Asia

• 26 May 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - 20 000 baptisms celebrated at Easter in the Catholic community in mainland China Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - "Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel" (1 Cor 9: 16), in the spirit of Paul's exhortation, the Catholic community in mainland China reaped the fruits of evangelization at Easter 2014. ...
• 26 May 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - South Korea invites a group of North Korean Catholics to the Pope's Mass in Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - South Korea has invited members of the Catholic community of North Korea to participate in the Mass that Pope Francis will celebrate in Seoul at the end of his pilgrimage from August 14 to 18: thi ...
• 23 May 2014
  ASIA/THAILAND - After the coup, Bishops and religious leaders become mediators between the warring parties Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops and other religious leaders of Thailand will play a role and offer their contribution to mediate between the warring factions and find a political solution to the crisis: is what His ...
• 23 May 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Even the Catholic Patriarchs of the East welcome the Pope in the Holy Land Rome (Agenzia Fides) - All the Patriarchs of the Eastern Catholic Churches that have patriarchal exarchates and community of believers in the Holy Land, will welcome Pope Francis during the three-day pilgrimage that will ...
• 22 May 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - National elections: Premier al-Maliki prevails, 5 seats reserved for Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The official results of the Iraqi national elections held on 30 April, issued in recent days by the Independent Electoral Commission, have also made public the assignment of 5 parliamentary seat ...
• 22 May 2014
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - A Catholic nun dies after being assaulted Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Juliana Lim, 69, of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus, died yesterday after a violent attack suffered on May 14 in Seremban, a town near Kuala Lumpur. This is confirmed to Fides A ...
• 21 May 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Cardinal of Seul visits North Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, is the first Roman Catholic Cardinal to set foot in North Korea: today, May 21, the Archbishop crossed the border and made a brief visit to the ...
• 21 May 2014
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - North Korea: Religious freedom denied Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Religious freedom is completely denied in North Korea, considered the world's most hostile nation to Christianity: the report "World Watch List 2013", released by the American organization "Open D ...
• 21 May 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - Syrian refugees await Pope Francis. The director of Caritas Jordan: they hope that the world will remember them Amman (Agenzia Fides) - A Syrian Muslim refugee from Homs and a Christian Iraqi refugees will tell Pope Francis their stories full of pain and fatigue during the meeting that the Bishop of Rome will have with refugees, t ...
• 20 May 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops hope new government will uphold secularism Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that the new government will uphold eternal values and secularism in making India a great nation ": This is what the Indian Bishops said in an official statement issued by the Catholic Bi ...
• 20 May 2014
  ASIA/THAILAND - Martial law declared: for the Church it is urgent "to open a channel between the parties" Bangkok ( Agenzia Fides ) - "We were in a situation of institutional stalemate for a long time. Because of uncertainty and insecurity, the population welcomed the intervention of the army which is not a coup but serves t ...
• 19 May 2014
  ASIA/SINGAPORE – A ten-year plan for the Church: God's Word at the center and New Evangelization Singapore ( Agenzia Fides) - Starting afresh from the Gospel and engage in the New Evangelization: is the approach that will characterize the Church in Singapore in the near future. This was outlined by Archbishop Willia ...
• 19 May 2014
  ASIA/JORDAN - 1,400 children to receive first communion at Pope-led mass at the Amman Stadium Amman (Agenzia Fides) – About 1400 boys and girls from all over Jordan will receive the sacrament of communion for the first time during the Mass that Pope Francis will celbrate on Saturday, May 24 at the Amman Interna ...
• 19 May 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians, Ahmadis and a TV station: new victims of the blasphemy law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The blasphemy law continues to claim victims in Pakistan. The last cases reported by Fides concern some Christians, Ahmadis, and a popular TV station - "Geo Tv". As Fides learns on 17 May a blas ...
• 19 May 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Armenian Catholic Archbishop Marayati: Christians flee from Aleppo, besieged city Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "In recent weeks we have seen a new wave of the exodus of Christians from Aleppo. The families waited for high school to end, then they took their luggage, closed their homes and fled to the coas ...