Asia

• 1 July 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Military offensive on refugee camps in the north Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The refugee camp in Bab al-Salam was the subject of an air raid by the Syrian Air Force where seven people were seriously injured, including a child. This was reported to Fides Agency by sources ...
• 28 June 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - New report on the civil war: Christians are among the "most vulnerable" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - As the sacrifice of human lives in the Syrian conflict reaches the threshold of 100 thousand deaths, a detailed 78-page report commissioned and published by Open Doors International (relief age ...
• 28 June 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Religious leaders’ appeal: "Stop religious hatred; together for the development of the country" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of the major religions in Myanmar launched a strong appeal to the nation to stop religious violence and build together the well-being and "a future of hope for the country": says a jo ...
• 28 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church launches the "Community Protection Groups" of religious minorities Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Karachi launches special groups to protect religious minorities, in particular Christians, from violence and terrorism. As reported in a note sent to Fides, in a seminar h ...
• 28 June 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The victims in the Old Town caused by two mortar shells Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Sources of the Melkite Patriarchate in Damascus - whose headquarters is situated a few hundred meters from the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate - refer to Fides Agency that the cause of the death of ...
• 27 June 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Two thousand villages flooded: Indian friars and nuns active in helping the victims in Uttarkand New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The flash floodings in Uttarkand are "a national tragedy that affects many of our people. As religious Indians, along with all the Church, we are deeply moved and we respond with prayer and wi ...
• 27 June 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians beaten and boycotted in Orissa on charges of "forced conversions" Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Hindu extremists have launched a series of attacks and boycotts against Christians in Orissa (eastern India). As reported to Fides by local sources, on 24 June a large group of Hindu extremi ...
• 27 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Acts of vandalism and insults against a church: a Muslim man forgiven Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - Forgiveness, reconciliation, trust: with this attitude, the community of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) in the Apostolic Vicariate in Quetta, Baluchistan province, handled a tric ...
• 26 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - From social conflict to religious violence: fear of Christians in Punjab Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Interfaith tension in Rahim Yar Khan, a town in Punjab. An episode of conflict between Christians and Muslims has generated mass protests of Christians and could escalate into open anti-Christian ...
• 26 June 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Minister for Minorities and Human Rights in Punjab is Catholic, but the budget is low Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - There is a Catholic minister in the government of Punjab province, the heart of Pakistan, at an economic, political and cultural level. His name is Khalil Tahir Sindhu, a lawyer elected from the ...
• 25 June 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archbishop of Seoul: "A year of pastoral service, with the smell of the sheep" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To evangelize according to Pope Francis’ words, when he says that "Pastors must have the smell of the sheep": is the pastoral perspective of the Archbishop of Seoul,His Exc. Mgr. Andrew Yeom S ...
• 25 June 2013
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Jesuits launch a new educational project and a new school Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuits launch a new educational project in Cambodia: a secondary school with four classes per year, and a small elementary school will be built in Battambang. The project also includes a ...
• 24 June 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - The Indian Church in aid of the victims of the "tsunami of the Himalayas" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas India "joins the efforts of the government and other voluntary organizations in bringing solidarity and humanitarian aid to victims of the disasters that hit the people of the states o ...
• 24 June 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Archbishop of Yangon: "The Church architect of the dialogue to stop religious conflicts" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "In the country there is tension and fear. Buddhist extremist groups feed hatred and communal violence against Muslims, but they are few. Some Buddhist monks have offered shelter to the victims a ...
• 24 June 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA – A Catholic priest killed. Bishop Hindo: he offered his martyrdom for peace Gassanieh (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, June 23 the Syrian priest François Murad was killed in Gassanieh, in northern Syria, in the convent of the Custody of the Holy Land where he had taken refuge. This is confirmed b ...