Asia

• 25 April 2014
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - An interactive documentary explores the living hell in Bangladesh's clothing industry Savar (Agenzia Fides) - On 24 April 2013, Rana Plaza, an eight-story commercial building, collapsed in Savar, a sub-district in the Greater Dhaka Area, the capital of Bangladesh which caused the death of over 1100 local ...
• 25 April 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Annual Workshop of Caritas: Communicate to evangelize Cheongju (Agenzia Fides ) - "Caritas communication with the world" was the theme of the three-day Annual Workshop for the Staff Members of Caritas, sponsored by the CBCK Caritas Committee and Caritas Cheongju of the Dioc ...
• 25 April 2014
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Turks also celebrate St. John XXIII Istanbul (Agenzia Fides ) - "Angelo Roncalli loved this country. He was apostolic Delegate in Turkey from 1935 to 1944 and his sentence 'I love the Turks' has been carved in the historical memory of the Turkish people". ...
• 24 April 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Young Christian killed because he refused to convert to Islam Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Easter mourning and pain for the Christian community in Lahore: Haroon, called Sunny, a young 22-year-old Christian was killed by a young Muslim because he refused to convert to Islam. The incide ...
• 24 April 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Director of Caritas Jerusalem: the people celebrate the reconciliation among Palestinian political forces Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - "The people here are all happy, and the Palestinians of Gaza are even happier than us". This is how the Catholic Palestinian priest Raed Abusahlia, General Director of Caritas Jerusalem describ ...
• 16 April 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal to the Italian government to ask for "the repeal of the blasphemy law in Pakistan" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to the Italian government comes from the Federation of Pakistani Associations in Italy: Adan Farhaj Bakhsh, president of the Federation, in a message sent to Fides, calls on the Italian g ...
• 16 April 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako's Easter Message, with a thought to the elections Baghdad (Agenzia Fides ) - "I hope that the Easter celebrations, Easter of Resurrection and new life, put an end to the suffering of our people". This is the hope expressed in the Easter message issued by the Patriarch o ...
• 16 April 2014
  ASIA/NEPAL - Great joy for 60 newly baptized during the Easter Vigil Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - "We are preparing ourselves to live an atmosphere of great joy to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord. For our small Catholic community this is the biggest feast, and this year about 60 peo ...
• 16 April 2014
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archbishop Goh: Easter invites us to "proclaim the Gospel with joy and passion" Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - Easter invites all the faithful "to proclaim the Gospel with joy in our reality in Singapore": This is what the Archbishop of Singapore, William Goh says in his Easter message, addressed to al ...
• 15 April 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops to the President: We will give a great contribution to the country New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Church prays for the elections which will be held in April and will continue to give its valuable contribution to the nation, especially in the field of education and social service ...
• 15 April 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Churches devastated and icons desecrated in Maalula Maalula (Agenzia Fides) - After the reconquest of the Christian village of Maalula - 55 km northeast of Damascus - by the Syrian government army, the images and descriptions released by government sources and internation ...
• 15 April 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Minorities are being targeted: the study and testimony of Pakistanis abroad London (Agenzia Fides) - Minorities in Pakistan, whether they are ethnic, religious or political, are victims of hatred, discrimination, prejudices that make their life a living hell: this is what was expressed in a new ...
• 15 April 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - A missile on an Armenian Catholic school: a child killed, 61 injured Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - A child died, 61 people were injured: children, parents and teachers. This is the tragic toll of the missile which hit the Armenian Catholic school in Damascus, in the historic district of Bab ...
• 14 April 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Archbishop of Yangon’s message: An Easter of reconciliation Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "In Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, and He gave us the ministry of reconciliation. God was in Christ and through Him embraced the whole world": With this awareness, the Archbish ...
• 14 April 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - The director of Caritas: among the refugees, the number of Christians increases Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Among the Syrian refugees in Jordan, Christians "are continuing to increase and prepare to live a Easter marked for them by discouragement and spiritual weariness". This was reported to Fides Agen ...