Asia

• 23 March 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The gratitude of the diocese of Hong Kong for the Poor Clares, who arrived in 2000 Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The immense gratitude of the diocese of Hong Kong for the Poor Sisters of St. Clare (known as the Poor Clares, OSC) who celebrate 800 years of foundation, was expressed by Cardinal John Tong, ...
• 23 March 2012
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST-The Italian Minister Terzi: "The respect of human rights in the Middle East is measured with the protection of minorities" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "There is an indicator, a litmus test, to verify the respect of fundamental freedoms in the Middle East: it is the protection of minorities, especially religious ones" This is what the Italian Mini ...
• 23 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - More than 20,000 refugees in Lebanon: for Caritas it is "humanitarian emergency" Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - There are approximately 20 thousand Syrian refugees in Lebanon and it is already "humanitarian emergency": this is what Caritas Lebanon tells Fides, engaged in humanitarian assistance in the Nor ...
• 23 March 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Nearly a thousand women were killed in 2011, accused of "crimes of honor" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent report by an organization for the defense of human rights, almost a thousand women were killed in 2011 in Pakistan accused of "crimes of honor", very common in South Asia ...
• 23 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Civil society and tribal people demonstrate Orissa for the release of the Italian hostages Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) – Tribal people, women, civil society associations, priests, religious demonstrated peacefully today in different places of Orissa for the release of the two Italian hostages, Paolo Bosusco ...
• 22 March 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Young Catholics bear witness to faith, dedicating themselves to social voluntary Xi An (Agenzia Fides) - The 60 young Catholic volunteers from the parish of Nan Tang of the Archdiocese of Xi An, in the province of Shaan Xi, have renewed their commitment to devote themselves to volunteering in the yea ...
• 22 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Apostolic Nuncio: "Full support for the UN plan to end violence" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The UN document on the conflict in Syria "is very good in content and should be fully supported as it is really urgent to put an end to violence": is the assessment of the Apostolic Nuncio to S ...
• 22 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA-Melkite Patriarch Laham calls for "dialogue and unity in the country" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Dialogue, reconciliation, unity in the country is the appeal launched by the Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, Gregorios III Laham, who spoke at a prayer meeting held yesterday in the church of St. ...
• 22 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Orissa, imminent negotiations for the Italians kidnapped: pressure of the Church and civil society Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) - Negotiations for the release of the two Italians kidnapped in Orissa, Francesco Colangelo and Paul Bosusco, are imminent: "It could start tomorrow, as both parties, the government and rebel ...
• 21 March 2012
  ASIA/VIETNAM - A nun and a lay healed through the intercession of Cardinal Van Thuan Hue (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese Church is working to gather evidence relevant to the cause of beatification of Vietnamese Cardinal Francis Xavier Van Thuan, promoted by the Pontifical Council "Justice and Peace", of ...
• 21 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Abuse of the opposition forces, "ethnic cleansing" of Christians in Homs, where Jesuits remains Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – While the Syrian opposition forces have been guilty of violence, abuse, torture - as stated in a report released yesterday by the NGO "Human Rights Watch" - in Homs there is "an ongoing ethni ...
• 21 March 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Knowing better and living the Word of God in the Year of the Laity: initiative of the parish of St. Judas Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - To promote the reading and copying by hand the Sacred Scripture: is the initiative promoted by the parish of St. Judas of the diocese of Hong Kong, to help parishioners know better and live th ...
• 21 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Children victims of a conflict that they ignore Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Without understanding what is happening in their country, Syrian children have become victims of a conflict that has already left a mark that they will bear for the rest of their lives and that ...
• 21 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Italians kidnapped: the Church invites the government in Orissa to "make the first move" Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - To kick start negotiations, "the government of Orissa should make the first move, perhaps releasing some rebel prisoners, as it did in other cases, in the past": is the position of the Catho ...
• 20 March 2012
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA-First Forum for the Reconciliation of Korean People Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Exploring perspectives, hopes and actions to jump-start the reconciliation of the Korean people and the reunification of the two Koreas: is the aim of the "First Forum for Reconciliation", launche ...