Asia

• 2 April 2014
  ASIA/IRAN – Iranian Christian prisoner goes on hunger strike Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - Vahid Hakkani, a Christian convert from Shiraz, went on a hunger strike, despite his poor health, to protest rejection of his conditional release appeal by jucidial authorities. Hakkani was arres ...
• 31 March 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Masih’s death sentence is the "death of justice": it is urgent to repeal the blasphemy law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We deplore Sawan Masih’s death sentence which has created further fear and insecurity among Christians in Pakistan. This verdict marks the death of justice in Pakistan". This is what was repor ...
• 31 March 2014
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Half of the children live in extreme poverty Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - In spite of the considerable progress made in the economic sector, millions of children in Cambodia are still deprived of basic rights such as health, education and housing, and all kinds of ...
• 31 March 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Archbishop of Yangon: "The census is a golden opportunity for peace and development" Yangon (Agenzia Fides ) - "The census is a positive step: we hope it will be a fair and transparent process. It is a golden opportunity to promote and strengthen peace and development in the nation": So says the message ...
• 29 March 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Where is justice? A terrible day for Christians in Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Pakistani Christians are already persecuted and they feel very insecure and vulnerable, especially after so many false blasphemy cases registered against them. The verdict sentencing Sawan Masih ...
• 29 March 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN – The parish of Zarqa is the first to acquire a "solar energy system" Zarqa (Agenzia Fides) - The Twelve Apostles parish of Zarqa is the first church in the Middle East to acquire a solar energy system. This was confirmed to Fides Agency by the parish priest Kurzum Elias. "The idea", says ...
• 28 March 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Missile on an Armenian church in Aleppo during Mass Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The Armenian Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity in Aleppo was hit by a missle while the faithful were attending mass. The attack damaged the dome and broke the windows, but caused no injuries. T ...
• 28 March 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Today fasting and prayer for Asia Bibi and for Sawan Masih Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christians are united in Lahore today, March 28, in a day of fasting and prayer for Asia Bibi and for Sawan Masih, both Christians and unjustly condemned to death on charges of blasphemy. An inte ...
• 28 March 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The missionaries: "May the agreement with the rebels of the South bring peace, justice and development" Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) – May the agreement between the Philippine government and the "Moro Islamic Liberation Front" (MILF) rebel group, signed on March 27, generate new hope but has to truly be "a harbinger of peace ...
• 27 March 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - The Archdiocese of Xi An makes a pilgrimage to the Marian Shrine of Hu Xian for the Annunciation Xi An (Agenzia Fides) - Following Jesus on the Way of the Cross on the example of Mary: this is how the faithful of the Archdiocese of Xi An, in Shaan Xi Province, wanted to celebrate the solemnity of the Annunciation of ...
• 27 March 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - UN Mission in Iraq: without respect for minorities, there is no democracy Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "All too commonly non-majority communities suffer from multiple forms of discrimination and marginalization that detrimentally affect their full and equal participation in the political, economi ...
• 27 March 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Street children who live in train stations rescued by a Catholic priest Lucknow (Agenzia Fides) - More than fifty poor children of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and victims of drug abuse, have been rescued by an Indian priest who collects children in search of food and shelter in trains ...
• 27 March 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of Mgr. Joseph Fan Zhongliang, Bishop of Shanghai: always committed to serving the Church in spite of great difficulties Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Fan Zhongliang, S.I., Bishop of the Diocese of Shanghai (Mainland China ), died on March 16, at the age of 96. The Prelate was born on January 13, 1918: He was baptized o ...
• 26 March 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "Small Christian Communities" instrument of evangelization Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - In the Korean "Small Christian Communities" there is great expectation for Pope Francis’ visit in August. The small ecclesial community, in fact, is a type of organization where to live one’s ...
• 26 March 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai intervenes on the election of the new President Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The election of the new President of the Lebanese Republic is a choice that belongs only to the people of Lebanon "and not to the Iranians, the Saudis or the Americans". It must be carried by th ...