ASIA/INDIA - St. Teresa of Avila speaks to Asia
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The Carmel of the future is called to offer tools that correspond to the thirst for God that is present today in Asia. Carmelite spirituality has immense possibilities to respond to this thirs ...
5 December 2013
ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Bishops: national sovereignty is under attack
Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Some Countries behave towards Lebanon "as if it were a sovereign State", and claim to pursue a "right to protection". In this way, "in fact, Lebanon becomes a hostage of the confrontation regard ...
5 December 2013
ASIA/SYRIA - Conflicting statements on the issue of the Sisters of Maalula
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The story of the nuns of Santa Tecla taken from the convent after the occupation of the city of Maalula by anti-Assad militias remains unclear.
According to sources in Damascus confirmed to a ...
ASIA/INDIA - Faithful mobilization after the murder of a Christian child
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Bring to justice the killers of Anugrag Gemethi, a 7-year-old Christian boy, also called Anmol, tortured and killed in a village in Rajasthan (northwestern India): this is what a mobilization ...
3 December 2013
ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Gregory III: "True martyrs in Maalula"
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "We are determined to remain in this blessed land even at the cost of martyrdom and martyrdom of blood. This has already happened to some of our faithful, such as the three men from Maalula, Mi ...
ASIA/LEBANON - Abouna.org awarded as best Arab Christian website
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic website www.abouna.org, directed by Father Rifat Bader – a Jordanian priest of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem - was voted best Arab Christian website in the competition organi ...
ASIA/SYRIA - Maalula again occupied by the rebels
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The predominantly Christian village of Maalula, 60km west of Damascus, was again attacked by rebel militias on Saturday, November 30. The news was confirmed by both the Syrian Observatory for H ...
2 December 2013
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Silsilah" movement chosen for the Goi Peace Award
Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "We have chosen the “narrow road” of those who live and promote a Culture of Dialogue starting from a personal transformation in the midst of divisions and conflicts. This is for us the best w ...
29 November 2013
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Twal: pray for rain
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "Rain is late in our Holy Land and the threat of drought is hanging over us. In times of drought, we must pray that God bless us and have mercy on us and provide us with our needs – especial ...