Asia

• 5 November 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Greek Catholic parish priest of Raqqa to Islamists: You are betraying the true Islam Raqqa (Agenzia Fides) - Archimandrite Naaman Rawik, Greek Catholic priest of Raqqa and Tabqa - city in northern Syria for months in the hands of anti -Assad militias – has found refuge in Lebanon after Islamist militan ...
• 5 November 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Christians in prayer for reconciliation between North and South, in the demilitarized zone Busan (Agenzia Fides) - More than 800 faithful Christians of different denominations, participants in the tenth World Assembly of the "Ecumenical Council of Churches" underway in Busan (October 30 to November 8), yesterd ...
• 4 November 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - Don Orione Opera opens a Centre for Syrian refugees Zarqa (Agenzia Fides) - Two hundred Syrian refugee families will soon find accommodation in the Family, Youth and Refugee Centre, a new reception structure in Zarqa (Jordan) set up by the Don Orione Opera. The building w ...
• 4 November 2013
  ASIA/NEPAL - Protestant Christian pastor killed while praying Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Mourning and anger in the Christian community in Nepal: the 36-year old Christian pastor of the evangelical community "Gospel for Asia", was killed in past days in the village of Phattepur, Ne ...
• 4 November 2013
  ASIA/IRAN - Christians whipped: judgment accomplished for Eucharistic wine drinkers Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The sentence of 80 lashes for Christians convicted for "having drunk alcohol", during a Christian liturgy (see Fides 24/10/2013), was carried out. As Fides learns, Behzad Taalipasand and Mehdi Da ...
• 4 November 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Museum of Ayasofia will not become a mosque, at least not for now Trabzon (Agenzia Fides) - The Administrative Court of Trabzon rejected the request concerning the transformation of the local museum of Ayasofya into a mosque. As reported by Turkish sources consulted by Fides Agency, th ...
• 31 October 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Faith and service to people with mental disabilities: a parallel and complementary path for Huiling Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The commitment towards the mentally disabled, inspired by Mother Teresa, has not only changed her life, but has paved the way of faith, hitherto unknown, which led her to baptism and to take on th ...
• 31 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Mass graves in Sadad: 45 Christian civilians killed by Islamist militias Sadad (Agenzia Fides) - The bodies of thirty Christian civilians have been found in two separate mass graves, including women and children, killed by Islamist militias in the city of Sadad. And, altogether, the Christian ...
• 31 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Alnemeh: "In Sadad, the largest massacre of Christians in Syria" Sadad (Agenzia Fides) - "What happened in Sadad is the most serious and biggest massacre of Christians in Syria in the past two years and a half": this was stressed by Archbishop Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh, Syriac Orthodox ...
• 31 October 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - Ankara denies: the kidnapped Syrian bishops are not in Turkey Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called the allegations which have been circulating in recent days "baseless and misleading" with regards to the two metropolitan bishops of Aleppo abdu ...
• 30 October 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishop of Mongolia: "Thanks for the missionary commitment of the Korean Church" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Aid and missionary cooperation guaranteed by the Korean Church have been and still are crucial for the growth and progress of the small Church in Mongolia: this is what Bishop Wenceslao Padilla, ...
• 30 October 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - 54 Hindu extremists responsible for anti-Christian violence in Orissa have been acquitted Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Acquitted for lack of evidence: for this reason a court of Orissa has acquitted 54 Hindu extremists responsible for looting and anti-Christian violence carried out in December 2007, in Kandh ...
• 30 October 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Chief of the Lebanese Security: the two bishops kidnapped have been localized Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The place where the two kidnapped bishops of Aleppo seem to be has been identified, and "indirect contact" has begun with the kidnappers in order to obtain their release. This was declared by Gen ...
• 30 October 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A new Bishop in Faisalabad: 10 thousand at the Mass with Cardinal Filoni Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a moment of joy and hope. We are happy because the Year of Faith has given us a new Pastor who will help us to strengthen our faith. The problems and challenges in the area are many. T ...
• 30 October 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - The leaders of Catholic schools: with the "Arab springs" negative impact on freedom of education Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The so-called "Arab Springs" have had so far in many Countries of North Africa and the Middle East a negative impact on freedom of education, which has penalized the traditional educational work c ...