Asia

• 26 May 2011
  ASIA/SRI LANKA-War crimes and crimes against humanity on the Tamil: will be discussed at the UN Colombo (Fides Service) - The accusations of "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity" against the Tamil people of Sri Lanka will be discussed, starting from May 30, at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva . As reporte ...
• 26 May 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH-After two years victims of the cyclone Aila still need help Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Two years after the cyclone Aila, which destroyed south western Bangladesh, thousands of survivors are still in need of everything. According to Bangladesh's Disaster Management Bureau, the peopl ...
• 26 May 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-The radio, a means to train new leaders of civil society, the antidote to fundamentalism Lahore (Fides Service) - Thanks to the radio, a means of communication and widely listened to by a lot of young Pakistanis, it is possible to train new leaders of civil society, with moderate and democratic ideas, based ...
• 25 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Every Catholic must assume missionary responsibility Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - According to information received by Fides, there are several initiatives in this period by the continental Catholic community to promote evangelism. From May 13 to 15, 140 faithful, especially ...
• 25 May 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-New teaching center on media for tribal youths Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - The Lievens' Institute of Film and Electronic Media (LIFE), a new center of the Society of Jesus has recently been inaugurated in Ranchi, capital of Jharkhand, with the aim to give young people o ...
• 25 May 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES-On track with the young, on the streets with the poor, at school with the disabled, to proclaim Christ Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Going towards the young, the poor and disabled with a renewed pastoral impetus: this is the style that the Guanellians re-launch from the Philippines after the end of the GYM CONTEST, a highly aw ...
• 24 May 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-The Taiwan Regional Bishops' Conference invites to recite the prayer of Benedict XVI to Our Lady of She Shan Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement signed by the General Secretary, Don Otfried Chanel, the Taiwan Regional Bishops' Conference invites the faithful to participate in the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China ...
• 24 May 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Progress regarding a new law for the protection of Christian minorities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a step forward for the protection of minorities in India": With these words Bishop Peter Machado, Bishop of Belgaum in Karnataka state, comments to Fides about the "Communal Violence Bi ...
• 24 May 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA-A new Catechism for young people within sight of the WYD Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A new Catechism for young people within sight of the World Day of Youth: an initiative of the Episcopal Conference of Korea, through a synergy between the Commission for Catechesis and a Cateches ...
• 23 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Pilgrimages and consecration of new churches: the Catholic continental communities towards May 24 Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The pilgrimage to Marian Shrines and the consecration of new churches mark the intense journey of the Chinese Catholic communities of this period, towards May 24, World Day of Prayer for the Chu ...
• 23 May 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-The alarm of a priest, "the country is in the hands of the Taliban" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Pakistan is now in the hands of the Taliban. They have become even stronger, even after the death of Bin Laden. And enjoy the consensus of large segments of the population: the ordinary citizen, t ...
• 23 May 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-A Bishop "always on the road" to give stimulus to mission among the tribal Purnea (Agenzia Fides) –Mgr. Angelus Kujur, SJ, Bishop of Purnea, diocese in North Bihar, in northeast India, bordering Nepal is a Bishop “on the road” always travelling. His untiring movement has only one reason: ...
• 21 May 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-Commitment of the diocese to support the training of the lay abroad Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Fund for the Formation of the Laity of the Diocese of Hong Kong has allocated HK $ 600 000 for the training abroad of six lay people in 2011. According to reports from the Kong Ko Bao (th ...
• 21 May 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA-No to violence: a network to improve the status and human rights of indigenous women Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous women of the Indonesian Papua have suffered and continue to suffer all kinds of violence, rapes, torture, abuse, kidnapping by the Indonesian military forces committed in the r ...
• 21 May 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR-The "American Bishop" of Pyay "priority to evangelization" Pyay (Agenzia Fides) - "The priority for our Church is to evangelize. The motto I have chosen for my episcopal service, 'May they have life', clearly expresses this meaning and this need to communicate the love of Christ ...