ASIA/INDONESIA - New decree in Aceh imposes sharia law to non-Muslims
Banda Aceh (Agenzia Fides) - The provincial administration of Aceh, in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, has approved a law called the "Qanun Jinayat" which imposes both Muslims and non-Muslims to observe th ...
15 February 2014
ASIA/LEBANON - The reduction of lands belonging to Christians continues
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - After the proclamation of independence of Lebanon, 8130 square km of land belonged to the Lebanese Christians. Today, however, Lebanese Christians have about 4 thousand km of land. These figures ...
ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako: we need a "Chaldean League"
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – Because of the difficult moment the Iraqi nation continues to live, we need to create a "Chaldean League": an association to coordinate and facilitate the contribution of the Chaldeans to civi ...
ASIA/SYRIA - Masses for the release of all the hostages
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - A year after the kidnapping of the Armenian Catholic priest Mikael Kayal and the Syro-Orthodox priest Maher Mahfouz, which took place on February 9, 2013 on the road that from Aleppo leads to Dam ...
ASIA/CHINA - 2014 "Year of the Gospel" in the parish of Xi Liu Lin
Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – To read, study, transcibe, memorize, transmit, and live the Gospel: these are the objectives proposed in the Year of the Gospel proclaimed in Xi Liu Lin parish of the Diocese of Tai Yuan, in ...
ASIA/INDIA - Bishops’ vademecum: Human dignity, compass for Indian society
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Human dignity must be the compass for Indian society: says a new book entitled "Human dignity in Catholic social thought", edited by Fr. Charles Irudayam, Secretary of the "Justice, peace and ...