Asia

• 8 February 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Seminar for Sunday School teachers to better understand the Liturgy of the Mass Tai Chung (Agenzia Fides) – “The Liturgy of the Mass” was the theme of the seminar attended by Sunday School teachers in Taiwan on January 15 and 16, organised by the National Directorate of the Pontifical Mission ...
• 8 February 2011
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - 1.2 million people affected by the floods inundating the Country Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – After a brief respite in recent weeks, the floods which began in December and culminated from 9 to 11 January - affecting more than one million people in north and north-west Sri Lanka - hav ...
• 8 February 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop Menamparampil has “a missionary look at Bhutan” Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) – From his diocese of Guwahati, in the state of Assam (north-east India), borders with Bhutan, a territory “which we have always watched closely”, Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil confides t ...
• 7 February 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Inter-faith Harmony Week begins, but attacks rise against minorities Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Inter-faith Harmony Week began in Jakarta yesterday, 5 February, with messages of dialogue and peace, with hopes for reconciliation and calls for tolerance. Thousands of believers from all rel ...
• 7 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Government reshuffle: Ministry for Religious Minorities disappears Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – A government reshuffle is approaching in Pakistan: while negotiations are buzzing between political leaders, the government led by Prime Minister Gilani, the Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP), w ...
• 7 February 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Strong fears for violence against Christians during days of Hindu festival Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) – Strong fears for anti-Christian violence in Madhya Pradesh, the central Indian state, with the upcoming Hindu festival, “Narmada Samajik Kumbh” to be held from 10 to 12 February and which w ...
• 7 February 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Evangelisation and Christian formation continue to be the priorities for the new year Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – According to information sent to Fides, evangelisation continues to be a priority for the new year for the mainland Chinese Catholic communities. Immediately after the celebration of th ...
• 5 February 2011
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of Rector of inter-diocesan Major Seminary in Suwon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Card. Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 6 August 2010 appointed as Rector of the inter-diocesan Major Seminary in Suwon (Korea), Father Yong-Hwa ...
• 5 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Radio Veritas Asia in Urdu celebrates 25 years Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Radio Veritas in Urdu is readying to celebrate its 25 year anniversary: the celebrations will commence in August to commemorate its beginnings on 14 August 1987, and will culminate on 4 August ...
• 5 February 2011
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Jesuits in Asia and in the Pacific: an enormous region, young and growing, with many challenges Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – Jesuit major superiors met at the Asia-Pacific Conference from 23 to 27 January in Singapore. Participating were, Superior General of the Society of Jesus Father, Adolfo Nicolás, accompanie ...
• 4 February 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - Election of new Prime Minister: the hopes of Christians Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – After six months of stalemate, the political parties of Nepal have come to an agreement to elect the new Prime Minister. He will be Jhalanath Khanal, head of the Communist-Leninist Party of ...
• 4 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia's Bibi's lawyers: “Confidence in the retrial” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Confidence in the outcome of the retrial, confidence in Pakistani justice, confidence in being able to demonstrate the complete innocence of Asia Bibi: these are the premises and impressions wi ...
• 4 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi's deposition at the first hearing Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – In the testimony, received by Fides, which Asia Bibi gave at the first hearing in court in Nankana Sahib, she claims her innocence with the following words: “I am a married woman. My husb ...
• 4 February 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “God is Love” is the theme of the winter holidays youth camp Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – “God is Love” is the theme of the winter holidays youth camp, organised bu the Youth Prayer Group for the Renewal of Spirit in Taiwan, to be held from 10 to 13 February at the Nazareth Spi ...
• 4 February 2011
  ASIA/PHILLIPINES - A dwelling worthy of the name for families with disabled in the slums of Manila Manila (Agenzia Fides) – There will be about 20 small houses for families with disabled children or disabled adults currently living in the slums of Tandang Sora, Quezon City. This is the Guanellian project to give dig ...