Asia

• 27 May 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Two Christian girls have been kidnapped and converted to Islam in Punjab Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The violence on Christian girls in central Punjab has caused two other victims: as reported by the Masihi Foundation to Fides- which deals with the protection of Christians in Pakistan - two ...
• 27 May 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA-The visit of Cardinal Tauran: "an impulse to continue on the path of dialogue" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The visit of Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran in Korea is "an impulse to the Korean Church to continue the path of dialogue": states His Exc.Mgr. Peter Kang, Bishop of Cheju and President of the Episcop ...
• 27 May 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Law on violence against minorities is under review of the civil society; in Parliament in July New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The human rights organizations, religious communities, Christian and Muslim associations, NGOs in the Indian civil society have one week (until June 4) to read, consider and propose amendments ...
• 27 May 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Summer session of Parliament: on the agenda food security, corruption and inter-community violence New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – It will be a challenging summer for the Indian Parliament and especially for the government coalition in power in India, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), formed by the Congress Party, ...
• 27 May 2011
  ASIA/SRI LANKA-Appointment of the Bishop of Galle Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 27, 2011 appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Galle (Sri Lanka) Rev.do Raymond Wickramasinghe, Professor of Moral Theology at the National Seminary of Our ...
• 26 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA- the restoration of the church of the diocese of Mei Zhou dedicated to Mary Help of Christians has been completed Mei Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - On the day of the liturgical feast of Mary Help of Christians, on May 24, more than 700 faithful attended the grand opening, after the restoration of the church of the diocese of Mei Zhou, in t ...
• 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 ...