Asia

• 8 October 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - "In the Footsteps of St. Teresa, go on a mission" Shi Jia Zhuang ( Agenzia Fides) - "In the footsteps of St. Therese, Patroness of the Missions, go on a mission!" This is what His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Li Lian Gui, Bishop of the Diocese of Xian Xian/Cang Zhou, in the provinc ...
• 8 October 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Assyrian Patriarch to the Chaldean Patriarch: Let us create a joint Committee for Dialogue Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Dinkha IV has responded positively to the idea of dialogue recently proposed by Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, regarding the creat ...
• 8 October 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A sanctuary for the Christian victims of Peshawar, still without compensation on behalf of the government Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Anglican Bishop of Peshawar, Mgr. Peter Humphrey Sarfraz, leader of the "Church of Pakistan", has released the complete list of the dead and wounded in the attack carried out on 22 Septemb ...
• 8 October 2013
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A coffin in procession: Islamist threats against the Christian governor Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A coffin, which advances in a protest march: with this veiled threat, Islamist militants have intensified their campaign to force the resignation of the Christian Susan Jasmine Zulkifli, appoint ...
• 8 October 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - "Lumen Fidei enlightens us" Reflections by Mgr. Ma Daqin Shanghai - (Agenzia Fides) – With "Lumen Fidei enlightens us", text published by His Exc. Mgr. Thaddeus Ma Daqin, the Bishop proposes an in-depth personal reflection on the Encyclical Letter Lumen Fidei by Supreme Pont ...
• 8 October 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christians march to denounce acts of intimidation of extremist settlers Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - A spontaneous march of Christians in Jerusalem was held on Monday, October 7th through the streets of the Holy City to denounce the frequent desecration perpetrated by groups of extremist Jewi ...
• 7 October 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Patriarchate prohibits the unauthorized sale of Church properties Baghdad ( Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldeans has formally prohibited the sale of land and houses belonging to the patrimony of the Church without permission "of the high ecclesiastical authorit ...
• 7 October 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church's appeal, after the religious conflicts: "In the new Myanmar there is no place for hatred" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Religious conflict in Myanmar does not calm down. The phenomenon of Buddhists nationalist groups and radical Buddhist monks that feed anti-Muslim sentiments across the country causes more violenc ...
• 7 October 2013
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Petition of religious leaders for the release of prisoners of conscience Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese religious leaders unite to demand the immediate release of 14 young Catholics and Protestants currently detained because of their political views. The leaders have signed and spread ...
• 5 October 2013
  ASIA/INDIA – A tabernacle has been desecrated, there are fears of the actions of Satanists Cochin (Agenzia Fides) - The tabernacle of the Catholic Church of St. Anthony in Aluva, in the Indian state of Kerala (southern India), was desecrated and the hosts stolen. As reported to Fides, the episode which occurre ...
• 5 October 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY – A university conference on «crypto-Armenians» Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Foundation Hrant Dink –born to cherish the memory and ideals of the Turkish writer and journalist of Armenian descent who was assassinated in January 2007 - has begun work on a study conf ...
• 4 October 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The World Council of Churches to the Premier: "We urgently need to protect religious minorities" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The World Council of Churches (WCC ) calls on the Pakistani government to "protect Pakistani Christians and all religious minorities from terrorism": is what is stated in a letter sent by the ...
• 4 October 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian Churches and Pastors are being targeted in Karnataka Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - There has been a surge in anti-Christian attacks in the state of Karnataka: as reported to Fides Agency by the "Evangelical Fellowship of India", which brings together thousands of evangelical ...
• 4 October 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - The Year of Faith: catechetical competition and Seminar on marriage Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - A catechism competition in view of the closure of the Year of Faith, for formation in faith, love, prayer and evangelization. The catechetical competition was sponsored by the deanery of Yong J ...
• 4 October 2013
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Southeast Asia hit by typhoons, torrential rains, floods Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The torrential rains that have isolated the various Countries of Southeast Asia have caused the death of 96 people and affected about 3 million inhabitants. According to the International Red ...