Asia

• 18 July 2012
  ASIA/SIRIA - The Maronite Archbishop: "In Damascus people flee, pray and hope, and turn their gaze to the martyrs" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Bombs, shootings, violence, screaming, deaths rage in the city of Damascus in these hours. People "suffer, hope, escape, pray and, in these tragic hours, turn their gaze to the Blessed Martyrs ...
• 18 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - George Sabra, Christian spokesman of the opposition: "It will be a new democratic Syria, guarantees for everyone" Milan (Agenzia Fides) – We are "at the beginning of the end for the Syrian regime." "A new page of national history is about to open." And the new Syria will be democratic, potentially lay, reconciled and free from opp ...
• 17 July 2012
  ASIA/CHINA -Children’s summer pastoral: formation and experience of faith as well as fun Tian Jin (Agenzia Fides) - As every year the Catholic community in mainland China is intensifying the children’s summer pastoral with the organization of summer camps, meetings and catechism with many other initiatives ...
• 17 July 2012
  ASIA/INDONESIA - 150 000 children die every year due to preventable diseases Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 150 000 children under five years of age die every year in Indonesia due to preventable diseases and more than 10 000 women die from postpartum complications. The latest research p ...
• 17 July 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The sister of a Christian Pastor: kidnapped, raped and forcibly converted to Islam Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The sister of a Christian Protestant pastor was kidnapped, repeatedly raped and forced to convert to Islam. This is what happened in the town of Chunian, in the south of Lahore, in the province o ...
• 17 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - "The dangers are anarchy, weapons, interference; dialogue and reconciliation are necessary": Patriarch Gregory III Laham’s appeal Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - As the Syrian crisis deepens, in front of what is now called a "civil war"; while "the language of violence prevails and the voice of moderation weakens" "efforts for dialogue and reconciliatio ...
• 16 July 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Transform lunch break in a moment of permanent formation of faith Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - In response to the current pastoral needs, the Cathedral of the Diocese of Hong Kong offers employees of numerous offices in the area, to turn the lunch break into opportunities for permanent ...
• 16 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo supports the effort of reconciliation of "Mussalaha" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that the initiative 'Mussalaha' should be encouraged and supported by all. Reconciliation, although it is sometimes hard to accept, is a way not to be left out and should not be undere ...
• 16 July 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Blasphemous burned at the stake": culprits unpunished: no to summary justice Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – There is still no arrest of the culprits that, on 5 July, burned a Muslim man, Ghulam Abbas, probably mentally ill alive, only because he was accused of blasphemy in Chani Ghot, in the Diocese ...
• 13 July 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Catholic media prepare to participate in the Hong Kong Book Fair 2012 Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic media in Hong Kong are preparing to participate in the annual "Hong Kong Book Fair 2012" to be held from July 18 to 24, with the presence of more than 530 publishing houses from a ...
• 13 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Franciscans’ appeal: "Dialogue, no weapons to Syria!" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "Syria needs dialogue, not weapons" is the appeal launched by the Franciscans in Syria, through Fr. Romualdo Fernandez OFM, director of the Ecumenical Centre in Tabbaleh (Damascus) and Rector o ...
• 13 July 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The young "vibrant in faith" to become "good citizens" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The priorities for young Pakistani Catholics are faith formation, education on human rights, commitment to peace building, according to the Church's social doctrine: all of this to form people to ...
• 12 July 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Mgr. Lucas Li, 90-year-old Bishop from Feng Xiang, urges to follow the teachings of the Apostolic Letter Porta Fidei to intensely live the Year of Faith Feng Xiang (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Lucas Li Jing Feng, 90-year-old Bishop of the Diocese of Feng Xiang in the province of Shaan Xi in mainland China, recommended his priests and the faithful: "Let us constantly follow ...
• 12 July 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Agreement army- rebels: civilians evacuated from Homs Homs (Agenzia Fides) - More than 60 civilians, mostly Christians, have left the bombed city of Homs in the last 48 hours. As reported by the Greek Syrian-Orthodox priest Fr. Maximos Al-Jamal, the evacuation of civilians ...
• 12 July 2012
  ASIA - Asian Bishops' Appeal: "No to war and arms trade" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The Asian Bishops call for "an end to wars and hostilities in the different contexts of Asia", "greater institutional commitment to global peace", "the immediate stop to the trafficking of arms, ...