Asia

• 4 March 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES – The activist killed in Boracay was a lay Catholic of the Vincentian Family Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Dexter Condez was a lay Catholic and belonged to the religious Family of the Society of St. Vincent de 'Paul (Religious Vincentian Family) he was a 26-year-old activist who was killed with eigh ...
• 4 March 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians and activists commemorate Shahbaz Bhatti and demonstrate against sectarian violence Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Commemorate the "martyr" Shahbaz Bhatti, on the second anniversary of his death on March 2, 2011; condemn sectarian violence and terrorism that cause so much bloodshed and innocent victims, such ...
• 1 March 2013
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Faith, Creed and Evangelization: theme of fraternity and communion of priests, men and women religious and consecrated laity of the Diocese of Kao Hsiung Kao Hsiung (Agenzia Fides) - "Faith, Creed and Evangelization" was the theme of fraternity and communion of priests, men and women religious and consecrated laity of the Diocese of Kao Hsiung led by Mgr. Peter Lui, arch ...
• 1 March 2013
  ASIA/NEPAL - Fasting against corruption Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - A group of human rights activists launched a hunger strike to protest against corruption in the country. For six days, the coordinator of the initiative, the activist Sharada Bhusal, is in the ...
• 28 February 2013
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church next to the tribals, in the face of abuses in the tourist paradise of Boracay Boracay (Agenzia Fides) - The Philippine island of Boracay is a tourist paradise, an island that includes beaches among the most beautiful of Southeast Asia. But it is also the scene of abuse and violence suffered by ind ...
• 28 February 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Evangelization: a priority in the Year of Faith Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - In the Year of Faith, the priority for the Church is evangelization. This was stated by His Exc. Mgr. Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, in a meeting with the clergy of his diocese. Before an ass ...
• 28 February 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Over two thousand faithful at the Lectio Divina Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - Over two thousand faithful from the provinces of Jiang Su, Zhe Jiang, Fu Jian and Shang Hai attended the seminar "The Word of God strengthens our Lenten journey" organized by the Diocese of Wen ...
• 27 February 2013
  ASIA/IRAQ - New Shiite militant group threatens Sunnis and Christians Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - What everyone fears is a return to sectarian violence that has bloodied the country for years: families of a Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad in recent weeks have received warnings and threats from ...
• 27 February 2013
  ASIA/TURKEY - A Protestant Pastor expelled, another escaped an attack Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The American Protestant Pastor Jeremiah Ian Mattix, who for over ten pastoral served in the Protestant church in Diyarbakir, was expelled from the country because accused of carrying out "illeg ...
• 26 February 2013
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Religions united to commemorate the genocide of the Khmer Rouge Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Christians, Buddhists, Cambodian Muslims gathered in past days in Choeung Ek, the "killing field" of Cambodia, to commemorate and pray for the thousands of innocent Cambodians executed there, ...
• 25 February 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - Mainland Catholic community walks intensely spiritual path marked by faith and evangelisation Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – An intensely spiritual path walked by the Chinese mainland Catholic community, was marked by spiritual direction and formation in the faith and evangelisation . According to He Bei di ...
• 25 February 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Gregory III appeals: "the sending of arms to Syria must be stopped": Damasco (Agenzia Fides)-"We appeal to the whole world to stop arms from being sent to Syria". This call was part of a statement sent to Fides by His Beatitude, Greek Catholic Melkite Patriarch Gregory III Laham following ...
• 23 February 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Terror attacks in Hyderabad, Christian defend local Muslims: “they are not terrorists” Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) – No hasty conclusions, no labelling Muslims “terrorists”: the call comes from Indian lay Catholic church groups, following violence in Hyderabad, in India’s southern eastern state of A ...
• 23 February 2013
  ASIA/JAPAN - Bishops tell Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: “No arms, no nuclear power, the Constitution cannot be changed” Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – It is urgently necessary to safeguard article 9 of Japan’s Constitution which declares “explicit and absolute renouncement of war” on the part of the government. A clear “no” must be ...
• 22 February 2013
  ASIA/PAKISTAN -Infant Jesus of Prague soon to have a Shrine in Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – A statue of the Infant Jesus of Prague has arrived in Pakistan, in the diocese of Faisalabad, in Punjab, and a Shrine dedicated to the Infant Jesus is to be a centre of pilgrimage for Catholics ...