Asia

• 4 January 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - Support lacking for psychiatric disorders: 7,300 cases of suicide in less than 10 months Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – According to the Government of Nepal, in 2010 more than 6,000,000 inhabitants of the Country, about one-third of the population, suffered from mental illness, but despite the emergency the p ...
• 29 December 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Large statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus unveiled in front of the Cathedral of Lan Zhou Lan Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - An impressive two and a half metre high statue, made with the best quality marble, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was inaugurated recently. It is located in the plaza of the Cathedral ...
• 29 December 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Bulletin for the Study of Catholicism” launched by the Chinese University Catholic Studies Centre Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The “Bulletin for the Study of Catholicism” has been created by the Chinese University Catholic Studies Centre. According to reports from the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese version of the dioc ...
• 28 December 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - The Diocese of Xi Chang celebrates one hundred years of evangelization with three ordinations Xi Chang (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 faithful of the diocese of Xi Chang, in the province of Si Chuan, participated in the solemn Eucharistic Concelebration during which they thanked the Lord for a hundred years of e ...
• 28 December 2010
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Conjugal love and sacramental love: week for the Sanctification of the Family Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Week for the Sanctification of the Family, which began with the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Sunday, 26 December, Father Paul Hwang Cheol-soo, Preside ...
• 23 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Liberty and justice for Asia Bibi: demonstration in Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Italian society will take to the streets to send a message of solidarity and closeness to Asia Bibi: parliamentarians, the Catholic world, other religious communities and Italian civil society toda ...
• 23 December 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishops in mourning Shijiazhuang (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 November, 2010, Bishop Paul Jiang Taoran died, aged 84, bishop emeritus who had exercised his episcopal ministry in Shijiazhuang, in the diocese of Zhengding (Hebei Province, mainland ...
• 23 December 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “The Gifts of the Magi”: Christmas letter to the “family” in which Bishop John Tong shares four dreams with his faithful Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “To continue evangelization efforts”, “to promote vocations”, “to take care of faithful foreigners”, and “to assume the role of bridge” are the four dreams of Bishop John Tong, ...
• 21 December 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - The Chinese Catholic community is getting ready for Christmas in the name of charity and promoting vocations Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The faith, evangelization, charity, solidarity, promotion of vocations: on these key issues the mainland Chinese Catholic community is preparing the path for Christmas. Several initiative ...
• 21 December 2010
  ASIA/NEPAL - “Living for God, working for Nepal”: Jesuit schools continue to expand Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Sixty years after opening the first school in Nepal, the Jesuits continue to expand the educational apostolate in the Country. In fact another floor, the fourth, has just been added at St Xavi ...
• 21 December 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - In a detention centre: children, women, elderly and sick people fleeing from Pakistan Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - A group of 85 displaced people from Pakistan have been taken into custody by immigration in Bangkok, according to a statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission received by Fides. The group ...
• 21 December 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Increased security measures, especially for religious and ethnic communities Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians of Mosul are increasingly targeted by armed men that, as reported by the press in Iraq, killed at least five people in the month of November. News of kidnappings and murders of Chris ...
• 20 December 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Inauguration of the Centre for Pastoral Care Service at the Sanctuary of the Mount of Beatitudes Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - The great dream of Cardinal Paul Shan, Bishop emeritus of Kaohsiung Diocese and President emeritus of the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan, and that of many Catholics in Taiwan has fina ...
• 20 December 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In Manila, a new house for disabled children, to enhance their capabilities Quezon City (Agenzia Fides) - The Guanella Home for Special Children, a simple house with a familial environment designed to accommodate about twenty children with mental and physical disabilities, was inaugurated on 12 ...
• 20 December 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Even if food is not lacking, children in the east are still dying from malnutrition Kupang (Agenzia Fides) - A lack of trained health staff, treatments and health promotion make Indonesia's eastern province of Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) one of the country's most food insecure, despite the general avail ...