Asia

• 14 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Ordination of Bishop of Linhai (Taizhou) mainland China Taizhou (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 10 July Mgr Anthony Xu Jiwei, aged 75, with 25 years of priesthood, was ordained Bishop of Taizhou, in the province Zhejiang (mainland China). Since 1999 he had served as Diocesan Ad ...
• 14 July 2010
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Monsoon floods leave 600,000 people stranded Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - In Bangladesh floods have left 600,000 stranded and submerged thousands of hectares of crops. Torrential rains crossing the Himalayan mountains cause rivers to flow southwards and overflow in Bang ...
• 14 July 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - On line Catholic Bible in Hindi, especially for young people Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Bible in Hindi, a complete edition, can be read on line at www.biblemitr.com a site created by the Catholic archdiocese of Bhopal, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The local Chur ...
• 13 July 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - Interreligious dialogue at the service of civic communities Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Dialogue among different religions at the service of civic communities, can help avoid conflict and further reconciliation at all levels: this is one of the issues being discussed at a meeting ...
• 13 July 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops: confidence in the new government and respect for life Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in the Philippines is confident about the new government and calls on the new President Aquino to promote policies which “respect the sacredness of human life, human sexua ...
• 13 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Promoting community life in the Church: Kai Feng holds first Diocesan Meeting Kai Feng (Agenzia Fides) – Priestly Ministry and Spirituality, vocations, church administration, evangelisation and the Church's charitable activity were some of the questions discussed at the first Diocesan Meeting of ...
• 12 July 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “In Papua, the real problem is corruption,” says Bishop of Jayapura Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) – Faced with street protests in recent days and requests for a referendum for independence from Indonesia, "we must make it clear that the real problem in Papua is corruption," says Bishop Leo ...
• 12 July 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Children from Hong Kong's parishes visit Seminary Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The 400 children in "Sunday Schools" at the 13 parishes of the Diocese of Hong Kong visited Holy Spirit Seminary on Sunday, July 4, to get to know the lives of those preparing for the priest ...
• 10 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Religious vows ceremonies in several Chinese orders Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – In recent days, religious from several congregations on the Chinese mainland took temporary or perpetual vows, according to information gathered by Fides. Two religious of the Congregation of ...
• 8 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo of the Diocese of Zhengding released Zhengding (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, July 7, Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo, the legitimate non-official Bishop of the Diocese of Zhengding in the Province of He Bei in mainland China, was released. Age 75, Bishop Julius J ...
• 8 July 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Priest threatened to death, Bishop warns: “Central India is in the hands of Hindu extremists” Indore (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Anand Muttungal, a priest of the Diocese of Bhopal and spokesman for the Catholic Church in the state of Madhya Pradesh has received a death threat from Hindu extremists. “The situation i ...
• 8 July 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Two activists killed: new government faces question of extrajudicial executions Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The first real problems for the new president Benigno Aquino, who took office a few days ago, were immediate: the execution of two activists and defenders of human rights has shaken public opin ...
• 7 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Government announces: task force and national conference against terrorism; Christians show support and pray for peace Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – After the last tragic bombing of a Sufi Muslim temple in Lahore (1 July), the government of Pakistan announced the creation of a task force to fight terrorism and the convening of a national ...
• 7 July 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Dialogue: the key word for new leaders of Indonesian Islam Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Indonesian Islam is being renewed and confirming its aspects of moderation, dialogue, openness, pluralism. This is what seems to emerge as the intentions and the will of the new leaders of the ...
• 7 July 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Diocese of Kao Hsiung relaunches the mission and pastoral ministry Kao Hsiung (Agenzia Fides) – With the closing of the Year for Priests, the sending of 230 "Promoters of Evangelization" and a priestly ordination, the Diocese of Kao Hiung relaunched the pastoral mission of evangelizat ...