Asia

• 12 October 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - An Indian court: praying at home does not have to be authorized Madras (Agenzia Fides) - The freedom to carry out prayer meetings in private homes, of any religion cannot be prevented and do not need any permission on behalf of the civil authorities or police: is what was laid down b ...
• 11 October 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic community lives the opening of the Year of Faith also live on the web with St. Peter’s Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - According to information received by Fides Agency, dioceses and parishes in mainland China are living with great fervor the opening of the Year of Faith, proposing a number of religious a ...
• 11 October 2012
  ASIA/MYANMAR - For the Year of Faith Biblical prayer in families and catechism for young people Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Biblical prayer meetings organized within families; special sessions of catechism for young people, with the use of the subsidy "Youcat"; a monthly pastoral letter and prayer for the Year of Fait ...
• 11 October 2012
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - A pilgrimage with stops to crusaders Castles, led by the historian Franco Cardini Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – It will be a unique journey to Holy Land from 1 to 9 November which will be made by a group of European pilgrims on the proposal of the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land. In additi ...
• 10 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Caritas: schools midway between children and refugees, the humanitarian emergency widens Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - As the conflict continues, "humanitarian crisis increases more nad more: although we do our best we are not able to meet all the needs of refugees. We urgently need other humanitarian aid ": i ...
• 10 October 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The site of the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan for the Year of Faith has been inaugurated Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan has launched its official website for the Year of Faith in view of its opening on October 11, presided over by Benedict XVI in St. Peter's, with the p ...
• 10 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Chaldean Bishop: Aleppo among insecurity, poverty and solidarity Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "In Aleppo the population is completely worn out because for three months insecurity, unemployment, poverty has reigned, and schools are closed and in hospitals doctors and medicines are lacking. ...
• 10 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Taliban attack in Swat: Bishop defends "the right to life and education" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Every person has a sacred right to life and education": so says His Exc Mgr. Rufin Anthony, Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi to Fides, the diocese which includes the Swat valley (province of Kh ...
• 9 October 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The new church is not a monument, but a call to evangelization and the life of faith Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - "The new church is not a monument to show to the public, but is a reminder of evangelization and the life of faith, especially in view of the Year of Faith": is the appeal launched by His Exc. ...
• 9 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Gregory III, "May the Year of Faith be the Year of Reconciliation" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "May the Year of Faith be for Syria the Year of reconciliation: is the hope of Christians and all the Syrian people": is what the Melkite Patriarch of Damascus, Gregory III Laham, now in th ...
• 9 October 2012
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Catholic Bishops of the Holy Land: how to live the Year of Faith in these difficult days Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - With a pastoral Letter which has just been published, the Assembly of Bishops of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land offers its contribution to the itinerary that the universal Church is ...
• 8 October 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Initiatives for the Year of Faith flourish in Chinese dioceses and parishes Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the opening of the Year of Faith and taking advantage of the long holiday for the national holiday (from the 1st to 8th October), priests, women religious, seminarians and lay people ...
• 8 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The floods have caused 450 deaths and 4.9 million people are severely affected Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - At least 450 people have died and 4.9 million have been affected by the floods caused by the monsoon that this year has hit Pakistan. About 275,000 homes and business activities have been seve ...
• 8 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders: "It is urgent to change the blasphemy law and to condemn those who burned the church in Mardan" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "There should be no clash among civilizations because of the sin of one person. If anyone profanes Islam or commits a crime in the West or in America, none of the Christians in Pakistan must be i ...
• 8 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Syrian Orthodox Bishop of Aleppo: a concrete diplomatic initiative that is inspired by the Pope's appeals is needed Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation here is getting worse. We cannot resist under these conditions for months. We leaders of local Christian Churches can do little. Even Muslim leaders appear divided. At this point, ...