Asia

• 14 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Jubilee seen from Aleppo. Bishop Abou Khazen: only mercy can save us from hatred and heal wounds Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - An extraordinary Jubilee of mercy, announced yesterday by Pope Francis during the penitential liturgy which he presided in St Peter's, arouses reflections among the Christians in Syria, starting ...
• 12 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian and Hindu girls kidnapped and forced to marry: 500 cases a year Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – There have been at least 500 confirmed cases, in a year and a half, of girls belonging to religious minorities, Christian and Hindu, who have been kidnapped by Muslims and forced to get mar ...
• 12 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The Delhi Police has launched a Facebook page to protect the safety of Christians New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Delhi Police has launched a Facebook page to address grievances of Christian institutions and individuals in the wake of a series of attacks on Christian institutions in the city. On the new ...
• 12 March 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - The monastery of St. George in Mosul damaged, but not destroyed Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadists of the Islamic State (Is) have damaged the façade of the ancient monastery of St. George in Mosul. But the church – report Iraqi sources to Agenzia Fides – has not been destroye ...
• 12 March 2015
  ASIA/JAPAN - The disabled at the centre of the Conference on the reduction of disaster risk Sendai (Agenzia Fides) - Natural disasters are destroying the globe, both in Western Countries and in the poorest Countries in the world. Over the past decade there have been several natural disasters like the tsunami in ...
• 12 March 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic Bishops: necessity to rebuild Gaza, support schools, help refugees and immigrants Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - An urgent appeal to the "reconstruction of Gaza to help the thousands of families left homeless after the last conflict", a reminder of the centrality of the educational work of Christian Scho ...
• 11 March 2015
  ASIA/VIETNAM - UN report: positive developments but still restrictions on religious freedom Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - There are "positive developments, but also a number of serious problems regarding religious freedom in Vietnam": says the report presented to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations by the ...
• 11 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Forced mass sterilizations continue Bilaspur (Agenzia Fides) - The freedom and personal dignity of Indian women continue to be trampled. From 2013 to 2014 over 4 million forced sterilizations were carried out in the country. There was turmoil in the State ...
• 11 March 2015
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops: "Be a poor Church for the poor" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Our ministry now has a clear aim: to be a poor Church for the poor. Pope Francis' visit in Korea, in August 2014, is a starting point for the change and renewal of the Korean Church". This ...
• 11 March 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - Uncertainty about the fate of Christians held hostage by jihadists Hassakè (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians of the villages of Khabur valley taken hostage by jihadists of the Islamic State (Is) continue to be in their hands, and their fate is tied to the evolution of the military balan ...
• 10 March 2015
  ASIA/CHINA - The Bishop of Jing Xian highlights the need to give authentic Christian witness Heng Shui (Agenzia Fides) - Absolute sobriety in community and personal life, in order to give authentic Christian witness: this is what His Exc. Mgr. Pietro Feng Xin Mao, Bishop of the Diocese of Jing Xian (today Heng S ...
• 10 March 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians in march ask Hindu radicals to owe Mother Teresa an apology Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - Radical Hindu leaders owe Mother Teresa of Calcutta an apology, whose work is a valuable asset for the entire Indian people: this is what Christians of Andhra Pradesh state, who recently took ...
• 10 March 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - Appeal of the Chaldean Patriarch: the offensive against the Caliphate causes new humanitarian emergencies Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadists of the Islamic State carry out attacks against "humans, monuments, civilization". But the offensive of the Iraqi army and local Islamist tribes against the Caliphate is causing, as ...
• 10 March 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Jobs and scholarships for religious minorities in Punjab Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Punjab province promotes concrete steps to improve the lives of religious minorities: it has officially accepted to apply the law - promoted by the former Catholic Minister kill ...
• 10 March 2015
  ASIA/IRAN - Iranian MPs are preparing to commemorate the Armenian Genocide Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - In the Islamic Republic of Iran the centenary of the Armenian Genocide will be the focus of a series of commemorative events that will also involve the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iranian Parl ...