Asia

• 29 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "It is forbidden to print Christian images", religious prejudice and intolerance continues to spread Okara (Agenzia Fides) - "A few days ago I went to have some holy images and photographs portraying Jesus’ face and the Cross printed. The staff of the print shop after seeing the religious images refused to do the job ...
• 29 September 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Churches shut down or demolished: the subtle pressures on Indonesian Christians Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - In 2010, 47 churches were shut down in Indonesia and in the first 4 months of 2011 9 Christian places of worship have been shut down or demolished: this is what "Jakarta Christian Communication ...
• 28 September 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The fourth Camillian priest and 17 Divine Word missionaries have been ordained in Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, September 25, at the Theological Seminary of the Divine Word in Maumere, on the island of Flores, the Bishop Emeritus Mgr.Anton Pain Ratu, DWS, ordained the fourth Camillian priest ...
• 28 September 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The parish of St. Vincent de Paul would like to thank Our Lady for her protection and the Lazarist missionaries who brought the Gospel Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - "Give thanks to Our Lady who protected and ensured us the success of the mission, tribute to the Lazarist missionaries who brought us the Gospel, invoking the Lord for a better future of the Ch ...
• 28 September 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Civil society and Christians mobilize to "save the Irrawaddy"; the Bishops wrote to the government Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Environmentalists, singers, poets, journalists, fishermen, Christians, activists, monks, Bishops: all united to "Save the Irrawaddy", the great river that crosses from north to south Myanmar, and ...
• 28 September 2011
  ASIA - Asian Bishops: "Religious fundamentalism is the greatest danger in the continent" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of secularization and the growth of religious fundamentalism are "the two greatest challenges of evangelization in Asia", says His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Menamparampil to Fides, Archbis ...
• 27 September 2011
  ASIA/MACAO - Caritas and government give life to the Food Bank in Macao, for families affected by the economic crisis Macao (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, September 26, the Food Bank was born in Macao, run by Caritas in collaboration with the Social Welfare Bureau of MSAR (Macao Special Administrative Region) Government, to meet the most ...
• 27 September 2011
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Archbishop Kim after the trip to the North: "A trip centered on religious themes, a hope for peace" Kwanju (Agenzia Fides) - The journey of seven religious leaders in North Korea leaves a door open to hope that religion may again flourish beyond the "Bamboo Curtain": this is the wish expressed at the end of the journey ...
• 27 September 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - For an error of pronunciation, a-13-year old Christian girl is accused of "blasphemy" Abbottabad (Agenzia Fides) – Due to an error of pronunciation during a school exam, a-13-year old Christian girl has been accused of "blasphemy". A trivial mistake in urdu becomes an excuse to attack a girl, a family, ...
• 27 September 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Rudimental bombs in front of the churches in the Moluccas: Christian leaders reject "religious war" Ambon (Agenzia Fides) - Two rudimental bombs were found in Ambon in front of the Synod Office of the Protestant Church of the Moluccas and in front of the protestant church "Marantaha" in Ambon. The two unexploded bombs ...
• 27 September 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Only in Christ and faith there is the strength to deal with family life and marriage Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - Only in Christ and in faith we can find the strength to face the trials and challenges of family life and marriage: the 20 couples participating in the First Meeting of Catholic marriage and fa ...
• 27 September 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - A life for the Gospel: Farewell to Fr. Luigi, "recordman" 75 years of mission Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - A community mourns, but praises the Lord for the extraordinary life of Father Luigi Gobetti, Salesian missionary who died on Sept. 22, aged 91, in Bandel (Diocese of Calcutta), after 75 years o ...
• 26 September 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Laity, witnesses of faith in different areas of commitment Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Witnessing faith and to be "signs" of faith through commitment on behalf of the laity (extraordinary ministers of communion, pastoral workers, catechists ...); to analyze the biblical, liturg ...
• 26 September 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - After the bomb in a church, interfaith prayer in Solo to say "No" to violence Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - There is concern and confusion among Christians of the diocese of Semarang (Central Java) after the suicide attack which occurred yesterday, on Sunday, Sept. 25, in a Protestant Christian churc ...
• 23 September 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - The phenomenon of "missing girls" continues to increase Dehradun (Agenzia Fides) - India is the fourth country in the world most at risk for the female gender, after Afghanistan, Congo and Pakistan, and the widespread practice of selective abortion of female fetuses makes the ...