Asia

• 2 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops on Bhatti's murder: “A tragic example of the intolerant climate in which we live” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – “We condemn the assassination of the Catholic Minister for Religious Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti. We are devastated and deplore this anti-life gesture. This is a perfectly tragic example of th ...
• 2 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Breakdown of Christians in Pakistan Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Of the population in Pakistan of 185 million inhabitants, 96% are Muslims, and 2% are Christians. Among these, Catholics are slightly more than one million. Christians, with Hindus and Sikhs (the r ...
• 1 March 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Even the Catholic community of Shaan Xi is praying for the earthquake victims in Christchurch, remembering their own similar tragic experience Xi An (Agenzia Fides) – In spiritual support for those who survived the earthquake which hit Christchurch in New Zealand and for emergency workers, prayer, the Rosary, Holy Mass and fundraising for the victims (and the ...
• 1 March 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - The Government in Nepal committed to reducing Bhutanese refugee camps Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – The Nepalese Government is committed to reducing Bhutanese refugee camps from seven currently to two in the next two years, says Jay Mukunda Khanal, head of national unity for coordinating r ...
• 1 March 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Christian leaders of Papua: indigenous human rights trampled Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) – A “kairos” - a “moment of truth” - for a reflection on the continuing degeneration of respect for human rights in Indonesian Papua: this is what various Indonesian Christian leaders a ...
• 1 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Peace blooms in the Northeast, thanks to the help of the Church Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) – The mediation encouraged by the Catholic Church in the Northeast of India, to defuse a bitter conflict between the Rabha and Garo tribal groups, is bearing its fruit, to the great satisfactio ...
• 1 March 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of Bishop of Dà Lat Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 1 March 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Dà Lat (Vietnam), Bishop Antoine Vu Huy Chuong, until now Bishop of Hung Hoá. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 1/ ...
• 1 March 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of Bishop of Hung Hoá Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 1 March 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Hung Hoá (Vietnam), Bishop Jean Marie Vu Tât, until now titular Bishop of Tisiduo and Auxiliary of the ...
• 28 February 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Report on anti-Christian violence presented and endorsed by the Federal Government New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Report by Judge Michael Saldanha, which establishes the truth about the anti-Christian violence which occurred in the State of Karnataka in 2008, was officially presented to three Federa ...
• 28 February 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Growing numbers of missionary priests and laity; a force for evangelisation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Lay Catholics working abroad constitute a strength and vast potential for evangelisation, especially for Asia: the Catholic Church in Korea told Fides, presenting new statistics on Catholic miss ...
• 26 February 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Attack on a Catholic school, “chain of protests” by Christians in Karnataka Belgaum (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic School of Divine Providence in Tilakwadi, in the Diocese of Belgaum, in the Indian State of Karnataka, was attacked by vandals who shattered the windows and and damaged the struct ...
• 26 February 2011
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Afghan lawyer: “Laws needed which respect human rights” Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – One Christian was saved, but others risk death: Afghanistan urgently needs new laws which “fully respect human rights, freedom of conscience, speech and religion,” declared Afzal Nooristani ...
• 25 February 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Anti-conversion law: The High Court admits a petition to repeal it Shimla (Agenzia Fides) – For Christian Indians it is good news and the beginning of a judicial process: the High Court of the State of Himachal Pradesh, in the North of India, has admitted an appeal which contests the ...
• 25 February 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Annual Assembly of the Diocese of Feng Xiang: faithful and priests must dedicate every effort to evangelisation Feng Xiang (Agenzia Fides) – All the faithful and priests of the Diocese should dedicate themselves to evangelisation in the full awareness of their own identity and of the mandate entrusted to them by the Lord and the ...
• 25 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Moratorium on blasphemy: new proposal by civil society Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – A moratorium on applying the blasphemy law in Pakistan: this is the new proposal circulating in Pakistani civil society, finding support among intellectuals, journalists and the well-educat ...