Asia

• 30 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Two nuns and three young Chaldeans arrested in Mosul by jihadists of the ISIL Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – Since Saturday 28th June we have no news regarding Sisters Atur and Miskinta, two Chaldean religious women of the Congregation of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate, who had returned to Mosul by c ...
• 28 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Discrimination and violence against a Christian businessman, threatened by Islamic extremists Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Jabar Masih, from the district of Nahla in Lahore, has been threatened by extremists, "If you do not convert to Islam, you cannot continue your business", they ordered. Jabar, who l ...
• 28 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Head of UNICEF: In northern Iraq, a plan of "ethnic and religious cleansing" that affects minorities Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The wave of displaced people who fled from Qaraqosh and other Christian villages in the Nineveh Plain under the military pressure of Sunni insurgents led by Islamists of the Islamic State of Iraq ...
• 27 June 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Asian Bishops: "The Pope with our young people: an event of grace" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "It is the first time a Pope participates in the Asian Youth Day (AYD, Asian Youth Day): the event will to be held from 10-17 August in Daejeon, South Korea. The Pope's presence will certainly be ...
• 27 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Syrian Catholic Archbishop Moshe’s appeal to the international community: Save us! Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - Qaraqosh is almost a ghost town. More than ninety percent of the more than 40 thousand inhabitants, nearly all Christians of the Syrian Catholic Church, have fled in the past two days due to th ...
• 27 June 2014
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Society of Jesus welcomes the second cambodian Jesuit Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Chour Damo, 29, is the second cambodian Jesuit: professing the solemn religious vows of poverty, chastity and obedience in the Society of Jesus, the young man made his entrance in the order f ...
• 26 June 2014
  ASIA/LAOS - False accusations of murder regarding five Christian leaders Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - Five Christian leaders of the province of Savannakhet have been accused of murder and risk being held in prison for a long time. The allegations are completely false and instrumental and aim ...
• 26 June 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Brutal police repression on Christians Mennonites Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese police raided and arrested 76 Christians, including students and teachers of a Mennonite Church in Binh Duong province, north of Ho Chi Minh City. As reported to Fides, i ...
• 26 June 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - Caritas distributes aid to poor Muslim families before the start of Ramadan Amman (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday 25th of June, on the eve of the start of Ramadan - the holy month of fasting for Muslims - Caritas Jordan participated in the distribution of vouchers for the purchase of livelihood i ...
• 26 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Clashes between Kurds and Islamists, Christians fleeing Qaraqosh Qaraqosh (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday June 25, Sunni militiamen led by the jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIL) attacked the city of Qaraqosh, situated in the Nineveh Plain, 28 kilometers from Mosul. The cente ...
• 25 June 2014
  ASIA/MACAO - Macao pays tribute to the two Saint Popes, John XXIII and John Paul II Macao (Agenzia Fides) - With the celebration of the Eucharist, Eucharistic adoration, a photo exhibition, film screenings dedicated to two Saint Popes and their teachings, Macau paid tribute to Pope John XXIII and Pope J ...
• 25 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Petition filed at the High Court: fix a trial date for Asia Bibi ASIA/PAKISTAN - Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – It is necessary to immediately fix the first hearing for Asia Bibi: is what is said in a petition filed at the Lahore High Court yesterday, June 24, by lawyers S.K. Chaudry and ...
• 25 June 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - The Synod of the Chaldean Church begins with a Mass to ask for the gift of peace Ankawa (Agenzia Fides) - The annual Synod of the Chaldean Church, housed in the town of Ankawa, a few miles from Erbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan, began on Tuesday, June 24, with the celebration of the Mass presided by Patriarc ...
• 24 June 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Historic decision: the birth of the "National Council for the rights of minorities" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - There is a glimmer of hope for minorities in Pakistan with a historic decision, the Supreme Court has ordered the government to establish the "National Council for the rights of minorities", an i ...
• 24 June 2014
  ASIA/NEPAL - 40 Christian leaders arrested for "forced conversions": religious freedom at risk Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - More than 40 Christian leaders were arrested, and then released, accused of alleged "forced conversions of Hindus". As Fides learns, the Nepalese police executed the wave of arrests, all leade ...