Asia

• 6 June 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES-The Church says "no" to the legalization of divorce Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Philippines is engaged in a campaign to say "no" to divorce and to reject the attempt to legalize it in the country. This is a new theme ethically sensitive in which th ...
• 6 June 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Archbishop-candidate for the "Nobel Peace Prize": the support of the Indian Church New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Church strongly supports the candidacy of Mgr. Thomas Menamparampil, SDB, Archbishop of Guwahati, for the Nobel Peace Prize: "It would be a legitimate recognition for the commitment ...
• 4 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-New financial law: no funds for minorities Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - In the budget law submitted yesterday by the Pakistani government appropriations are not expected to contribute to the progress and development of religious minorities. The Federal Minister fo ...
• 4 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Public education neglected by the government, madrasas are on the rise Lahore (Fides Service) - While public education in Pakistan is in a state of total neglect, the madrassas (Islamic schools) are on the rise: it is the complaint that Fides receives from local sources of civil society, fo ...
• 4 June 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-The money raised by Caritas Hong Kong become an instrument of peace and love of Christ Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The HK $ 26 million that Caritas Hong Kong was able to collect during the year will become an instrument of peace and concrete realization of Christ's love for the weakest and poorest . This ...
• 4 June 2011
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Concern for extremism: a new "Agency for Religious Affairs" Astana (Agenzia Fides) - A new "Agency for Religious Affairs", is born in Kazakhstan, the official organ with which the government will handle the matter and its relations with religious communities. With a decree signe ...
• 3 June 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-The parish communities have concluded the Marian Month Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The parishes of the diocese of Hong Kong ended the Marian Month with the solemn Marian procession, the Mass and the community prayer of the rosary. According to reports from the Kong Ko Bao ( ...
• 3 June 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL-The Church asks to ensure full religious freedom (and conversion) for the good of the country Kathmandhu (Agenzia Fides) - The defense of religious freedom and secular architecture of the state is essential today in Nepal. The danger is the approval of a new Criminal Code, which prohibits "religious conversion": ...
• 3 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-"Ban the Bible, a blasphemous book ": new radical Islamic attack against Christians Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The radical Islamic party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam has filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of Pakistan and has launched a campaign asking to ban the circulation of the Bible, described as a "pornog ...
• 3 June 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - The relics of Don Bosco in the diocese of the Bishop " candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize" Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - Prayers, Pilgrimages, vigils for peace characterized the program of the visit of the remains of St. John Bosco in the Diocese of Guwahati, in the state of Assam in northeastern India. The reli ...
• 1 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Journalist murdered: activists and religious minorities take to the streets to "defend the truth" and to say "no" to impunity Lahore (Fides Service) - Journalists, human rights activists, civil society organizations, religious communities take to the streets today to demonstrate outside the headquarters of the press associations in major cities ...
• 1 June 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The religious in Taiwan ask themselves: "Rethinking the mission today" Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - "Rethinking the Mission Today" is the theme of the seminar organized by the Regional Association of Major Superiors of religious institutes for men and women in Taiwan (Regional Association of M ...
• 1 June 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Reform on Education: "Integrating Islamic schools in the public system is positive," says a missionary Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Integrating the madrassas (Islamic schools) in the public system is a good thing: it would mean more state control and adjustment of madrassas to the standards and curriculum of public education ...
• 1 June 2011
  ASIA PHILIPPINES - Not only politics: history, culture and religion are necessary to build peace in Mindanao Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Peace in Southern Philippines is not just a matter of "political negotiations," but "requires an effort that involves and considers history, culture, the religion of all social groups present in ...
• 31 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA- The cross has been placed on the new church in Nan Yi Dian dedicated to Our Lady Help of Christians Lin Fen Lin (Agenzia Fides) - In a solemn Mass and the Procession of the Cross, the parish of the Diocese of Zhao Cheng in the diocese of Lin Fen, in Shan Xi province in China, blessed and placed the Cross on the new ch ...