Asia

• 15 February 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Peace through dialogue": politics accept the negotiations with the Taliban Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The political parties of Pakistan, close to the general elections due at the end of March, officially ask the government in power and the future government to "begin talks with the Pakistani T ...
• 15 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Priests kidnapped: the Church seeks contact with kidnappers Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Aleppo are seeking contacts with the kidnappers of the two priests Michel Kayyal (Armenian Catholic) and Maher Mahfouz (Greek Orthodox) kidnapped on February 9 by a group of armed r ...
• 15 February 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - In ten years 1455 people sentenced to death: Civil society demands to stop the executioner New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - From the Indian civil society a cry to "stop the executioner" in India: during the years 2001-2011 1,455 people were sentenced to death, which means "a man condemned to death every three days" ...
• 15 February 2013
  ASIA/HONGKONG - "From Sacred Scripture to Jesus Christ": Pastoral Letter for Lent Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Didache, koinonia and diakonia, three characteristics that distinguish the original Christian community are the main themes of the Pastoral Letter for Lent by card. John Tong, Bishop of the Di ...
• 14 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus: Benedict XVI was close to these forgotten people Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – What has just begun will be the third Lent of suffering for Christians living in Syria. A time marked by anxiety and hope. This is what the Maronite Archbishop Samir Nassar of Damascus writes ...
• 14 February 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Homes, schools and orphanages: main areas at risk of sexual abuse of minors New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement released following the murder of a student in New Delhi in December 2012, the organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) denounced the sexual abuse of minors as an alarming phenomeno ...
• 14 February 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishops: the Pope's prayer will purify the Church Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We support the decision of the Pope with prayer and we are sure that his prayers will continue to purify the Church for centuries to come": is what His Exc. Mgr. Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of ...
• 14 February 2013
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic school students - an active part in the Chinese New Year Fair Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - To promote evangelization, the sense of community and collaboration among Catholic school students were the main focus of the young people who took part in the traditional Chinese New Year Fai ...
• 13 February 2013
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bishop Shomali: any consent of the Church to the Wall in the Valley of Cremisan was denied in court Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "The lawyers of the Israeli army said the route of the separation Wall in the valley of Cremisan had received the consent of the Church. But this key issue of giving deposition before the judg ...
• 13 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Kidnappings, rapes, and trafficking of Syrian refugees London (Agenzia Fides) - The conflict in Syria deteriorates and affects all Syrian citizens, regardless of ethnicity or religion. But, as in any war, the situation of minorities is the worst: the Christian minorities hav ...
• 13 February 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholics: a moratorium on the death penalty is urgently needed New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the execution of Afzal Guru, one of the terrorists responsible for the attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, the Indian Catholic movements, while expressing solidarity and ...
• 13 February 2013
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - The king of the Country donates land for the construction of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "Bahrain will soon have a new church!" This is what was announced this morning to Fides Agency by Mgr. Camillo Ballin, mccj, Apostolic Vicar of north Arabia, vicariate which includes Bahrain, Kuw ...
• 13 February 2013
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The National Council of Churches promotes campaigns to raise awareness in society Tai Chun (Agenzia Fides) - "Against all forms of violence, we must protect life." Ecumenism, the promotion of indigenous peoples and the most vulnerable continue to be the main objective of the National Council of Church ...
• 12 February 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New violence against Christians in Punjab, while Fouzia Bibi’s rapists go unpunished Pattoki (Agenzia Fides) - Intimidation and violence against Christian families in Punjab: the last episode registered by Fides Agency happened in the village of Pattoki, in the district of Kasur, which had already record ...
• 12 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Two priests kidnapped by the rebels. Archbishop Marayati: let us wait to know what they want Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The fate of the two priests Michel Kayyal (Armenian Catholic) and Maher Mahfouz (Greek Orthodox) kidnapped by a group of armed rebels on Saturday, February 9 on the road that leads from Aleppo to ...