Asia
23 November 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Christians in high Mesopotamia refuse to take up arms. Bishops' appeal to the Pope and the leaders of Nations: avoid the catastrophe that is upon us
Kamishly (Agenzia Fides) - An urgent appeal to the Pope, the UN Secretary General and the Heads of State so that catastrophe that threatens Syrian populations of high Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and the Euphrates is ...
22 November 2012
ASIA/VIETNAM - In the Year of Faith, mission among the last: a new hospital for lepers
Thai Binh (Agenzia Fides) – Already the name is indicative of the radical change of paradigm: from leprosy hospital to "dermatological hospital." This is the work that has started in Thai Binh, a village 250 km north o ...
22 November 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Roham’s appeal to the belligerents: "Save the cities of Kamishly and Hassaké"
Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of innocent civilians and displaced families, including women, old people, children, have taken refuge in the city of Kamishly and Hassaké (eastern Syria), who must absolutely be "pr ...
22 November 2012
ASIA/CHINA - Living faith is the best way to spread it: the deanery of Cang Nan in the Diocese of Wen Zhou opens the Year of Faith
Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - Living faith is the best way to spread it: with this belief the participants at the Annual Assembly of the Council of Ecclesiastical Affairs of the deanery of Cang Nan of the Diocese of Wen Zh ...
22 November 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Church desecrated by bandits, then furnish returned and ceremony of reconciliation
Homs (Agenzia Fides) - An act of vandalism, then the apology and reconciliation. This happened in Qara, in the diocese of Homs (Western Syria), where on November 19 the ancient church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, of th ...
21 November 2012
ASIA/CHINA - A thousand faithful attended the blessing of the new statue of Our Lady of the parish of Dong He, in Mongolia, and the inauguration of the Pastoral Center
Bao Tou (Agenzia Fides) - The blessing of the new statue of the Madonna, 4 meters high, and the inauguration of the new pastoral Center, represent a dream come true, an imperative call to evangelization especially in the ...
21 November 2012
ASIA/LEBANON -The whole of Lebanon is gathered around Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai, new Cardinal
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The entrance to the Sacred College of Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai is an opportunity to regain the national unity of Lebanon in an extremely delicate moment for the political and social ...
21 November 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - After Rimsha’s case, other 36 cases sentenced either to death or life imprisonment for blasphemy
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - If one case, that of Rimsha Masih, was resolved with a happy ending, there are many other cases of alleged blasphemy in which innocent victims suffer in prison and are subject to a long legal ...
21 November 2012
ASIA/BANGLADESH - The tragedy of pothoshinsho, street children in Dhaka
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The street children of Dhaka are known as Pothoshishu. The road is where they earn their living. In Bangladesh there are about 400 000. Almost half live in Dhaka, most girls are often exposed to a ...
20 November 2012
ASIA/CAMBODIA - The safeguarding of children's rights should be a priority in all countries around the world
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Today, November 20, Universal Children's Day is celebrated in a world where the rights of millions of children are violated every day. According to data provided by different agencies and org ...
20 November 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Paul Bhatti: " Justice prevailed, the pro Rimsha ruling dedicated to Shahbaz"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "This is a victory for justice in Pakistan. We believed in this right from the beginning. The verdict of acquittal for Rimsha Masih is dedicated to my brother, Shahbaz Bhatti, who was so committe ...
20 November 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rimsha acquitted, historic verdict: Now a "Mixed Commission" for cases of blasphemy is needed
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Rimsha Masih has been acquitted, a Christian girl mentally disabled, falsely accused of blasphemy, who was arrested on August 16 and then released on bail on September 8. The Chief Judge of th ...
20 November 2012
ASIA/CHINA - Faith and Evangelization: celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Diocese of Feng Xiang
Feng Xiang (Agenzia Fides) - Faith and Evangelization are the key words of His Exc. Mgr. Lucas Li Jing Feng’s homily, Bishop of the Diocese of Feng Xiang in the province of Shaan Xi, for the Mass celebrated on the occa ...
20 November 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: "The solution to Rimsha’s case is a contribution to peace and harmony"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The outcome of Rimsha Masih’s case, a Christian girl acquitted on false charges of blasphemy, will be a contribution to peace, justice and interfaith harmony in Pakistan," says to Fides Agency ...
19 November 2012
ASIA/CHINA - The death of Mgr. Guo Chuanzhen: he established the diocesan Seminary where a great number of priests now operating in Shandong Province were formed
Jinan (Agenzia Fides) - On November 6, His Exc. Mgr. Samuel Guo Chuanzhen, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Jinan, Shandong Province (China Mainland) died. He was 94 years old and lived retired at ...
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