Asia

• 15 December 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Food security at risk in the north of the Country Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Food security remains very precarious in the northern part of Sri Lanka. According to the latest information from the World Food Programme (WFP), the majority of the 1,755 families monitored in ...
• 15 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bounty on Asia Bibi, we need to prosecute imams: letter from the bishops and politicians in the government Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - In a letter to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousaf Raza Gilani, the Bishops, political leaders and representatives of civil society in Pakistan write: prosecute the imam who put a bounty on ...
• 15 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy in a “frenzy”: a Muslim doctor incriminated Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - Shock and protest reign in the Pakistani civil society. Naushad Valyani, a Muslim doctor in Hyderabad (Sindh province) was arrested for blasphemy in the last few days. His crime is to have sn ...
• 13 December 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Thousands of pilgrims at the Sanctuary of St Francis Xavier, expecting shelter Goa (Agenzia Fides) - Amidst the Government's indifference and local builders who are seizing possession of the land surrounding the historic Basilica of “Bom Jesus” in Goa, the Basilica is trying to cope with some 5 ...
• 13 December 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Even the thoughts of Ratzinger at the Third Forum on Catholic Studies for young Chinese scholars Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Evangelization, Sacred Scripture, the Ratzinger school of thought, interreligious dialogue, historical study, formation and the role of mass media were the main themes discussed at the Third For ...
• 10 December 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The first assistance after floods for the population of Kotri: the mission of the Camillian Task Force continues Kotri (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of the Camillian Task Force (CTF) continues in Pakistan (see Fides 14/10/2010). “With the help and collaboration of many people of good will we started our ministry of healing by sta ...
• 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 ...