Asia

• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Men and women religious in Sendai: one dead, several structures damaged Sendai (Agenzia Fides) – There are various institutes and religious congregations, who are carrying out their ministries in the Diocese of Sendai, the epicentre of the earthquake and the subsequent tsunami which devast ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - “No to nuclear power plants,” says Indian Jesuit after the Japanese tragedy Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – To ensure development that is truly sustainable, solid, safe and respectful of humanity and of Creation, India should abandon the idea of relying on nuclear power for energy production. So s ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Disabled people in danger of falling victim to trafficking Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – To live with a disability in a city like Karachi is already a hardship. Now there is the added issue of trafficking in disabled people, destined to beg in the neighbouring villages. In a stat ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian accused of blasphemy dies in prison, Masihi Foundation expresses “fear for Asia Bibi” Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – The death of Qamar David raises many questions, a Pakistani Christian falsely accused of blasphemy, who has been imprisoned since 2006. David was found dead today, 15 March. The prison guards, ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Card. O’Brien calls for “Aid conditions for the Government of Pakistan” Glasgow (Agenzia Fides) – The British and Western Governments, in providing cooperative aid to the Pakistani government, should place some conditions upon it: full respect for religious freedom, protection of persecute ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The relics of the Patron of Missions in Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – The relics of St Terese of Lisieux, Patron of Missions, arrived yesterday, 14 March, at the airport in Tel Aviv, welcomed by the Apostolic Nuncio in Israel, Archbishop Antonio Franco, by the ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - An intensely eucharistic Lent: Adoration for the whole family in the Diocese of Wen Zhou Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – “We pray that every family may experience a Lent full of the Lord's grace and experience his closeness”. With this idea, the Diocese of Wen Zhou, Zhe Jiang province, commenced, for the se ...
• 14 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Bishop of Sendai: “Our mission is to bring hope”; an extraordinary meeting of Bishops planned Sendai (Agenzia Fides) – It is a tragedy that has had “a strong emotional impact on society.” The citizens are “exhausted and disorientated”: for this reason the Japanese Bishops will have an emergency meeting ...
• 14 March 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Prayers and concrete solidarity from the Chinese Catholic world for the earthquake victims of Japan and victims of other catastrophes Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Upon hearing the news of the earthquake and the tsunami that hit Japan hard, the Chinese Catholic world immediately mobilised with prayers and concrete gestures of solidarity to help the victi ...
• 14 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - After Bhatti's murder, civil society raises its voice: “silence means new blood” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The civil society of Pakistan has launched a petition and sent an open letter to the Country's political leaders: the initiative, entitled “Silence means new blood”, signifies that the citi ...
• 12 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Earthquakes and Tsunamis are “a challenge to witness to love” for Catholics Saitama (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church in Japan will respond to the tragedy of the earthquake and tsunami that struck northern Japan, with prayer and solidarity,” said Bishop Marcellinus Daiji Tani to Fides from the D ...
• 12 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Caritas Japan launches a campaign of solidarity throughout the Country Nagoya (Agenzia Fides) – A campaign of solidarity for the victims of the earthquake and the tsunami that struck the North of Japan will commence tomorrow, 13 March, by Caritas Japan in all Japanese churches. The initia ...
• 12 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Child emergency after the terrible earthquake that struck the Country Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – Chidren in Japan and in surrounding countries in the Pacific have never experienced such a crucial moment in their short lives, following the earthquake which according to estimates has already ...
• 12 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Acts of vandalism in a Catholic cemetery and Christian Pastors arrested in Karnataka Mysore (Agenzia Fides) – New episodes of violence against Christians emerge in the State of Karnataka (south-east India): a Catholic cemetery in Mysore was vandalised and meanwhile two evangelical Pastors were arrested ...
• 12 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - “Bhramyaman Pathabhavan”: mobile school for 40 students from disadvantaged villages Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - A recent official survey shows that in the most remote and disadvantaged villages in the District of Hooghly, near Calcutta, there are still many children not attending school or who stopped go ...