Asia

• 4 October 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The marginalized communities march to protest against the exclusion from the development of the country New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - About 35,000 people left yesterday from Gwalior, a city in the center of northern India, to reach New Delhi in a-350-kilometer march. About 100 000 Indians are expected to arrive to protest th ...
• 3 October 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Pastoral Letter of the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan for the Year of Faith Hsin Chu (Agenzia Fides) - The Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan published a Pastoral Letter for the Year of Faith, signed on September 8, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the document sent to Fides Agency, ...
• 3 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Sindh government grants land to the Sisters of Jesus and Mary Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Sindh province (in southern Pakistan) has given to the Sisters of Jesus and Mary land on an extended loan in the center of Karachi for a period of 99 years. During a ceremony h ...
• 2 October 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Carmelite Novitiate of Asia returns to Taiwan Hsin Chu (Agenzia Fides) - Building a base for the formation of the Carmelite vocation in the Chinese world in Asia and for the linguistic formation of all Carmelites in the world: with this purpose, from January 2013 th ...
• 2 October 2012
  ASIA/JORDAN - Archbishop Laham: "the Islamist demonstration on Friday could get out of hand" Amman (Agenzia Fides) - "Next Friday, the Muslim Brotherhood has called for a large demonstration against the election. The leaders of the tribes have threatened to take to the streets 200 thousand people, ready to creat ...
• 2 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Paul Bhatti: "Rimsha towards acquittal" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Masih Rimsha’s prosecutors - the Christian girl arrested for blasphemy and then released on bail - are carrying out an "obstructive tactic, with the sole purpose to drag out the case and pre ...
• 2 October 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer and Fasting to say "No" to anti-Christian violence New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Christian communities, of all denominations, scattered in different states of the Indian Federation, live today, October 2, a special day of community prayer and fasting, to invoke ...
• 2 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Churches’ appeal: "Save the religious, historical and cultural heritage of the country" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - In addition to the heartfelt and urgent appeal to keep innocent civilians out of the conflict, the Christian churches of Syria launch a new message: "We join our voices to those of internation ...
• 1 October 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The Pastoral Letters of three Bishops for the Year of Faith have been published Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - There are several diocesan Bishops in mainland China who have published their Pastoral Letter for the Year of Faith. Three of them published them on the feast of St. Matthew the Apostle, on Sept ...
• 1 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Child soldiers and young suicide bombers increase Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan there are more than 10 million child workers between 10 and 15 years of age, many of whom work in fisheries, mines and kilns. According to the latest annual report of the Society f ...
• 1 October 2012
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Blasphemy on Facebook: Buddhist temples destroyed by Islamic extremists, Christians are frightened Chittagong (Agenzia Fides) - There are 22 Buddhist temples on fire, as well as two Hindu temples and more than 100 private houses: this is the toll of a day of violence committed by more than 20 thousand Muslim militants ...
• 29 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence against Christians after the blasphemy film on Mohammed: a Bishop injured Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Pakistan are the target of violence on behalf of Islamic extremists who pour out on them feelings of anger and revenge after the release of the movie "The Innocence of Muslims," bla ...
• 29 September 2012
  ASIA/LAOS - Repressive campaign against Christians in Savannakhet: three priests arrested Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) – The campaign of repression of the Laotian authorities towards the Christian communities is getting more and more intense: in past days, the police arrested three Protestant pastors, who le ...
• 29 September 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Church: new electoral law and voting rights for the Lebanese abroad Bkerke (Agenzia Fides) - The debate on the electoral law is a "top priority." It should set aside the 1960 model, used in the last election in 2009, because it does not guarantee "a fair representation of the electorate. ...
• 28 September 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Director of the PMS: "Fighting in Aleppo, no electricity: humanitarian emergency" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The atmosphere is very tense. This morning at 10 armed rebel groups entered the neighborhood of Sheik Maqsoud, in Aleppo, home to many Kurds and Christians and there is intense fighting. In our ...