Asia

• 13 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence against women: civil society and religious minorities to the streets Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - To stop violence against women, promote equal rights for women in society, eradicate the scourge of "forced conversions" were the objectives of the demonstration held yesterday, April 12, in Laho ...
• 13 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Paul Bhatti: "Professional schools and education to improve the status of women" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Federal Ministry for Harmony intends to undertake programs of education and formation to improve the condition of women in the Christian community in Pakistan. This is what Paul Bhatti, Sp ...
• 13 April 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - More than 3 000 faithful members of the parish of Wu Guan Fang welcome 5 newly ordained priests San Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - More than 3,000 faithful of the parish of Wu Guan in the Diocese of San Yuan Fang, province of Shaan Xi, welcomed 5 new priests on April 10, in the climate of the Easter joy. According to what ...
• 13 April 2012
  ASIA/CAMBODIA-Helping orphaned children or disadvantaged communities to build their future Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Under the acronym HELP the activities promoted by the Don Bosco Children Fund (DBCF) in Phnom Penh, Poipet, Battambang and Sihanoukville are carried out. This is a special program of the Don ...
• 13 April 2012
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Around 700 000 children living on the streets Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - All over the world there are 250 million "street children": they are the poorest of the poor, completely marginalized, they live, work and sleep on the street. According to estimates by the Spanis ...
• 12 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced conversions to Islam: Summit of the National Commission for Minorities Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The National Commission for Minorities, Pakistan's governing body, will dedicate a specific meeting with regards to the old question of forced conversions to Islam. This is what the Minister o ...
• 12 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians kidnapped in Karachi: a hostage has been released Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A Pakistani Christian, Symond Andre, kidnapped more than a month ago in Karachi, was found in past days and is free. The man had been kidnapped at the end of February, with a colleague during a ...
• 12 April 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic Community in New York: at Easter 154 baptisms and 216 confirmations New York City (Agenzia Fides) - During Easter there were 154 baptisms and 216 confirmations in the three churches attended by the Chinese Catholic community in New York, according to what was reported to Fides by Faith o ...
• 12 April 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - In 10 years 7,563 rapes in the state of Jharkhand, the tribal population is also severely affected Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - Since the establishment of the new state of Jharkhand, on November 15, 2000, 7,563 rapes have been recorded, 3,398 acts of violence, 576 assisted deaths and over 100 deaths caused by starvation. ...
• 11 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-"Family" and "Year of Faith" at the center of the Easter celebrations Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The attention towards family, the cradle of Christian life, and the beginning of the Year of Faith - expected next October –marked the Easter celebrations of the Church in Pakistan, says to F ...
• 11 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN- A convent school destroyed by the Taliban reopens, "a sign of resurrection" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - For the Sisters of the Presentation it is a special event, a congregation of Irish origin with three communities in Pakistan: women religious in recent days celebrated the reopening of a girls ...
• 11 April 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Tong encourages the newly baptized and their catechists to be witnesses of faith in the footsteps of the first Christian communities Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, encouraged about 3,500 catechumens who were baptized and the other two sacraments of Christian initiation (Confirmation and Eucharis ...
• 11 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Education opens the door of progress:" Inauguration of the St. Camillus English Medium Primary School in Okara Okara (Agenzia Fides) - The community Bhatta, Chak 14/4-L, in Okara, in the Pakistan province of Punjab, is composed of about 400 families and is part of the St. Anthony of Padua Parish. The residents of this place, esp ...
• 4 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN- The road to protect Pakistani women from all kinds of violence and discrimination is still long Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistani women, throughout history, have suffered discrimination on the basis of gender, experienced the high risk of rape, and faced brutal deaths. Incidents of this nature abound in the cou ...
• 4 April 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA- Apostolic Vicar’s appeal: "Cease-fire for an Easter without violence" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo for the Latins, Monsignor Giuseppe Nazzaro, OFM launches through Fides an appeal to an "immediate cease-fire in Syria, for an Easter without violence". Mgr. Nazzaro ...