Asia

• 20 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishop of Faisalabad: “Obscure forces foment interreligious tension and hatred” Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Joseph Coutts is anxious and exhausted after being up all night, in constant contact with the civil authorities and the police which succeeded in restoring law and order in the subur ...
• 20 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Mob attack on Christians: “sleepless night” for the Church in Faisalabad Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – “Policemen patrol every street in Waris pura. After last night's attacks, the situation is tense and some panic stricken Christian families are barricaded in their homes. I and other Cath ...
• 20 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - New Bishop of Xiamen ordains first deacons: diocese collects funds for flood victims Xiamen (Agenzia Fides) – “The solemn ordination of three deacons is a sign of the unity of the people of God, communion in the diocese of Xiamen in Christ and with the universal Church”. This was the most widesprea ...
• 20 July 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The tragedy of child offenders detained in the same prison as adults Jantho (Agenzia Fides) – Thousands of children in Indonesia live behind prison bars. The minimum age of penal responsibility is eight years, often for very minor offences. Most minor offenders detained in prisons where ...
• 20 July 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - "Guanelliana Summer" for children: summer school for more than 500 boys and girls aged 5 to 15 Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Guanelliana Summer for children in India coincides with the months of April and May, when lessons stop and the temperature in places rises to 45°, as it does in the mission in Andhra Pradesh, ...
• 19 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian women: networking to promote rights and fight violence Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – “In the social context of Pakistan, where women suffer widespread abuse and discrimination, Christian women are the most vulnerable and defenceless the most exposed to vexation and violence ...
• 19 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Police release two Christians accused of blasphemy, but the Christian community still lives in fear Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – After suffering from threats and violence in the past few days, Christians in Faisalabad are breathing a sigh of relief: two brothers arrested on charges of blasphemy have been released. Pa ...
• 19 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Ordained new Coadjutor Bishop of Yan’an in mainland China Yan’an (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday 15 July Mgr John Baptist Yang Xiaoting, age 46 with 19 years of priesthood, was ordained coadjutor Bishop of Yan’an (Yulin), in the province of Shaanxi. He had been officially ap ...
• 19 July 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Sister Nancy Pereira, the sister of the “Bank for the Poor” dies Bangalore (Fides) – Sister Nancy Pereira, a member of the Daughters of Maria Auxiliatrix (FMA), died on 14 July at her FMA community Home in Bangalore (India). She was born at Pudukkuruchy, in the Indian state of Keral ...
• 17 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic nurse raped: the Church defends the rights of women Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Magdalene Ashraf, a 22 year old Catholic student nurse, was raped on 13 July by a Muslim doctor. After a fall from a window at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, in Karachi, where she was ...
• 17 July 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “We are confident about the government's commitment for human rights ”, says a Jesuit priest Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Human rights groups such as Human Rights Watch have called once again on President Benigno Aquino to intensify commitment to promote respect for human rights dismantling counter-power apparatus ...
• 17 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Young Catholics of Shan Tou diocese train for Summer Camp service Shan Tou (Agenzia Fides) – Holy Scripture, the Sacraments, Catechism, the Liturgy, Sacred Music, were the subjects studied during the 11th Pastoral Formation Course for young people in the diocese of Shan Tou, Guangdon ...
• 16 July 2010
  ASIA - Peoples in conflict can learn, beginning with young people, to live side by side Arezzo (Agenzia Fides) – The Associazione Rondine Cittadella della Pace has begun its “Viaggio di amicizia” ,Journey of Friendship, in the South Caucuses and Turkey. From the Caspian Sea the participants will cross ...
• 16 July 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Chinese language edition of “The joy of loving: a guide to daily living with Mother Teresa” marks the 100 anniversary of the birth of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Taipei (Agenzia Fides) – With the publication of 2,000 copies of a new Chinese language edition of the book “The joy of loving: a guide to daily living with Mother Teresa”, the Daughters of St Paul in Taiwan wish ...
• 15 July 2010
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Local Catholic Church receives official government recognition Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) – “We have received official recognition as the ‘Catholic Church in Turkmenistan’. We are filled with great joy and great hope”: Fr Andrzej Madej, Superior of the Catholic Mission in T ...