Asia

• 2 April 2012
  ASIA/LAOS - To celebrate Easter, Christians occupy a requisitioned church Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) – It is an act of extreme and risky protest, because the faithful might soon be arrested: yesterday, April 1, Palm Sunday, a group of Laotian Christians in the village of Kengweng in the pro ...
• 2 April 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Minorities and civilian victims of armed Salafist gangs: No to "religious war" Kusayr (Agenzia Fides) - In Kusayr, a large village near Homs, on the border with Lebanon the ethnic minorities and religious such as Alawites, Christians, Shiites have been subjected to violence and atrocities perpetrat ...
• 2 April 2012
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishops: elections and pluralism, "beginning of a new era of peace" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The result of the elections, although not yet official, "is a new beginning for the country, the beginning of an era of great hope for us all. The opposition will be present in Parliament, a fact ...
• 30 March 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The lay missionaries share their experience with younger students Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The experience of the lay missionaries of the Commission for the Diocesan Youth Pastoral helps the young of Hong Kong to live more in a Christian spirit, especially in the Year of the Laity. A ...
• 30 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu Fanatics beat Christians in Karnataka Mundargi (Karnataka) - Allegations of conversions and then violent beatings: is what the Hindu extremists of the movement RSS ("Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh", "National Volunteer Organization") did against the Christian P ...
• 30 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Christians being targeted by armed Islamist gangs Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Armed Islamist gangs, that pollute the Syrian Liberation Army, have targeted some believers in the ongoing conflict in Syria: is what several sources say to Fides in the Christian community in ...
• 29 March 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The diocesan Eucharistic Congress of Kao Hsiung to awaken the love for the Eucharist Kao Hsiung (Agenzia Fides) - The Eucharistic Congress of the Diocese of Kao Hsiung will be held on April 21 on the theme "Mystery of Faith", in view of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin (Ireland from ...
• 29 March 2012
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Childhood tabagism: in Indonesia children start smoking even before the age of 4 Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 10 years ago, the WHO (World Health Organization) estimated that, every day, between 80 and 100 000 children smoked their first cigarette. The figure has not been updated but the s ...
• 29 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA- A message of hope and resurrection among the detainees in Orissa Phulbani (Agenzia Fides) - Bringing a message of hope and resurrection to the inmates of Orissa, also and especially to those who are unjustly in prison: is what a Christian community did in Kandhamal, district of the st ...
• 29 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The fears of the minorities in Syria: the Armenians and plans for a "new exodus" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer and expectation, fears and hopes: with this attitude, the small Armenian community in Syria, almost entirely Christian, live the present historical phase, marked by violence, conflict, asp ...
• 29 March 2012
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The young and the Word of God: the future of the mission in Myanmar Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - The Word of God "gift that gives courage and hope for the lives of young people; as a "point of reference for an authentically Christian life"; as a "valuable tool" in the hands of young people w ...
• 28 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Pope’s Holy Thursday Mass collection to refugees: from Cor Unum to Caritas Syria Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Giving the donations collected during the evening Mass on Holy Thursday, which will be celebrated by the Pope in St. John’s basilica in favor of humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees "is ...
• 28 March 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - On the Feast of the Annunciation a new church was consecrated and the first stone was blessed Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - On the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord a new church was consecrated, dedicated to the Annunciation, which is situated in the diocese of Xian Xian (today Cang Zhou), in He Bei provin ...
• 28 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - From the "yes" to the UN peace plan "new hope for the Syrian people, who want unity and peace" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "The acceptance by the Damascus government of the UN six-point plan is a source of great hope for all the Syrian people. The Christians in Syria support and hope for a rapid enforcement of Kofi ...
• 28 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Persecution of Christians in Madhya Pradesh, accused of "forced conversions" Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - Two episodes of persecution against Christians which occurred in recent days in the state of Madhya Pradesh (Central India) have alerted the local community. This was reported to Fides by the ass ...