Asia

• 4 January 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - The campaign to regain the relics of St. Nicholas of Myra restarts Antalya (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish archaeologist Nevzat Çelik, responsible for the excavations at the archaeological site of Mira-Andraike, re-launched during the Christmas holidays the request to return the relics o ...
• 3 January 2013
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Year of Faith: to promote the Eucharistic adoration of children in order to deepen their love for the Body of Jesus Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - To promote the adoration of children in order to deepen trust and love for the Body of Christ, especially in the Year of Faith: this is the reason for the Seminar of formation on the adoration ...
• 3 January 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - More than 200 children have died as a result of a recent measles outbreak Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - A violent outbreak of measles, recently recorded in the south of Pakistan, has killed 210 children. According to the World Health Organization, the province in question is Sindh, where three m ...
• 3 January 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - Media linked to Hezbollah pay homage to the Christian feast of Christmas Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In Lebanon the Christmas period is also marked by the unique media coverage affiliated with Hezbollah dedicated to the Christian celebrations. On Christmas Day, December 25, the Al-Nour radio pai ...
• 3 January 2013
  ASIA/THAILAND - Stop the deportation of the Rohingya boat people Phuket (Agenzia Fides) - On January 1, 2013, near Bon Island in Phuket province, Thai authorities intercepted a boatload of 73 Rohingya migrants – including as many as 20 children, some as young as 3 – that contained ...
• 2 January 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Love for one’s neighbor, evangelization and life of faith marked the Christmas celebrations of the Continental Catholic community Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The solemn Christmas celebrations of the Continental Chinese Catholic community was characterized by three themes: love of one’s neighbor, evangelization and the life of faith. Accordin ...
• 2 January 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo’s appeals to the Iraqi Premier al-Maliki and FAO: our wheat looted and sold to the Turkish Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - Two urgent appeals were addressed to the Presidency of the FAO - the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture, with headquarters in Rome - and to the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-M ...
• 29 December 2012
  ASIA/JORDAN - The Islamists assert themselves at the university elections; for Archbishop Lahham it is not a result of political importance Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The results of the elections of student representatives have just been celebrated at the University of Jordan. There was no tension, the representatives of Islamist forces won 36 of the 94 seats, ...
• 28 December 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Bishop Nazzaro: authorities in Aleppo have welcomed the Pope's words, churches full at Christmas Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The governor of Aleppo, Mohammad Vakhid Akkad, accompanied by other local political authorities, yesterday wanted to meet the Bishops and Catholic priests gathered in the Syrian cities to extend ...
• 28 December 2012
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Patriarch Gregoire III: nobody has the right to arm Christians Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - In his Christmas message sent to his faithful, the Greek-Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, Grégoire III Laham turned his gaze to the situation faced by the Arab world, pointing to all that the Chr ...
• 21 December 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - A film on the Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione, a painter at the court of the Chinese emperor Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - A documentary film on Brother Giuseppe Castiglione (Milan 1688-Beijing 1766), the Jesuit painter at the court of the Chinese emperors, will be produced by Kuangchi Program Service (KPS), the tele ...
• 21 December 2012
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The situation for the population affected by the floods continues to worsen Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Damage to people and structures in 14 of the 25 administrative districts of Sri Lanka continue to increase, where for more than a week heavy rains have been causing damage to the country (see Fi ...
• 21 December 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Budget of the Commission "Justice and Peace": nine places of worship destroyed in 2012 Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Nine places of worship have been damaged, destroyed or looted in Pakistan in 2012. In the list there are five churches and three Hindu temples and a mosque of the Islamic sect of the Ahmadi , whi ...
• 21 December 2012
  ASIA/JORDAN - Imminent opening of a second refugee camp in Syria; the director of Caritas Jordan "in 2013 there is a risk of mass exodus" Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In the coming days the second UN camp to welcome in Jordan territory refugees fleeing from Syria will be opened. This is confirmed to Fides Agency by the director of Caritas Jordan, Wael Suleiman. ...
• 20 December 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christmas in the Year of Faith: the "Infant Jesus of Prague" in Pakistan to bring hope Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Infant Jesus of Prague" arrives in Pakistan to mark Christmas in the Year of Faith: So says Fr. Anastasio Roggero, Carmelite, Rector of the Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague, who sent a s ...