Asia

• 22 October 2012
  ASIA/LAOS - "Year of Faith" amid the persecutions of Christians forced to become "animists" Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - Some loatian civilian officials of the province of Savannakhet threaten to destroy the homes of Christians in the village of Seekaew if they refuse to perform animist religious rituals. Acco ...
• 22 October 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Hope and dignified life for 600 children and adults with disabilities Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The list of children and adults physically and mentally disabled in the Philippines is heavy. There are 600 young children and adults affected by different disabilities assisted at the center El ...
• 22 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Maronite Archbishop of Damascus: questions, fears and prayers of the Christians of Syria after the massacre of Bab Touma Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The mass murderer attack carried out on Sunday, October 21 in the area of Bab Touma, on the eve of a peace mission that will bring Cardinals and delegated Bishops of the Synod of Bishops in Syr ...
• 20 October 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai condemns the massacre in Beirut: "a criminal attack against peace and the joyful effects of the Pope's visit" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites Bechara Boutros Rai "strongly condemns the horrific explosion which took place yesterday in Beirut", which killed general Wissam el-Hassan, head of the int ...
• 19 October 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - "To evangelize all peoples so that they become disciples": the National Director of the PMS in Taiwan for World Mission Day Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - "To evangelize all peoples so that they become disciples" is the title of Fr. Felice Chech’s letter, MI, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Taiwan, addressed to all ...
• 19 October 2012
  ASIA/IRAQ - A Catholic University to offer new chances to young Iraqis Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The event is scheduled for Saturday, October 20 at 4.30 pm: in Ankawa, a suburb of Erbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, within an area of 30 thousand square meters made available by the Chaldean Chu ...
• 19 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Year of Faith: Catechism in Urdu is useful for Christians and Muslims Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "An effort to renew catechesis, as the Pope asks us in Porta fidei is necessay in Pakistan. This commitment is up to priests, religious and lay missionaries, and one can carry it forward wi ...
• 19 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - "Living as a Christian in the hell of Aleppo": the testimony of a priest Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Aleppo are victims of death and destruction due to the fighting which for months, has been affecting the city. The Christian neighborhoods, in recent times, have been hit by rebel f ...
• 18 October 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - With an event in the city park, the Year of Faith in the Diocese of Tai Nan begins Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – An event in a public park in the town of Tai Nan to present the activities and organization of the Catholic Church officially opened on 13 October, the Year of Faith in the Diocese of Tai Nan ...
• 18 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Talibans in Asia united against Malala, but "Pakistan is with her" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - While the school in Mingora, where Malala Yousafzai studied, the girl victim of aTaliban attack who is struggling between life and death, has been forced to a temporary closure "because of the th ...
• 17 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The church of San Francesco attacked in Karachi: the Franciscans in fear Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of St. Francis, the oldest of the archdiocese of Karachi, in the old town, was attacked by a mob of about 600 Islamic radicals that devasted the yard, but did not manage to b ...
• 17 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Armenian Catholic Bishop Marayati: the visit of the delegation of the Synod "reason to hope for Christians and for all the people of Syria" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The news that a delegation of the Synod of Bishops, being held in Rome, will be in Syria is a source of hope for Christians and for all the people of Syria. We all hope that the visit takes on t ...
• 17 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rimsha's case: postponed for a month, Ryan’s case: blasphemous SMS sent by Muslims? Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Two cases of young Christians accused of blasphemy continue to hold the Christian community’s breath in Pakistan. We are talking about Rimsha Masih, a 12-year-old falsely accused by an imam ...
• 17 October 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The diocese of Hong Kong rejoices over the beatification of Fr. Allegra, the Franciscan who brought the Word of God in Chinese among the Chinese Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "We must learn his great love for the Lord and his spirit of evangelization", this is how Cardinal John Tong, Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, urged the faithful during the Mass of thanksgi ...
• 16 October 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - A "Prayer for the five continents", promoted by the PMS in collaboration with the Catholic University Fu Ren Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The path of the local Church of Taiwan towards World Mission Day intensifies. A "Prayer for the five continents" was promoted at the beginning of the missionary month of October by the Pontifica ...