Asia

• 14 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Families and especially children in the refugee camp of Atmeh, on the border between Syria and Turkey Atmeh (Agenzia Fides) - There are many children who have escaped the on-going bloody civil war in Syria and represent the majority of the displaced in the tents of the refugee camp of Atmeh, on the border between Syria a ...
• 14 November 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Trial for Rimsha has concluded: waiting for the verdict Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistan is waiting with bated breath for the final verdict in the case of Rimsha Masih, a Christian girl, mentally disabled, accused of blasphemy and released on bail because the evidence aga ...
• 14 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Apostolic Nuncio Zenari: the unification of the opposition favors a political solution to the conflict Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The unification of various factions of the opposition to the Assad regime may be a "positive sign", provided that this initiative can "better serve the cause of finding a political solution to ...
• 13 November 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The consecration of new churches, sign of faith and the maturity of the continental community Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - In the missionary month of October which has just ended, several parishes consecrated their new church, as an eloquent sign of faith, evangelization and also the maturity of the Catholic ...
• 13 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Health Emergency: cases of plague in Homs Homs (Agenzia Fides) - The health situation in Homs is at high risk: there have been cases of infections and bubonic plague. This is the alarm launched by a group of 20 Christian civilians living near the convent of the ...
• 12 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - An Orthodox Archbishop: conflict and refugees on the Turkish-Syrian border, between fear and uncertainty Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - "There is great fear among families of different communities for their future. People are so afraid of a real war that could break out at any time between Turkey and Syria. We do not know what ...
• 12 November 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Annual meeting of the priests of Taiwan, "so that all may be one" Hsin Chu (Agenzia Fides) - "So that they may all be one" (Jn 17: 21) was the main theme of the annual meeting of the priests of Taiwan, held from October 29 to 31 in the diocese of Hsin Chu, in collaboration with the Reg ...
• 12 November 2012
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Earthquake in the town center: deaths, injuries and several missing Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Sunday, November 11, an earthquake 6.6 magnitude on the Richter scale shook central Burma, causing five deaths, 19 injuries and limited material damage. Many people could be missing. ...
• 12 November 2012
  ASIA - "Year of Faith" and the New Evangelization in Asia: what vision and what hopes? Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "Our humble service is to help modern society to find a soul. In the Year of Faith it is necessary to restore faith in the different contexts of life. In Asia it must seek common ground with peo ...
• 10 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The historic Evangelical Church of Aleppo destroyed with explosives Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The historic Arabic Evangelical Church of Aleppo, in the Jdeideh district (the old town), was mined with explosives and blown up "by armed men, for pure sectarian hatred": This is what Pastor Ibr ...
• 10 November 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In the "Day for Malala" a new literacy program Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani government, Churches and minorities, civil society, the entire nation gathers around Malala Yusufzai, the 15-year-old activist, victim of an assassination attempt, carried out a ...
• 10 November 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - More than 200 Muslim girls enrolled in the Catholic school in Swat, hit by Taliban Sangota (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic girls' school of the Sisters of the Presentation in Sangota, in the heart of the Swat valley (province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa), "reopened a few months ago, has more than 200 enrolled ...
• 9 November 2012
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Murder of an Indian Christian doctor: religious motivation is excluded Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - There is no religious motivation or Islamic fundamentalism behind the murder of a Christian Indian doctor Rajan Daniel, who was killed on November 2 in the UAE. The man was killed with numerou ...
• 9 November 2012
  ASIA/JORDAN - The director of Caritas Jordan: Syrian refugees are 250 000, of whom we give assistance to more than 50 thousand, and among children there is already "psychological emergency" Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The number of Syrian refugees who have found refuge in Jordan has reached the threshold of 250 thousand. And if the conflict between Assad’s government loyalists and rebels remains unresolved, i ...
• 9 November 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The scourge of kidnappings, more than 1,700 in the Syrian conflict: appeal for an American reporter Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Austin Tice, American reporter kidnapped in Syria on August 13 and collaborator of the "Washington Post" and "McClatchy Newspapers" group, is one of the most famous victims, but the scourge of ki ...