Asia

• 28 May 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Prayer and Fasting in the hell of battle: the experience of a Catholic priest Qusayr (Agenzia Fides) - In the midst of massacres, rape, shootings, kidnappings, vendettas, a small flame of faith and love is kindled in the city of Qusayr (near Homs), one of the places where the war rages more violen ...
• 28 May 2012
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Jesuit vocations flourish Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - Vietnam is fertile ground for the Society of Jesus: as Fides learns from the Jesuits in Vietnam, in recent years the vocations of the congregation founded by St. Ignatius have multiplie ...
• 26 May 2012
  ASIA/SINGAPORE-Pentecost: a "Spring of the Spirit" for the new evangelization Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The theme for the celebration of the day of Pentecost will be the new "Spring of the Spirit", which takes place tomorrow, May 27, at the Church of Christ King in Singapore. The island's Cathol ...
• 26 May 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Firing on Christians: Three injured in Karachi, threats to a Christian MP from Sindh Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A group of extremists raided the Christian neighborhood of Essa Nagri, in Karachi, firing wildly and injuring three Christians: Aftab Bhatti Khairat Masih, 40 years old, the 22-year-old Khurram ...
• 26 May 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The "Emmaus community" in Mindanao: women consecrated to the service of dialogue with Muslims Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - Christians and Muslims in Mindanao, the largest island in the southern Philippines, call them "maidens of Providence", "poor sisters", "flames of dialogue": they are the women of the "Emm ...
• 26 May 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA-Instability and violence, appeal of the Apostolic Nuncio: "Enough with atrocities" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Instability, insecurity, violence, massacres: the scenario in Syria today is bleak. According to the "Syrian National Council", which leads the opposition in Houla, in the province of Homs, 88 ...
• 25 May 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA-"How to help the Christians in Syria?": we are waiting for the Pope's words in Lebanon Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "How to help the Christians in Syria and the Christians in the East? We are waiting for prophetic words from the post-synodal exhortation that Pope Benedict XVI will officially deliver in Lebanon ...
• 25 May 2012
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Taliban attack girls' schools in order to force the closure Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - More than 120 students and 3 teachers have been intoxicated in the second attack reported after months in Afghanistan by radical conservatives in the north of the country. According to the Afghan ...
• 25 May 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG- The journey toward the Congress on the ministry of the lay faithful has begun: "From the ministry to the testimony - living the light of Christ" Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The journey for the preparation of the diocese of Hong Kong toward the Congress on the ministry of the lay faithful to be held in Hong Kong from October 27 to November 1, 2012, on the theme "F ...
• 25 May 2012
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - Religious minorities scapegoated in the Middle East, if Arab revolutions "soured" London (Agenzia Fides) - If the revolutions initiated by the Arab Spring "soured", there are strong risks for ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East: is what emerges from a new Report "People Under Threat", j ...
• 25 May 2012
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Compensation and intimidation: the government asks for damages to the civil society movement Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Malaysian government of Prime Minister Najb Razak has sued 10 leaders of the civil society movement "Bersih" ("Cleaning"), consisting of over 60 NGOs that demand transparency in the ele ...
• 24 May 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - World Day of Prayer for the Church in China: pilgrimages and prayers of the Catholic communities throughout the month of Mary Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Today, May 24, feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary Help of Christians, the Day of prayer for the Church in China is celebrated around the World proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI. Mgr. Ma Da Q ...
• 24 May 2012
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA-2012 presidential elections, the Bishops encourage "those who defend peace and the common good" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The presidential elections to be held in Korea in December 2012, are intended to "have a great impact on international politics." Citizens are required to recognize and exclude candidates who are ...
• 24 May 2012
  ASIA/VIETNAM-A Jesuit: "Education and the fight against corruption, priorities for the country" Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - The government should focus on education in the coming years, on the fight against corruption, on a legislative reform and on the protection of ethnic minorities and environment: So say ...
• 24 May 2012
  VIETNAM - 4 Catholic students in prison "subversives": they were promoting religious freedom and protection of life Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Sentenced to prison for "propaganda against the State": is the fate of 4 Catholic students, tried by a court in Hanoi today for a crime that the Criminal Code punishes with prison sentences betwee ...