Asia

• 6 October 2014
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The Bishops of the Arab Regions: ensuring freedom and respect for immigrant workers Ras al Khaimah (Agenzia Fides) - The millions of foreign workers seeking employment and opportunities for a life with dignity who are welcomed in many countries in the Middle East - and in particular in the Gulf Countrie ...
• 6 October 2014
  ASIA/LAOS - Six Christians arrested for "domestic prayer" released from prison Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - Six of the seven Christians arrested in recent days by the police were released from the detention center in the village of Boukham, in the province of Savannakhet. The news was reported to ...
• 6 October 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - A "Family Card" to rationalize aid to refugees Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The Committees of assistance for refugees linked to the Chaldean diocese of Erbil are preparing the distribution of a "Family Card" reserved for the families of refugees who have found shelter in ...
• 6 October 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The marriage between a Christian and a Hindu annulled due to extremist group protest Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - Police in Madhya Pradesh have annulled the marriage between a young Christian and a Hindu woman, after protests by extremist groups. As Fides learns, the Christian Joseph Pawar, 20 years old, and ...
• 3 October 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Monument to St. Francis Xavier in the Moluccas, a symbol of peace and unity Ambon (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Amboina in the Moluccas islands in Indonesia, has inaugurated a monument to St. Francis Xavier to celebrate the arrival of the Saint in Ambon, 469 years ago. As Fides learns, the st ...
• 3 October 2014
  ASIA/TURKEY - A prayer for the Pope's visit Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - In view of Pope Francis’ forthcoming visit in Turkey, the community of Sant'Antonio church in Istanbul - entrusted to the pastoral care of the Conventual Franciscans - composed a prayer to i ...
• 2 October 2014
  ASIA/TURKEY - Documents of the Turkish Institute of History on the Armenian question online Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The research and documentary material of the Turkish Institute of History (Türk Tarih Kurumu, TTK) regarding the "Armenian question" will soon be accessible via the internet on the website www.e ...
• 2 October 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Exposition of the relics of St. Francis Xavier New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Preparations are underway in the Archdiocese of Goa for the exposition of the relics of St. Francis Xavier, who will be exposed for the veneration of the faithful from 22 November 2014 to 4 Ja ...
• 2 October 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Massacre of children in Homs; three Christians kidnapped in the province of Hassaké Homs (Agenzia Fides) - At least 41 children were killed due to the double attack carried out yesterday that devastated the area surrounding a school in Homs, in the urban area controlled by government forces. The massacr ...
• 2 October 2014
  ASIA/NEPAL - The Apostolic Vicar: "With the Rosary, we will overcome the difficulties" Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Pray the Rosary incessantly and with faith: is what the Apostolic Vicar of Nepal, His Exc. Mgr. Paul Simick, said to the faithful at the beginning of October, in his message for the month of M ...
• 1 October 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A Jesuit: "A network of solidarity against the network of terror" Davao (Agenzia Fides) - "The network of Islamic jihadism and its international implications should be kept under strict control in the southern Philippines" says to Fides Agency the Jesuit Fr. Albert Alejo, SJ, Director ...
• 1 October 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Closure of the professorship named after Mother Teresa New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The academic authorities in India have announced the closure of the chair of teaching in "Health, education and social work", named after Mother Teresa of Calcutta, in the "Indira Gandhi Natio ...
• 1 October 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - The President of Caritas Lebanon: hostility toward the Syrian refugees increases Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "The effects of uncontrolled influx of Syrian refugees in Lebanon open a disturbing scenario. The concern has reached the warning level. Among the local population hostility towards refugees cont ...
• 1 October 2014
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Armenian Catholicos announces it will file an appeal to retrieve the properties of the ancient Sis Athens (Agenzia Fides) - Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church, has made public his intention to appeal to the Constitutional Court of Turkey within the month of October for th ...
• 30 September 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pastor Zafar Bhatti is alive, another inmate wounded Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - Protestant Pastor Zafar Bhatti, in prison in Rawalpindi since 2012 for alleged blasphemy, was not killed or hurt, as erroneously reported in Pakistan in recent days (see Fides 26/09/2014). In ...