Asia

• 22 May 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - UNICEF’s psychosocial counselling on air Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - UNICEF has provided two medical tents in front of the Dhading Hospital in Dhadingbesi, to meet the demands of the increased number of patients visiting the hospital, especially with injuries ...
• 21 May 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - Educational project for young Christian refugees who have fled from north Iraq Amman (Agenzia Fides) - English courses, computer science and physical education for Iraqi Christian girls and boys who with their families have sought refuge in Jordan, after having fled from Mosul and the Nineveh Plain ...
• 21 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Punjab moves to protect women victims of violence Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Punjab cabinet has introduced a bill for the protection of women victims of violence. The draft law also provides for the establishment of vigilance Committees to monitor the implementation o ...
• 21 May 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - The work of solidarity of the Catholic Church to earthquake victims continues Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - "The work of solidarity of the Catholic Church continues, especially in the more remote districts. In recent days we had a coordination meeting with all the priests, nuns, religious involved i ...
• 20 May 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - The Indian Bishops: "We would be happy for the canonization of Mother Teresa" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "Mother Teresa of Calcutta is a universal symbol of mercy and compassion. The Indian Bishops would be extremely happy and grateful to the Holy Father and hope wholeheartedly that the canonizat ...
• 20 May 2015
  ASIA/YEMEN – Saudi-led airstrikes bomb one of the three Catholic churches in the Yemeni territory Aden (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of the Immaculate Conception of Aden, in Yemen, was bombed on May 11 in a Saudi-led airstrike against Houthi rebel positions and suffered serious damage but was not fully destroyed. This ...
• 20 May 2015
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Malaysia and Indonesia welcome the Rohingya: "Compassion wins" says a Jesuit Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a matter of compassion. It is a question of saving lives, men, women and children. The step carried out by the governments of Malaysia and Indonesia, which have agreed to accept the ...
• 19 May 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Ready to welcome the Rohingya migrants": State and Church agree Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippines is ready to welcome about three thousand ethnic Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh, adrift in the Bay of Bengal, rejected by all other Southeast Asian countries. Both t ...
• 19 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "A warning to Pakistan", reaction to the murder for blasphemy in Afghanistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The episode of the Afghan woman brutally lynched for blasphemy on March 19, 2015 by an angry mob of Muslims in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, is "a warning and a lesson to Pakistan", says to Fide ...
• 19 May 2015
  ASIA/LEBANON - Christian politicians confront each other over "Aoun’s proposal" in order to exit the crisis Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), political party led by former General Michel Aoun, met Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai and some leaders of other political Christian on M ...
• 18 May 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rosary and biblical apostolate in Faisalabad Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Family, catechists, teachers, youth, children: all united to pray the Rosary every day in May, the month of Mary: is the experience of the parish of Toba Tek Singh, in the diocese of Faisalab ...
• 18 May 2015
  ASIA/THAILAND - Human trafficking in Southeast Asia does not stop Koh Lipe (Agenzia Fides) – Human trafficking continues to be a very serious problem in Southeast Asian Countries. Criminal networks extend from the west of Burma, crossing the coastal areas of Bangladesh, to the southe ...
• 18 May 2015
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Building peace remembering martyr Claretian Rhoel Gallardo Basilan (Agenzia Fides) - 15 years after his death, the community of Basilan in the southern Philippines, led by Bishop Martin Jumoad of the Prelature of Basilan, commemorated father Rohel Gallardo, Claretian priest kill ...
• 16 May 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Five attacks in five days against the Christians in Madhya Pradesh New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the space of five days, from 10 to 15 May 2015, there were five attacks against Christians in their places of worship in Madhya Pradesh. The attacks, carried out by Hindu fundamentalist gro ...
• 16 May 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Pax Christi International recalls the "Nakba" in Bethlehem Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - Around 160 people attending Pax Christi's International Assembly were present, along with Pax Christi member organisations and partners on Thursday evening to mark the 67th anniversary of the ...