Asia

• 27 January 2012
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Faith is an anchor for the young, in times of crisis and unemployment Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian faith is a point of reference for young Koreans, and is for them a firm anchorage in difficult times of economic crisis, unemployment, social unrest. This is what emerges from a rece ...
• 27 January 2012
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - On Sunday, 29 January prayers will be held in 2500 cities around the world for peace in Holy Land Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The residents of about 2500 cities around the world will pray for peace in the Land of Jesus on Sunday, January 29. On the Fourth International Day of intercession for peace in Holy Land, a prayer ...
• 27 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Pastor stripped naked, beaten and humiliated by Hindu radicals Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Hindu extremists beat him, stripped him naked, humiliated and ridiculed him in public for hours, tying him to a pole: the Protestant Pastor Chandrakanth Kalappa Chavan (27 years old), who b ...
• 27 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: "The Church contributes to a better India" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of poverty, unemployment, corruption, lack of education, violence, religious fundamentalism, the Catholic Church intends to be a significant voice and make their own contribution ...
• 26 January 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The Diocese of Hai Men celebrates 85 years of its foundation and the consecration of its first Bishop Hai Men (Agenzia Fides) - The inauguration of the bronze statue that depicts Mgr. Simon Zhu Kaimin - one of the first Chinese Bishops consecrated by Pope Pius XI in 1926, in St. Peter in the Vatican, who was also the fir ...
• 26 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The house of a Protestant Pastor in Orissa attacked by a Hindu Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - A Hindu man attacked, with shouts and death threats, the house of a Protestant Pastor in Kandhamal district, the scene of anti-Christian violence that occurred in the state of Orissa (easter ...
• 26 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - NGO’s alarm: "Christianophobia also in government" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The secular India suffers from Christianophobia, a disease rooted and well established, but not publicly recognized by the state and society": this is the complaint that comes from Indian civ ...
• 26 January 2012
  ASIA/YEMEN - Appeal to help 750 000 malnourished Yemeni children Sana (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 750 thousand Yemeni children under five years of age suffer from malnutrition. This is what is learned from a recent press release, sent to Fides, which was released in Sana by the R ...
• 26 January 2012
  ASIA - The Bishops: "To become Church of the poor and marginalized in Asia" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - After a "full immersion" in the realities of poverty, vulnerability, marginalization and suffering, the Asian Bishops hope that the Asian Christian communities in Asia become a "Church of the po ...
• 25 January 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Hopes for Asia Bibi, but "the extremists would not accept her release" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "Even if her accuser changed his mind and withdrew the false accusations that led to Asia Bibi’s sentence for blasphemy, the Islamic extremists would not accept her release. Asia Bibi, for them ...
• 25 January 2012
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Discrimination against the Rohingya ethnic group continues: approximately 40 000 children are not registered at the registry office Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - There are approximately 40 000 children belonging to ethnic Rohingya who currently live in Myanmar without being registered at the registry office. This results in limited opportunities for them ...
• 25 January 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - To evangelize the indigenous through TV: a program on the Christian faith Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The evangelization of the indigenous communities in Taiwan goes through television: as of next February, a program on the Christian faith, promoted by the "Voice of the Catholic Church Associati ...
• 24 January 2012
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Aid to orphanages run by Catholics, Muslims and Protestants Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Rosa Mystica orphanage in Kupang, the capital of the province of East Nusa Tenggara, received a large donation by the richest man in Indonesia. The institute is run by the Sisters of the Ble ...
• 24 January 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG-Week of Christian Unity: pray for the reciprocal change, to walk together towards unity and full communion Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Praying for change and for the mutual transformation of Christians so that they can walk together towards unity and communion: this is the reason that led the celebration of the Week of Prayer ...
• 24 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - "The suffering of Christians in Orissa is not in vain, it has increased our faith", says the nun raped in 2008 Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "I am sure the Christians in Orissa have not suffered in vain. Our suffering has borne fruit: we grow in faith and the love for God", says to Fides Sister Meena Barwa, the nun raped during t ...