Asia

• 24 February 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - A new report on anti-Christian violence “re-establishes the truth”: the Church presents report to the Federal Government Bombay (Agenzia Fides) – A new report on anti-Christian violence re-establishes the truth, replacing a previous report – entrusted to Judge B. K. Somasekhara – who denied all responsibility for the attacks in Karna ...
• 24 February 2011
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - More security and a different mentality for girls' education Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – According to the Education Minister it seems that the Taliban have changed their attitude drastically towards the schooling of women, even if the Afghan Islamic Emirate has not publicly confirme ...
• 24 February 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - New information technology promotes evangelisation and information on the life of the Church Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Hong Kong Diocesan Audio-Visual Centre and the faithful of Hong Kong have launched the “Mobile Web Apps” and “Liturgypedia” in version iPhone/iPod to promote formation and inform ...
• 24 February 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Civil society: “Corruption undermines food security” Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – Bangladesh is a country that, as officially announced by the Government, is self-sufficient in terms of food production. Yet despite this, it is afflicted by the scourge of the lack of “food s ...
• 23 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic woman in jail for blasphemy in Punjab: Bishops' concerns and appeal Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Punjab and throughout Pakistan is in shock by this latest case of injustice. Agnes Nuggo, a Catholic woman from Faisalabad, in Punjab has been unjustly accused of blasphe ...
• 23 February 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Diaconate and priestly ordinations continue in the Chinese Catholic community Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Various mainland Chinese Catholic communities continue to celebrate new priestly and diaconate ordinations at this time (see Fides 14/1/2011), according to information 'Faith' in He Bei sends ...
• 23 February 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Young congregation of sisters committed to combat trafficking of girls at the roots Cebu (Agenzia Fides) – The Philippines are the fourth of ten countries with the highest rates of child prostitution. This scourge affects girls from 15 to 20 years, but also often involves girls of just eight years of ...
• 23 February 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The example of John Paul II, a boost for the “new evangelisation” Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – By meditating on and making the life and work of John Paul II her own extraordinary experience, the Church in Korea can draw “new force to go forward with the new evangelisation.” This is wh ...
• 22 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New case of blasphemy: Christian woman in jail Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – A Christian woman, Agnes Nuggo, was accused of blasphemy and arrested in the Diocese of Faisalabad, in Punjab province. The local Church, which is handling the case, expressed her “extrem ...
• 22 February 2011
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - AIDS peaks, because of birth control policies Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – The main cause for the surge in the spread of AIDS in Cambodia is the birth control policy and the promotion of artificial contraception, explains Human Life International (HLI) to Fides. H ...
• 22 February 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Mainland China's most famous Catholic composer, Antonio Geng Hui, who composed all the Chinese sacred music over last 30 years, passes away Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – The faithful of the Diocese of Tai Yuan, Shan Xi province, remember with great emotion, musician and Catholic composer, Antonio Geng Hui. According to the diocese's website, Prof. Geng, who w ...
• 21 February 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A village burned down, tribal Christians forced out by Muslim settlers Chittagong (Agenzia Fides) – A village was burned down and dozens of indigenous have been injured and driven from Ragipara in the mountain district of Rangamati, Diocese of Chittagong. The indigenous people who have su ...
• 21 February 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Human rights denied for ethnic and religious minorities Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – Living conditions for ethnic and religious minorities in Bangladesh are very difficult and their human rights are continually denied and trampled on, states the Hotline Human Rights Bangladesh� ...
• 21 February 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Outbreak of leptospirosis in Bantul Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – State of emergency in Bantul, in the central region of Java in Indonesia. The Country's health organisations have raised the alarm following an outbreak of leptospirosis, a deadly animal disea ...
• 21 February 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The 376 people confirmed in the parish of Zhao Cheng will become “seeds of evangelisation” throughout China Hong Dong (Agenzia Fides) – It is the first time in 30 years in this area, the parish of Zhao Cheng in the Diocese of Hong Dong (formerly Lin Fen) Shan Xi province, that the Sacrament of Confirmation has been conferred ...