Asia

• 18 September 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - The President of Caritas Lebanon: organized chaos in the Middle East also kills charity Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Some time ago a Lebanese bishop tried to collect money to help Syrian refugees. Well, he did not manage to collect any money. People said: enough, we do not want more help. For many people, aid to ...
• 18 September 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Children have died due to contaminated measle vaccine Idlib (Agenzia Fides) - In the province of Idlib, northeast of Syria, about 35 children have died due to some contaminated doses of measle vaccine. Children began to suffer from serious symptoms immediately after adminis ...
• 18 September 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Bishops: "Joseph Vaz, apostle of peace, first saint to Sri Lanka: the Church rejoices" Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "What would you say if a wish comes true after 300 years? The whole Church in Sri Lanka rejoices today. The canonization of Joseph Vaz, co-founder of our Church is a great gift and we thank Pope ...
• 17 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Commission "Justice and Peace": stop the executioner, Pakistan must not go back in time Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to stop the executioner and not to bring Pakistan back in time. We say 'no' to the execution of the Muslim Shoaib Sarwar, who would be the first civilian after six years, and we ask ...
• 17 September 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Twal: the presence of Christian immigrants is an asset for the local church Jaffa (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of Christian immigrants in the Holy Land for work reasons "is an asset for the Church and a gift for the local Christians, often too involved in politics". The Patriarch of Jerusalem ...
• 17 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA – The Bishop after the flood: "In Kashmir we are like Ground Zero" Srinagar (Agenzia Fides) - "The State of Jammu and Kashmir has experienced the worst-ever floods in living history and our area is like Ground Zero. The lives and livelihood of the people have been completely upturned. C ...
• 17 September 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - 240,000 children return to school in Gaza Gaza City (Agenzia Fides) - 240,000 children return to United Nations-run classrooms in Gaza where many of their schools have been damaged and destroyed. "After the traumatic 50 days of brutal conflict, death, destructio ...
• 17 September 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - King Abdullah II: we will do our best to increase the presence of Arab Christians Amman (Agenzia Fides) - In the sectarian conflicts afflicting the Middle East, Jordan wants to represent even in the future "an oasis of security and stability", while pledging to do its utmost to protect the Christian A ...
• 16 September 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - “The mission of priests today”: cultural sharing in Taiwan for a group of priests from He Bei Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – “The mission of priests today” was the focus of a Cultural Formation Discussion in Taiwan for a group of priests from He Bei, held 20 August to 10 September. The meeting was organi ...
• 16 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops’ Justice and Peace Commission: a ray of hope for India’s minorities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – “There is a ray of hope for the security and future of religious minorities in India”: says the Justice, Peace and Development Commission of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Ind ...
• 16 September 2014
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: “With Francesco to remain in the love of the Lord” Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – “For the Papal visit to Sri Lanka planned from 13 to 15 January 2015, we have chosen the words ‘Remain in my love’, from the Gospel of Saint John, because we believe the cipher of this p ...
• 16 September 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - New Mufti installed, a man of dialogue Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – Today 16 September, the new Mufti of the Republic of Lebanon Sheikh Abdel Latif Deria elected in August, will assume his duties. The ceremony of investiture will be held at Mohammad el-Amin Mos ...
• 16 September 2014
  ASIA/CHINA – Death of Archbishop Giuseppe Wu, zealous shepherd dedicated to formation of seminarians and women religious Nanchang (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 August after a lengthy illness, Archbishop Giuseppe WU Shizhen passed away at the age 93. The deceased prelate was the Archbishop of Nanchang (Jiangxi Province, mainland China). Born on 1 ...
• 15 September 2014
  ASIA/TURKEY – In school books Christian communities portrayed as tools of foreign powers against the Ottoman empire Ankara (Agenzia Fides) – Some history books in use in Turkey today, when narrating the end of the Ottoman Empire and the Kemal revolution, still describe the Armenians and other Christian communities as enemy forces at ...
• 15 September 2014
  ASIA/INDIA – Floods in Kashmir: Jesuits appeal for help Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – “We are aware of devastating floods in Kashmir. Two primary necessities, financial aid to buy materials, medicines and humanitarian aid and activate a network of volunteers”. This was s ...