Asia

• 17 February 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Women’s Day in Faisalabad: greater rights and dignity for working women Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – Guarantee healthcare and safety for working women; adopt a code of behaviour of “gender justice” to safeguard women from injustice and abuse; guarantee safe workplaces free of abuse, ha ...
• 16 February 2015
  ASIA/LAOS - Prayers for a dying woman: five Pastors charged with “abuse of medical profession” ASIA/LAOS – Prayers for a dying woman: five Pastors charged with “abuse of medical profession” Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) – Five Christian pastors, leaders of five different communities, have been charged by th ...
• 16 February 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA – New Archbishop of Samarinda appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 16 February 2015, has appointed Archbishop of Samarinda (Indonesia) Mons Yustinus Harjosusanto, M.S.F., until now Bishop of Tanjung Selor. (SL) (Agenzi ...
• 16 February 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Expectation for appeal verdict for the murderer of governor Taseer ASIA/PAKISTAN – Expectation for appeal verdict for the murderer of governor Taseer Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The High Court of Islamabad, after its last hearing suspended judgement regarding the case of Mumtaz Q ...
• 16 February 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Mosul jihadist “patrols” ban Saint Valentine Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – In the days leading up to February 14, St Valentine's Day, Service Utility Vehicles and pick-ups driven by IS jihadist activists patrolled the town’s busiest market and shopping areas using ...
• 14 February 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Uncertain future after Nepal fails to agree on constitution Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - The Constituent Assembly of Nepal failed to agree and approve a draft of the new constitution and the deadline was January 22: This step opens a future of uncertainty and instability and gener ...
• 13 February 2015
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Civil society: "Confidence in the hundred days of the new government's reforms" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Request for "solid protection of human rights" in Sri Lanka and to "end the culture of impunity"; confidence in the "program of one hundred days of reforms" that place the rule of law and democr ...
• 13 February 2015
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A Medical mission prepared the first "Day of the Sick" in the history of Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "For the first time in the history of the diocese of Maumere, Flores island, Indonesia, the World Day of the Sick was celebrated, on February 11, in the Cathedral, with a solemn Eucharistic Litu ...
• 13 February 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy: the judiciary in Punjab lists 50 unfounded cases and organizes rapid trials Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The judiciary in Punjab, in collaboration with the police and with the government of the province, has compiled a list of 50 cases of people currently on trial for blasphemy, defined as "victims ...
• 12 February 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Blasphemy against the Christian faith Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - Cases of defamation and insult against the Christian faith are increasing in India. The "All India Bakchod" comedy group offered "unconditional apology" to the Catholic Church for the blasphemous ...
• 12 February 2015
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Chaldean Archbishop of Kirkuk promotes a blood drive for the victims of terrorism Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - An extraordinary blood drive campaign was held with the intention of showing solidarity towards the victims of jihadist terrorism and also with the armed forces and Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers who ...
• 12 February 2015
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Palestinian Mayors: the Wall in the Cremisan Valley will suffocate the presence of Christians Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - "They want to build the separation Wall in the Cremisan valley and then expropriate the lands that belong to Palestinian Christians. If that happens, the whole area will be suppressed from the ...
• 10 February 2015
  ASIA/JORDAN - CCSM denounces offensive drawings of Lord Jesus Christ on hookahs Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) in Jordan denounces steps undertaken by some companies in which immodest and indecent drawings depicting Lord Jesus Christ are posted on hubble bub ...
• 10 February 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Elections in Delhi: nationalists collapse, for the Church it is "a new beginning" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "One may well say that it is a new beginning. A certain ideology has been defeated and we hope that now the wave of violence against churches may cease. We cherish hopes that the new governm ...
• 10 February 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Archbishop of Lahore: "Blessed are the parents who teach love, not hatred to their children" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The family is the first place where one learns to love, where we experience and practice mutual love. Blessed are those parents who teach their children respect and love for others, who avoid ha ...