Asia

• 10 December 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop Tong to new graduates of the diocesan Seminary: “Make good use of your talents and commit yourselves to evangelization” Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “Make good use of your talents and commit yourselves to evangelization”, is the recommendation by Bishop John Tong of Hong Kong, during the ceremony for the conferral of the degree by the ...
• 10 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In prison Asia Bibi's life is in danger: fears of summary execution Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Asia Bibi is unsafe and in fear for her life, within the walls of the prison in Sheikhupura, where she has been detained for a year and a half. This alarm was raised to Fides by Bibi's family and ...
• 10 December 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Story of a parish “disappearing” after the anti-Christian massacres in Orissa Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) - A parish has vanished into thin air. The story of Betticalla Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, the scene of anti-Christian massacres in August 2008, is a tragic sto ...
• 9 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Blasphemy law” at the centre of Human Rights Day Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - “Human Rights Day 2010 is an opportunity to focus attention on the sections of the Penal Code that constitute the so-called blasphemy laws. The law is a blatant violation of human rights, perm ...
• 9 December 2010
  ASIA - New Franciscan missionaries in the Far East Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the footsteps of great missionaries such as Friar John of Montecorvino, new Franciscan missionaries are taking routes to the Far East to preach the Gospel. Recently, in a solemn Eucharist presid ...
• 9 December 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Solidarity among different religious faiths for the International Day of Disabled Persons Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The International Day of Disabled Persons was celebrated on 3 December with special emphasis all over India. Among the initiatives, the Guanellian society celebrated from Bangalore to Poonamal ...
• 7 December 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - The Association of the Sacred Heart of Jesus founded in Nan Chong Nan Chong (Agenzia Fides) - The traditional devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to whom the Cathedral of the Diocese of Nan Chong (province of Si Chuan) is dedicated, has spawned a new association of the faithful: the ...
• 7 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - the urgency for reform of the criminal justice system: Asia Bibi is just the latest victim Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The case of Asia Bibi, the Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, has highlighted the urgency of a comprehensive reform of the criminal justice system in Pakistan. Today the Interna ...
• 7 December 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Sisters' “Ashram”, to enter into dialogue with non-Christians Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in India have opened a Christian “Ashram”, to enter into relations and dialogue with non-Christians, especially with Hindu believers. The Ashram is in f ...
• 6 December 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - On the Feast of St Francis Xavier, revival of the missionary commitment by the parish of Wu Qiao in the diocese of Zhou Cang Zhou Cang (Agenzia Fides) - “Following the example of St Francis Xavier, we all need to intensify and deepen the meaning of missionary, the sense of Christian identity, to revive the mission of evangelization.” This ...
• 6 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christmas in jail for Asia Bibi: sliding processing time Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Lahore High Court today extended the suspension of sentence for Asia Bibi - the Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy - until 23 December, the same day the Court should then announ ...
• 6 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bibi Asia: solidarity from Italy and the Philippines Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign of international solidarity for Bibi Asia continues to grow with new shows from Italy and the Philippines. Over 100 members of the Italian Parliament from all parties and orientatio ...
• 6 December 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - An association to promote women engaged in agricultural activities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In India, 72% of women are engaged in agriculture. Often, however, these small farmers face numerous economic constraints, have no access to any type of training, to markets and to production ...
• 6 December 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian families are fleeing all over the world thanks to the communities in diaspora Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – In the exodus of Christians from Iraq - who after the recent violence seek refuge in Europe, America and Oceania - hundreds of Chaldean Catholic families have taken refuge in Turkey in recent ...
• 4 December 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - The priests of the Diocese of Tai Yuan intensify the spiritual journey and spread the latest pastoral care themes Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - The priests of the Diocese of Tai Yuan, led by Coadjutor Archbishop Paul Meng Ningyou, consecrated on 16 September with the approval of the Holy See, are intensifying the spiritual journey towa ...