Asia

• 1 February 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - Missing cemeteries: Christians ready to demonstrate for minority rights Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – There is disappointment and indignation in the Nepalese Christian community at the lack of land to bury their dead in Kathmandu. Faithful Christians, after months of waiting, “are ready to ...
• 1 February 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - All absolved: Report on anti-Christian violence “dishonest and full of prejudices” Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Praise from Hindu militant fundamentalists, strong protests from Christian leaders: these are the reactions recorded by Fides after the publication of the Report on anti-Christian violence t ...
• 1 February 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - In rural areas, 23 health workers per 10,000 people: doctors prefer clinics and hospitals in cities or they emigrate Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – At the recently held UN World Health Organization (WHO) second forum on human resources for health in Bangkok (25-29 January), experts sought new strategies to attract and retain health workers ...
• 1 February 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “President Aquino, confirm the policies for respect for life,” request from activists in the “Month for Life” Manila (Agenzia Fides) – President Benigno Aquino should “confirm, absolutely and with legal measures, not just with words, that the Government intends to pursue family and demographic policies in complete respect fo ...
• 1 February 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - More than one and a half million child labourers, 24% are girls Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - According to an International Labour Organization (ILO) report, documenting Nepal's sizeable population of child labourers, this year one million fewer children are working in Nepal than a dec ...
• 1 February 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Continual attention from the Catholic community to encouraging vocations Zhou Zhi (Agenzia Fides) – Among the most popular initiatives in many Catholic communities in view of the Chinese New Year, is the visiting of families of priests, men and women religious, by members of the community, ...
• 31 January 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Prayer celebrated for peace in all churches: a sign of hope for Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The Day of prayer and fasting for peace celebrated yesterday, 30 January, in all the churches in Pakistan, was and is “a bright sign of hope for the whole Country.” It is an initiative whi ...
• 31 January 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - India celebrates Pope John Paul II, on the 25th anniversary of his Visit to the nation New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – From tomorrow, 1 February, India will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Visit of John Paul II to the Asiatic nation in 1986. It will be “an event which carries a strong message of pea ...
• 31 January 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - A village of vocations on the Silk Road Zhou Zhi (Agenzia Fides) – A small village on Silk Road, inhabited by 660 people, of whom 400 are Catholic (about 130 families), has given 14 vocations to the Church in recent years: 7 priests, 1 deacon, 3 religious si ...
• 29 January 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Archbishop of Manila: “To respect life in family policies and in society is the correct path for the Country” Manila (Agenzia Fides) – “To promote respect for life at levels throughout the Country: both in family policies, which should be based on the values of unborn life and responsible parenting; and in the daily pattern ...
• 28 January 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Preparing a terrorist attack to eliminate Catholic Minister Bhatti Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Terrorist organizations in Pakistan are preparing an attack to eliminate Catholic Shahbaz Bhatti, Federal Minister for Religious Minorities: the alarm was issued to Fides by the “All Pakis ...
• 28 January 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Prayer published for the Year for the Laity Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – After having published the 2011 Pastoral Letter dedicated to the Year for the Laity, entitled “Walking together to man, living for the Lord” (see Fides 10/1/2011), the Regional Episcopal C ...
• 28 January 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Talks resume for peace in Mindanao: hopes of the missionaries Cotabato City (Agenzia Fides) – Everyone is hoping that it is a real breakthrough: peace talks resume resume between the new Filipino government and representatives of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to addres ...
• 28 January 2011
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - From Jerusalem “the message of hope needs to be sent that peace is possible and God will achieve it”: 2,000 cities around the world pray for peace in the Holy Land Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – On 29 and 30 January 2011 the third International Day of Intercession for Peace in the Holy Land will be celebrated, a prayer initiative which arose from the desire of various associations o ...
• 27 January 2011
  ASIA/BHUTAN - Indian missionaries and sisters “ready to bring the Gospel to Bhutan” Chennai (Agenzia Fides) – Much attention, curiosity and interest has been attracted within the missionary world, especially in India, regarding the news of the possible opening of the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan to the ...