Asia

• 26 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Faith celebrates twenty years since its Foundation and awards 20 "examples of evangelization today" Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The 20 "Models of evangelization today" elected by mainland Chinese Catholics through Faith in He Bei, were awarded on July 13 at the Major Seminary in He Bei. The initiative is part of ...
• 26 July 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES-Even a truck can become a classroom Manila (Fides Service)- A truck has been turned into a classroom so that it can accommodate up to 25 students at once and will offer lessons from Monday to Friday for four hours a day for children and street children lef ...
• 26 July 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Medical facilities in the northwestern areas of conflict are on the brink of collapse Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - In the last three years, doctors and nurses at the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan, have been particularly busy. The hospital, one of the largest in the country, moni ...
• 25 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The Catholics of Wen Zhou give aid to the wounded and pray for the railway accident victims Wen Zhou (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics were among the first volunteers to help the injured and yesterday during the mass prayed for the railway accident victims. Those who are helping are from the Diocese of Wen Zh ...
• 25 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-The Christian outcasts are organizing protests and hunger strike for equal rights New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) Thousands of Dalits, Christians and Muslims, known as the "untouchables" of India, gathered in the streets of New Delhi to protest in favor of equal rights within society. In India, the Dalits ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/YEMEN-Due to the armed conflict in the country the number of child soldiers is increasing Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - In Yemen, the three main military groups which are currently active (pro-government Republican Guards and the Central Security, and the First Armoured Division of opposition), have among their ra ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious freedom "under the shadow of Islamic extremism": what happened to the promise made by the Ministry for interreligious relations? Lahore (Fides Service) - Religious freedom in Pakistan is conditioned by "the dark shadows of Islamic extremism", but also by intolerance, lawlessness and the increasing impunity in the country. This is what is said in t ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-To the young: dedicate the time you spend surfing on the internet to God, to transmit it to your peers Kao Hsiung (Fides Service) - With the blessing by His Exc. Mgr. Peter Liu, Archbishop of the diocese of Kao Hsiung, the delegation of the Catholic community in Taiwan on their way to World Youth Day to be held in Madrid, ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Three years after the anti-Christian massacres: " Light sentence, injustice is done" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – It is the triumph of injustice and "the failure of the rule of law" - say the local faithful – this is what is happening in Orissa, as we approach the anniversary of the 3rd anti-Christi ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - SOS of the Protestant Church in Bogor: Christians risk "mass persecution" Jakarta (Fides Service) - "The Indonesian Christian Church" (Gereja Kristen Indonesia, GKI) - denomination of the Protestant Church with a strong community presence on the island of Java - continues its fight for law and ...
• 22 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Diamonds and tensions between Hindus and Muslims behind the attacks in Mumbai Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - The diamond industry and tensions between the Muslim militant community and the Hindus: these are the two key elements to understand the reasons and responsibility for the recent bomb attacks ...
• 22 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Major seminarians: to experience the Love of Christ to be authentic witnesses of charity Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – To experience the Love of Christ, to know the importance of the Church's charitable and voluntary work, to train qualified people for the social service of the ecclesial base communitie ...
• 22 July 2011
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Church and NGOs take to the field to save Wilfrida, Catholic girl who risks death penalty Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) - An Indonesian Catholic girl, Wilfrid Soik, lies in Malaysian prisons, accused of killing her employer, and could be sentenced to death. In her defense some non-governmental organizations, i ...
• 22 July 2011
  AFRICA/SOMALIA-Very weak children abandoned by their families to try and save the other children Mogadishu (Fides Service) - Another tragedy hits the people of Somalia who are dying of hunger and continue to seek shelter and food in Mogadishu. Many families, in desperation, decide to leave the children who are too w ...
• 21 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA- Conclusion of the general chapter of the Missionary Sisters of the Souls in Purgatory Xing Tai (Fides Service) - "We have renewed the spirit of the congregation, consolidated our charisma, strengthened our relationship with the Lord": are the results of the general chapter of the religious congregation of ...