Asia

• 19 September 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Spiritual retreat for priests of Feng Xiang on the importance and sacredness of the liturgy Xiang Feng (Agenzia Fides) - The Decree of the II Vatican Council "Presbyterorum Ordinis" and "The pastoral manual of parish priests" have been the subject of the annual spiritual Retreat for priests and religious women ...
• 19 September 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - The Hindu leader’s fast "is just a show": to build harmony, justice is needed Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Hindu extremist leader Narendra Modi, head of the government in Gujarat and a member of the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, launched a three-day fast to assert "his commitment to socia ...
• 19 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Epidemics of cholera and dengue after the floods in Sindh, children are the most affected Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - Cholera and dengue, hemorrhagic fever, are the main dangers for the people in Sindh, South Pakistan, hit by severe floods that have caused about six million displaced persons (see Fides 13/9/2 ...
• 19 September 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA -"Missionary John Paul II" finds his way in the Indonesians heart Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A young missionary community dedicated to Pope John Paul II finds its way into the Indonesians hearts: it is the "Missionary Community John Paul II", founded by the missionary of the Pontifical ...
• 17 September 2011
  ASIA/SINGAPORE-The Christians to the new President: it is urgent to stop human trafficking Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - Singapore is a hub for human traffickers. The fight against this alarming phenomenon must be a priority on the new President, Tony Tan’s agenda, who was elected two weeks ago. This is what t ...
• 17 September 2011
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN-The Jesuits: no more cluster bombs, more hope for the country Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuit missionaries in Afghanistan have welcomed the ratification, announced by the government in Kabul, of the International Convention for the banning of cluster bombs, which prohibits the u ...
• 17 September 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Poor farmers sell kidneys to pay off debts: the complaint of the NGOs Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – It is a growing practice that is becoming a real scandal: in the North of Bangladesh, the poor farmers, who are reduced to poverty, sell their kidney to pay off debts. The transplant is carried ...
• 17 September 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - New violence against Christians, "for political reasons", says a Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The new violence against Christians that takes place in Indian states like Madhya Pradesh or Karnataka (south-central India), are carried out "for political reasons," says. His Exc. Mgr. Ch ...
• 16 September 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Commission for the Pastoral Care of Workers in Hong Kong urges HSBC to revoke the dismissal of 3 000 employees Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Revoke the decision to immediately dismiss 3 000 employees in 3 years, intensify the contact with the employees making them participate in the bank development, take upon oneself social respon ...
• 16 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Floods in Sindh: aid denied to Christians and Hindus, the "untouchables" of religious minorities Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - Among the flood victims of Sindh (South of Pakistan), Christian and Hindu "Dalits" families, considered the "untouchables", are thrown out of refugee camps set up by the government and do no ...
• 16 September 2011
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - To talk about reconciliation to those who saw their parents being killed: witness of a missionary who takes care of the "hidden wounds" of the civil war Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is fairly calm but there is still much insecurity, especially in the evening, when there is a sort of unwritten curfew, so after 8pm nobody leaves the house, because security is n ...
• 15 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - False accusations of blasphemy against a Christian, the court invites him to "leave the country" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian high school teacher has suffered false accusations of blasphemy by a student and some Muslim professors, because of dislike, revenge and hatred towards Christians. He was forced to l ...
• 15 September 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Thousands of faithful pilgrims from all over China under the pouring rain at the Shrine of the Cross, the Calvary of the East Mei Xian (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of faithful Catholics coming from all over China went on a pilgrimage, under the pouring rain, to the Sanctuary of the Cross on Mount Pao Wo (nicknamed "the Calvary of the East"), in ...
• 15 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Commission "Justice and Peace": "the UN envoy is invited to Pakistan, we need to abolish the blasphemy law" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission "Justice and Peace" of the Pakistani Bishops have invited the UN Special Observer on religious Tolerance to visit Pakistan to see the "abuses and violence against religious minorit ...
• 15 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi was sentenced to death by a court "influenced by Islamic extremists" and "without a lawyer" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - There is more than a shadow on the case of Asia Bibi, a 40-year old Christian woman, who was sentenced to death for blasphemy. Asia was judged by a court "under the obvious pressure of Islamic ex ...