Asia

• 20 June 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Ordination of deacons and priests, in the continent and Taiwan: signs of hope for the Church Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A number of ordinations, both deacons and priests, were celebrated recently in the continent and Taiwan, filling the Catholic community with joy that sees in them signs of hope for the Church. " ...
• 20 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Survey of the Ministry of Minorities on the case of Farah Hatim, the Catholic Islamized by force Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Federal Ministry for Harmony and Religious Minorities has launched an investigation in the case of Farah Hatim, the Catholic girl kidnapped and forced to marry a Muslim and converted to Is ...
• 18 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-After the violence in Punjab, Christians live a " Prayer Day for Pakistan" Islamabad (Fides Service) - Praying for peace, building a harmonious society, stressing that Christians are in effect "Pakistani citizens": with these objectives, the " Prayer Day for Pakistan" will be celebrated tomorro ...
• 18 June 2011
  ASIA/IRAQ-The German bishops: to help the Christians of Iraq "priority to work" Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - In the difficult situation of Christians living in Iraq, while "the exodus of the faithful continues", "priorities are peace and work": is what His Excellency Archbishop Ludwig Schick, Archbishop ...
• 18 June 2011
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN-Unregistered mosques, madrasas and churches are forbidden to children and adolescents Dushanbe (Fides Service) - Stop the radical Islamic indoctrination on children and adolescents: this is the objective of the measure approved by the lower chamber of the Tajik Parliament. Called "law on parental respons ...
• 18 June 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Success for the first Sacred Art Exhibition of the parish of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing, more than 8 000 visitors Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - More than 80 works of art including paintings, sculptures, paper work, panels with written biblical themes, made by 15 priests, religious, seminarians and laity of the Diocese of Beijing, were e ...
• 17 June 2011
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Islamic Party "turns over a new leaf": new hope for the future of the nation ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Islamic Party "change skin": new hope for the future of the nation Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - PAS (Parti Islam SeMalaysia), the main Islamic party in Malaysia, has opened a new era of reform, aba ...
• 17 June 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-Helping young people in Hong Kong to get to know the refugees’ reality, making them aware about the rights to development for everyone Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - A photo exhibition regarding the 60 years of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and a journey of the Catholic university students in northern Thailand, in the refugees c ...
• 17 June 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Hindu political leader incites religious hatred: the Christians protest Bhopal (Fides Service) - A formal complaint was submitted by Christian leaders and organizations against Prabath Jha, President of the state of Madya Pradesh (central India): The President, political leader who is an act ...
• 16 June 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-The Bishop of Tai Chung will celebrate Mass at the peak of the highest mountain in Taiwan to raise money for the poor in Swaziland Tai Chung (Fides Service) – Welcoming the invitation of the American foundation "Heart for Africa," His Exc. Mgr. Martin Su Yao-Wen, Bishop of the diocese of Tai Chung, will celebrate Mass at the peak of the highest mo ...
• 16 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-One person arrested for the murder of Shabhaz Bhatti; for the Christian community it is "urgent to do justice" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A man suspected of being involved in the murder of the Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, was arrested by the police in Karachi. The man admitted, in a wiretap, that he took part in the pl ...
• 16 June 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA-Six years after the tsunami, 170 families still live in unhealthy shacks Banda Aceh (Fides Service) - After more than six years after the devastating tsunami that struck Indonesia in December 2004 hundreds of residents of the city of Banda Aceh in northwestern Indonesia, are still living in " ...
• 16 June 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Kohima Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 16, 2011, the Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Kohima (India) Rev. Sac. James Thoppil of the clergy of Kohima, Rector of Oriens Theological College in Sh ...
• 16 June 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR-A priest in the North: "due to the civil war more than 2,000 Kachin refugees, many in the churches" Myitkyina (Fides Service) - A furious civil war is underway in northern Myanmar. "The clashes between the national army and the militia of the ethnic Kachin are creating great suffering to the civilian population: there ...
• 15 June 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-A Center of Evangelization in the Cathedral of Beijing to respond to the Year of Evangelization of the Lay Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - To strengthen and better coordinate the activities of evangelization thus responding to the needs generated by the Year of Evangelization of the Lay promoted by the diocese, the Cathedral of Bei ...