Asia

• 24 September 2014
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Church is preparing for the consecration of the new Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - In the church of the Holy Family in Kuala Lumpur, the Episcopal ordination of Mgr. Julian Leow, the new Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur will be held on October 6. As reported to Fides by the loc ...
• 24 September 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Armenian Archbishop of Aleppo: for the people, the perpetrators of the raids are certainly not "liberators" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The air raids against jihadi bases in Syria, carried out by the United States with the support of some Arab countries, do not elicit positive expectations among the population of Aleppo in Syria ...
• 24 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Prostitution and abuse of all kinds, in the name of tradition, for devadasi women Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - In the twenty-first century there still remains an ancestral tradition in the Indian state of Karnataka according to which some women, boys and girls of the lowest caste are offered to the Yal ...
• 24 September 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: Lebanese Christians and Muslims share the same fate Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "For the good of the nation, as spiritual leaders, our duty is to protect the moral and spiritual values and the fundamental and national constitutional principles". This is what the Patriarch of ...
• 23 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Caritas India renews "the joy of service New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The "joy of the Gospel" corresponds to the "joy of service": with this spirit and with this slogan the National Assembly of Caritas India was held in Bangalore in past days, which saw the pa ...
• 23 September 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Family, cradle of faith and of Christian witness Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - "For the Church in Vietnam, the family is still the traditional cradle of faith, the place where faith is transmitted to their children, it is the first training school for the younger generation, ...
• 23 September 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarch to priests and religious who emigrated without permission: come back to serve those most in need Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A reprimand to priests and religious who left Iraq without having asked and obtained the necessary consent of their superiors was released on Monday, September 21 by the Patriarch of Babylon of ...
• 23 September 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Water emergency in Gaza, initiatives of AGIRE network Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The shortage or complete lack of water in cities, villages and refugee camps weighs on the lives of people fleeing in different areas of the Middle East. The management of water supplies and the co ...
• 22 September 2014
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archbishop Goh: "The centrality of the family to overcome secularization" Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "To overcome the challenge of secularization in Singapore that society is facing, and that touches believers of all religions, we have decided to restore the centrality of the family": says Hi ...
• 22 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - IS is looking for recruits in Pakistan, Christians are appealing to the government Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Islamic State, the jihadist formation operating in Iraq, has distributed leaflets in Peshawar and Pakistani provinces bordering Afghanistan, calling for new recruits and appealing to the loca ...
• 22 September 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic Bishops: the recognition of the "Aramean" nationality aims to divide the Palestinian Christians from others Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The decision of the Israeli Ministry of the Interior that Christian Palestinian Arab citizens in Israel can now change their registration in the Ministry from Arabs to "Arameans" is denounced ...
• 22 September 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - The jihadists of the Islamic State destroy the memorial church of the Armenian Genocide in Deir el-Zor Deir el-Zor (Agenzia Fides) - The jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) have destroyed an Armenian church in Deir el Zor, the city with a Kurdish majority, which they conquered in past days. The news, spread by local witne ...
• 22 September 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Mercy and Compassion" is the theme of the Pope's visit Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The theme that will mark Pope Francis’ visit in the Philippines (from 15 to 19 January 2015) is "mercy and compassion": this was announced, in a note sent to Fides Agency, by the Catholic Bisho ...
• 19 September 2014
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Even an Israeli NGO gives aid to Yazidi and Christian refugees Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Israeli non-governmental organization IsrAID, engaged in humanitarian relief missions in various parts of the world, has started to offer its support to Christian and Yazidi refugees who h ...
• 19 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslim leader accused of blasphemy killed: civil society meeting to ask for harmony Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A liberal and moderate Muslim scholar who had been accused of blasphemy for a speech during a visit in the United States, was killed yesterday in Karachi. Muhammad Shakil Auj was the dean of Isl ...