Asia

• 14 January 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society: Supreme Court and Government block Islamic extremists Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Civil society in Pakistan is appealing to the Supreme Court to block Islamic extremists, who are rampant at all levels, and to protect the rule of the rights and constitutional freedoms of a ...
• 11 January 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The celebration of the Epiphany as a mark of evangelisation and of mission Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – The celebration of the Epiphany in the mainland Chinese Catholic community has been characterized by a strong missionary dimension, in the sign of evangelisation and by the collection o ...
• 10 January 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Pastoral Letter for 2011 by the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – “Walking together to man, living for the Lord – To be fulfilled and to fulfil others in holiness, to the full”, is the title of the 2011 Pastoral Letter of the Regional Episcopal Confere ...
• 8 January 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Communion and prayer are the beginning of true unity” Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – “Communion and prayer are the beginning of true unity”, is the title of the message sent by Archbishop Hyginus Kim Hee-joong of Kwangju and President of the CBCK Committee for Promoting Chr ...
• 8 January 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Thousands of displaced people thanks to floods and landslides Manila (Agenzia Fides) – More than 4,500 people have been affected by heavy rains that have battered the east coast of the Philippines and there are about 10,00 that are seeking refuge. According to relief officials, a ...
• 4 January 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The mainland community reaps vocational fruits at the start of the new year Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The Chinese Catholic community on the mainland has already reaped its first vocational fruits at the beginning of new calendar year. According to information received by Fides, on 1 January, S ...
• 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 ...