Asia

• 11 January 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The new government is preparing the "tax hike" on religious communities Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The government of South Korea, led by the new President Park Geun-hye, of the Conservative Party Saenuri, is preparing to introduce, in the new tax law, which will be enacted at the end of January ...
• 10 January 2013
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Commitment of the Regional Episcopal Conference for the formation of priests and seminarians of the continent and for the Year of Faith Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The commitment to support the training of priests and seminarians of the continent, the celebration of the Year of Faith and the examination of pastoral projects of 2013 were the main themes of ...
• 10 January 2013
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Churches: "We will exercise our constitutional right on the use of the name of Allah" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Malaysia will not observe the ban on using the word "Allah", imposed yesterday by the decree of the Sultan of Selangor state. The Churches in Malaysia are united with a common ...
• 10 January 2013
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Bishops: the influx of refugees from Syria threatens to destabilize the country Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The hospitality towards refugees fleeing from the war-torn Syria is a meritorious act that must be encouraged. But with the relentless rise in the number of refugees, the dangers of political sta ...
• 10 January 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - A Christian community trapped and completely worn out in the north of Aleppo Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - About a thousand Christians among Greek-Orthodoxs and Roman Catholics are trapped in the small village of Yaakoubieh, all Christian, in the north of Aleppo. They are completely worn out, with no ...
• 9 January 2013
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Oratory: testimony of the commitment of the children of Don Bosco in the formation of the youth Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Salesian Oratory Cheung Chau Don Bosco Oratory, which celebrated half a century of foundation in Hong Kong, is the testimony of the continuous and renewed commitment in the formative servi ...
• 9 January 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - A group of children at school under a bridge, despite the severe temperatures New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In this period climatic temperatures are more severe than usual in India. In the north of the country 100 people have died from the cold. In this cold climate, with freezing temperatures, a gr ...
• 9 January 2013
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church: "A Jubilee Year, freedom and reconciliation, for Myanmar" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - What has just begun is "a jubilee year for Myanmar," in fact "after 50 years of suffocating darkness, today a bright light shines in the beautiful country of Burma": is what is said in a message ...
• 9 January 2013
  ASIA/JORDAN - The director of Caritas: revolt in the camp of Zaatari, devastated by the snowstorm; to escape the refugees chose to return to Syria Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The storms of snow, wind and freezing rain that struck the Hashemite Kingdom have had devastating effects on the refugee camp of Zaatari, in the Jordanian desert, where 50 thousand refugees who fl ...
• 8 January 2013
  ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Nassar: "In Damascus, Palestinian refugees forced exodus, just like the Holy Family" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – During the Christmas period "it is not uncommon these days to see Palestinian families wandering the streets of Damascus. Parents carrying their children, followed by older children carrying ...
• 8 January 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - The death of Mgr. Chen Shizhong: during forced labor he had received the gift of forgiving his enemies Yibin (Agenzia Fides) - On December 16, 2012, His Exc. Mgr. John Chen Shizhong, Bishop of the Diocese of Yibin (Suifu), in the province of Sichuan (Mainland China) died. The Archbishop was 95 years old. He was born in 19 ...
• 8 January 2013
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians: No, to death penalty and chemical castration for rapists; Yes, to sex education in schools Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "No" to death penalty and to chemical castration for rapists: is what the Indian Catholic lay groups say in the debate on the new law to prevent and punish the crime of rape, being examined by th ...
• 7 January 2013
  ASIA/CHINA - To remember the meaning of Epiphany "to bring the message of Jesus to all those around us" Nan Chong (Agenzia Fides) – To remember the meaning of Jesus' birth and the adoration of the Magi because "they will help us to bring the message of Jesus to those around us": this was the priests' exhortation addresse ...
• 7 January 2013
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Catechism of the Catholic Church in cambodian: A Gift for the Year of Faith Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Catechism of the Catholic Church has been translated into Cambodian and "will be a valuable tool for all communities and associations of the faithful to deepen the contents of the 'Creed' ...
• 7 January 2013
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Korean Bishops: A New Year for the New Evangelization Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - 2013 will be a year dedicated to the New Evangelization, in which the faithful will dedicate themselves "with new ardor, new methods and new expressions": This is what the Korean Bishops say in va ...