swords that pierce Mary's heart in Myanmar", said Cardinal Charles Maung Bo presiding over the Mass at the National Marian Shrine in Nyaung Lay Bin. As reported to Fides, speaki ...
• 3 March 2015
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - A new anti-terrorism law to stop the influence of IS Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamic State, the extremist group that sows terror in the Middle East, is scary even in Southeast Asia. Malaysia's new anti-terrorism act that will be tabled in parliament this month w ...
• 3 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In defense of the rights of minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti remembered Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Religious minorities remain at the center of a political, religious and social debate in Pakistan. In view of the election to be held in March, a formal election procedure remains a point of c ...
• 3 March 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Former General Aoun: let us welcome Christians fleeing Syria Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Former general Michel Aoun, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (MPL), has launched an appeal to the Lebanese authorities so that the entry of new refugees in Lebanon of Christian Assyrians, Ch ...
• 2 March 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - The parish pastoral Councils answer the questions for the Synod on the family Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Pastoral Council of the Catholic parishes in Jordan gathered on Friday, February 27 at Our Lady Center of Peace in Amman to talk about issues and problems regarding the next Syn ...