Asia

• 16 April 2011
  ASIA/BHUTAN - "Democracy, freedom of worship and mission in the future of Bhutan": interview with the Archbishop of Guwahati Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - " Bhutan is making enormous progress in democracy and is showing signs of openness to religious freedom. I am convinced that, if religious freedom is guaranteed, there may be religious congrega ...
• 16 April 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Mandate missionary to catechists and pastoral letter of the Bishop of Beijing for the opening of the evangelization of the Laity Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news" (Rom 10:15) is the theme of the evangelization of the Laity of the Diocese of Beijing, which was opened by Bishop Joseph Li Shan, bishop ...
• 16 April 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Of the 215 million child laborers worldwide, over 18 000 children are working in philippines mining Manila (Agenzia Fides) - According to statistics from the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2010 there were more than 2.4 million Filipino working children and 215 million around the world. About 18 000 childre ...
• 15 April 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Suspect census of Christians in Madhya Pradesh, attacks in Delhi: the Church in alarm New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A "strange" census regarding Bishops, priests, the homes of individual believers, Christian schools and institutions, is currently in the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India, conducted by ...
• 15 April 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Pilgrimage of the Cross of Evangelization to raise awareness of the faithful on their missionary responsibility Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - With the blessing of the Cross given by Bishop John Tong, the diocesan Bishop, the pilgrimage of the Cross of Evangelization in the diocese of Hong Kong officially began on April 3. Accord ...
• 15 April 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Thousands of displaced people, six months after the eruption of the volcano Merapi Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The majority of the 130 thousand displaced people who have lost their homes after the eruption of the volcano Merapi in Central Java, are still homeless and in need of assistance. This is wha ...
• 15 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Increase of violence against religious minorities”, comments the "State of Human Rights 2011" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "A few positive developments and many worrying signs for many religious minorities in Pakistan”, says the Report "Status of Human Rights 2011", published by the Human Rights Commission of ...
• 14 April 2011
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Religious freedom denied, over 50 thousand Christians in prison camps Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Human rights trampled and denied freedom of religion, more than 50 thousand Christians in prison camps for their faith, victims of a judicial system based strictly on ideology of the regime: this ...
• 14 April 2011
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Christian missionary in prison, "Week of Prayer for Freedom" in North Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian missionary, an American citizen, will be put on trial in North Korea for "crimes against the nation": this is Jun Young-Su, a lay missionary of the Church of Orange County, California ...
• 14 April 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Profession of the Rule for 5 members of the Franciscan Third Order in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Five members of the Franciscan Third Order in Hong Kong have made a profession of the Rule on April 3. Among them was Don Francis Tam Kam Wing, the Hong Kong diocesan priest, who said that th ...
• 14 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "United as sisters in Christ": a letter from a cloistered nun to Asia Bibi Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "I feel very close to Asia Bibi, to her suffering, as a sister in Christ" writes Sister Mary Immaculate Perez to Fides, abbess of the nuns from the Franciscan Monastery Conception of Escalona ...
• 13 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian girls, victims of forced conversions to Islam, rapes and forced marriages Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – In Pakistan forced conversions to Islam, rapes and forced marriages are on the rise. The victims are mostly Hindu and Christian girls, belonging to religious minorities, complain Fides local s ...
• 13 April 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Good Friday march and prayer for the victims of the rising anti-Christian attacks Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) – On Good Friday, 22 April, there will be a silent pilgrimage, accompanied by fasting and prayer on the streets of Mumbai for more than 20,000 Indian Christians of all denominations. The initiati ...
• 12 April 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Religious awakening in Japan, wounded by the disaster: impact on society for the future Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – In Japan, wounded by the terrible natural events and struck by the nuclear disaster, we can see signs of a religious awakening: reports Fr Olmes Milani, CS, Scalabrinian missionary living in Tok ...
• 12 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Case of blasphemy in Faisalabad: lawyers of Arif demand his immediate release Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – “Immediate release”: this is the request made by Arif Masih's legal team, the 40 year old Christian arrested in Faisalabad for blasphemy. Thanks to the intervention by the Masihi Foundation ...