Asia

• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Bishop of Sendai: “Thank you” to the Pope and the Universal Church for assistance to displaced people Sendai (Agenzia Fides) – Solidarity and support continues to rise for the Church and people in Japan, struck by the earthquake and tsunami: “The aid will help us to rise again after this tragedy,” says Bishop Marti ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Oppression for Dalits in Orissa who come to the Christian faith; new Archbishop's hopes Cuttack (Agenzia Fides) – The tribal families of Dalits (the “untouchables”) in Orissa are subjected to constant harassment and oppression, based solely on caste discrimination. These dalits, deprived of land, owne ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/YEMEN - Children the main victims of armed conflicts in Yemen Taiz (Agenzia Fides) – Many Yemeni children have been affected by the violence that has accompanied nationwide protests which began in February 2011 against the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. A statement from UN ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shahbaz Bhatti among the “new witnesses to the faith”, an example for “Christians in politics” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Shahbaz Bhatti has been named among the “new witnesses to the faith”, in a solemn prayer vigil last night in Rome in the church of St Bartholomew on Isola Tiberina, organised by the Sant'Egid ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Alarms for child marriage, despite various initiatives and laws Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - “Early marriage is a big problem for Bangladesh. We cannot reduce maternal mortality and morbidity if we do not stop early marriage,” Gias Uddin, a project manager for the Family Planning Asso ...
• 6 April 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - From 9 April - Year for Evangelisation by the Laity in the Diocese of Beijing Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Beijing will celebrate a special year, dedicated to promoting the formation and commitment of the laity in evangelisation – the Year for Evangelisation by the Laity – from 9 ...
• 5 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian threatened and accused of blasphemy, forced into hiding Mardan (Agenzia Fides) – “Convert or die”. Masih Gill, Christian from the city of Mardan, in the province of “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa” (Northern Pakistan), was threatened with these words by a group of Muslims with ...
• 5 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Hindu or a Christian in Parliament? Controversy about the vacant seat of Shahbaz Bhatti Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – There is current controversy about who will occupy the seat left vacant in the Pakistani Parliament by Shahbaz Bhatti, the Minister for Minorities that was killed a month ago. The seat is re ...
• 5 April 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The Diocese of Han Dan celebrates six new priests Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) – More than 1,800 faithful witnessed the great moment when six priests were ordained in the Diocese of Han Dan, celebrated on the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, 25 March. According ...
• 4 April 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Campaign by Christian organisations to defend expelled missionary Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) – Fr Jim Borst is a Catholic missionary who has been working for nearly 50 years on human development for the people of Kashmir. The accusations against him (based on 'conversions') are entirely ...
• 4 April 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - the Diocese of Le Shan takes a Christian formation course into the Tibetan zone Le Shan (Agenzia Fides) – The 57 faithful Tibetans in the autonomous area of Tibet from the province of Si Chuan were able to participate in a 13 day Christian formation course which just concluded, fighting the bitte ...
• 4 April 2011
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - An NGO coalition seeks a “permanent humanitarian channel” between South and North Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Some hope is rising for relations between North and South Korea. In recent days the Government in Seoul authorised lifting the block on the first load of humanitarian aid prepared by charity org ...
• 4 April 2011
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Government: Yes to the Bible in all languages, but for Christians they remain controversial points Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – Malaysian authorities have announced in a 10-point document, that they will allow the diffusion of over 30,000 Bibles which had been stopped at customs. This will circulate the Bible in a ...
• 2 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Fear not, little flock”: Pastoral Letter from Bishops to comfort the faithful Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The Christians in Pakistan are going through Lent “with faith, in prayer, in sharing and in charity, seeking to prepare for Easter in the best way possible, at spiritual, liturgical and pa ...
• 2 April 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Communion, vocations, mission: the greatest fruits of Card. Varkey Vithayathil's work Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “the greatest fruit of Card. Varkey Vithayathil, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars, India, is communion, within the community, with other Indian Bishops and wi ...