Asia

• 5 July 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-150 years of mission of the Dominicans: next ordination of a priest originally from Hong Kong and a Korean deacon Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Next Saturday, July 9, the liturgy recalls St.Augustine Zhao Rong and his fellow martyrs in China. On that day His Exc. Mgr. John Tong, Bishop of Hong Kong, will preside the Mass in the Cath ...
• 5 July 2011
  ASIA/IRAQ- The country is one of the most insecure places in the world for children Baghdad (Fides Service) - Decades of war and international sanctions have turned Iraq into one of the most unsafe places for children in the Middle East and North Africa. In town, in fact, there are about 3 and a half mi ...
• 4 July 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-Nearly 7,000 students of Fu Jen Catholic University, have completed their course of studies Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - 6,861 students of Ben Fu Jen Catholic University have concluded in recent days their course of studies. Among them 15 have obtained a doctorate, 1,138 a school-leaving exam, 5,708 the baccalaure ...
• 4 July 2011
  ASIA/THAILAND - National reconciliation, fight against poverty, values: the priority of the first woman Premier Bangkok (Fides Service) - "Everyone must accept the outcome of the democratic elections. In any case, the priority for the country is a genuine national reconciliation": is the immediate comment released to Fides by Fr. ...
• 2 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The solemnity of the Sacred Heart celebrated in various continental communities Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - With the Holy Mass, Eucharistic adoration, the profession of religious vows, several Chinese communities celebrated the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which recurred yesterday, J ...
• 2 July 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA-The young people of Borneo ready for WYD and to build a better nation Palangkaraya (Fides Service) - Prayer and listening but also creativity and looking to the future: these are the characteristics of the "Youth Day", a gathering of young Catholics of Indonesian Borneo (the region also kn ...
• 2 July 2011
  ASIA/THAILAND - Corruption and Rule of Law: Challenges to the nation on the eve of elections Bangkok (Fides Service) - The perennial problem of corruption, the gap between elites and masses of rural population; respect for the rule of law and freedom of expression: these are the most urgent challenges in the Tha ...
• 2 July 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Prime Minister meets religious minorities: "You will have a new Ministry" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousaf Raza Gilani, today met a delegation of representatives of religious minorities of Pakistan in Islamabad and has officially announced the upcoming creatio ...
• 1 July 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Minority rights and the future of Christians: the Catholic minister is "confident" Islamabad (Fides Service) - Although the Federal Ministry that presided has just been "dissolved" - after a Provincial decentralization plan approved by the Parliament - the Catholic Akram Gill, until yesterday Minister ...
• 1 July 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Caritas, the only organization committed to the humanitarian emergency in the scene of war Banmaw (Fides Service) - To meet ongoing humanitarian emergency in northern Myanmar - scarred by civil war between the army and rebels of the Kachin Independent Army (see Fides 06/30/2011) - Caritas has put into the fiel ...
• 1 July 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-Proclamation and testimony, the two recommendations from Mgr.Tong to catechists Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Proclamation and testimony to fulfill the mission of evangelization. This is what His Exc. Mgr. John Tong, Bishop of Hong Kong, recommended to the catechists in Hong Kong during the awards cer ...
• 1 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence in Gujarat, all evidence have been destroyed. A Jesuit, "injustice is done" Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - The Government of Gujarat state in western India, admitted that all evidence relating to the massacres of 2002 - when about 2,000 Muslim citizens were killed, attacked by thousands of militant ...
• 30 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Devolution approved: the Federal Ministry for Religious Minorities has been abolished Islamabad (Fides Service) - Pakistan has abolished the Federal Ministry for religious minorities. This was confirmed to Fides by the Catholic Akram Gill, Minister of State for Religious Minorities, in what is, in fact, t ...
• 30 June 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Priests and nuns help 20 thousand Kachin refugees, victims of indiscriminate repression Myitkyina (Fides Service) - "Ethnic cleansing" and "humanitarian emergency" is what is happening in the Kachin State in northern Myanmar, where a conflict is raging between the Burmese army, and the Kachin Independent Ar ...
• 30 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Paul Bhatti: "My brother Shabhaz killed by Al Qaeda Shabhaz: investigations finally on the right track" Islamabad (Fides Service) - "The investigations into the murder of my brother Shabhaz are finally on the right track: it is the work carried out by the Taliban and Islamic fanatics. Now we are waiting for the capture of ...