Asia

• 8 October 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Initiatives for the Year of Faith flourish in Chinese dioceses and parishes Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the opening of the Year of Faith and taking advantage of the long holiday for the national holiday (from the 1st to 8th October), priests, women religious, seminarians and lay people ...
• 8 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The floods have caused 450 deaths and 4.9 million people are severely affected Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - At least 450 people have died and 4.9 million have been affected by the floods caused by the monsoon that this year has hit Pakistan. About 275,000 homes and business activities have been seve ...
• 8 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders: "It is urgent to change the blasphemy law and to condemn those who burned the church in Mardan" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "There should be no clash among civilizations because of the sin of one person. If anyone profanes Islam or commits a crime in the West or in America, none of the Christians in Pakistan must be i ...
• 8 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Syrian Orthodox Bishop of Aleppo: a concrete diplomatic initiative that is inspired by the Pope's appeals is needed Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation here is getting worse. We cannot resist under these conditions for months. We leaders of local Christian Churches can do little. Even Muslim leaders appear divided. At this point, ...
• 8 October 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary: "The agreement government-rebels decisive for the future of Mindanao" Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - The peace agreement reached between the Philippine government and the rebels of the "Moro Islamic Liberation Front" (MILF) "will be decisive for the future of Mindanao and the development ...
• 5 October 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The diocese of Hong Kong prays for the victims of the collision between the two ships and provides moral and psychological support to survivors Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong, presided, at the Cathedral on the evening of October 3, the solemn Mass for the repose of the 38 victims of the collision between the two ships, on ...
• 5 October 2012
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A Bishop: "Christian Children kidnapped and converted in madrassas or sold as slaves" Chittagong (Agenzia Fides) - It is a phenomenon that "disturbs the Catholic community in Bangladesh" and that "has to be monitored by the police": Christian children, of the tribal communities, are kidnapped, sold to "m ...
• 4 October 2012
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - "Ecclesia in the Middle East": a document that gives hope to Christians in the region Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Christian and Muslim Communities read, spread, photocopy, studying the Post-Synodal Exhortation "Ecclesia in the Middle East", issued by Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Lebanon. As reported ...
• 4 October 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - "The love of the Good Shepherd: loyalty and sacrifice" theme of the Day of Catholic education Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "The love of the Good Shepherd: loyalty and sacrifice" was the theme of the Day of Education of the Diocese of Hong Kong held on 23 September. According to the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese version ...
• 4 October 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The marginalized communities march to protest against the exclusion from the development of the country New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - About 35,000 people left yesterday from Gwalior, a city in the center of northern India, to reach New Delhi in a-350-kilometer march. About 100 000 Indians are expected to arrive to protest th ...
• 3 October 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Pastoral Letter of the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan for the Year of Faith Hsin Chu (Agenzia Fides) - The Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan published a Pastoral Letter for the Year of Faith, signed on September 8, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the document sent to Fides Agency, ...
• 3 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Sindh government grants land to the Sisters of Jesus and Mary Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Sindh province (in southern Pakistan) has given to the Sisters of Jesus and Mary land on an extended loan in the center of Karachi for a period of 99 years. During a ceremony h ...
• 2 October 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Carmelite Novitiate of Asia returns to Taiwan Hsin Chu (Agenzia Fides) - Building a base for the formation of the Carmelite vocation in the Chinese world in Asia and for the linguistic formation of all Carmelites in the world: with this purpose, from January 2013 th ...
• 2 October 2012
  ASIA/JORDAN - Archbishop Laham: "the Islamist demonstration on Friday could get out of hand" Amman (Agenzia Fides) - "Next Friday, the Muslim Brotherhood has called for a large demonstration against the election. The leaders of the tribes have threatened to take to the streets 200 thousand people, ready to creat ...
• 2 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Paul Bhatti: "Rimsha towards acquittal" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Masih Rimsha’s prosecutors - the Christian girl arrested for blasphemy and then released on bail - are carrying out an "obstructive tactic, with the sole purpose to drag out the case and pre ...