Asia

• 1 July 2010
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - President of Caritas Korea affirms yes to reconciliation Masan (Agenzia Fides) - “Yes to reconciliation”...While North Korea's nuclear arsenal and celebrates 60 years since the outbreak of the war in Korea, the Church does not tire of proclaiming the prophetic announcement ...
• 1 July 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Weak government leaving room for Islamic extremist groups Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Radicals of the FPI (“Front Pembela Islam,” Islamic Defense Front), are taking advantage of the weak central government, rocked by scandals of corruption and misrule, which have affected po ...
• 1 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Seminarians from Regional Seminary of He Bei conclude 7 years of studies Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – "The degree is not the final goal of a vocation; indeed it is the true beginning of a vocation. We are ready for change in our life dedicating ourselves to pastoral work and evangelizat ...
• 1 July 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops offer Mass and list of priorities for President Aquino Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Carry out the long-awaited land reform; reject the document on sexual and reproductive health; eradicate nepotism and corruption from government; ensure food security in the country...These are ...
• 30 June 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocese thanks families of priests and religious for supporting vocations Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocesan Vocations Commission, with a solemn Mass presided by Bishop John Tong of the Diocese of Hong Kong, thanked the families of priests, men and women religious, and seminarians for ...
• 30 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - New Bishop for Diocese of Sanyuan in Shaanxi Yuanmenxiang (Agenzia Fides) – Thursday, June 24, in the Cathedral Church of the Sacred Heart in Yuanmenxiang, there was an episcopal ordination held for Bishop Joseph Han Yingjin of the diocesan clergy, 51 years of ag ...
• 30 June 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Islamic extremists' campaign against Christians; for the Church “the only way is dialogue” Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Indonesian Islamic extremist groups have launched a campaign “against the Christianization of Indonesia” and "the adoption of Sharia in the country.” In the past several days, Bekasi, a ...
• 28 June 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The youth, morals, and “the altar of new mass media” Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "For young Indonesians, the new technologies and new media are like 'new altars,' places to spend all their passion and their life. The Church's mission today cannot ignore this phenomenon.” T ...
• 28 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Closing of the Month of the Sacred Heart, Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul Rome (Agenzia Fides) – According to information received by Fides, the Chinese Catholic world is celebrating the end of the Month of the Sacred Heart with great emphasis on its spiritual meaning, enthusiastically promo ...
• 28 June 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - A step forward in relations with Holy See: the fruit of 20 years' labor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The significant breakthrough in relations between the Holy See and Vietnam is "the fruit of twenty years of work, begun in 1990 by Cardinal Roger Etchegaray," says a source of Fides, comm ...
• 25 June 2010
  ASIA/NEPAL - “Today in Nepal there is a Kyros for evangelisation”: a Maoist among the converts Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – “ For mission in Nepal the time is ripe. There is a real Kyros for evangelisation. We ask religious congregations all over the world to send missionaries to Nepal”, Fides was told by Fr. ...
• 24 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Churches, convents and homes under water but the faithful remain strong in faith and hope: 27 June Day of Prayer Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – Due to burst dams in southern China because of torrential rains on 13 June in 10 provinces of China, churches, chapels, mission stations and other places of worship as well as homes, ar ...
• 24 June 2010
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - “Learning today how to change tomorrow ”: Arab and Israeli pupils attend “special” school together Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Pupils at “Hand in Hand” schools Arabs and Israelis and they study in both languages. These special schools are for Israelis and Arabs, the latter being Muslims and Christians. A most unus ...
• 24 June 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence against Christians on the increase: Bishops of Pakistan issue latest “Report on Religious Minorities” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The trend of violence against Christian communities “increased in 2009-2010”, the blasphemy law is a “sword of Damocles over minorities”; religious freedom “is reduced to a myth”, a ...
• 24 June 2010
  ASIA/TURKEY - The Divine Mysteries will be celebrated at Sumela Monastery, usually closed for worship Trabzon (Agenzia Fides) – The historical Sumela Monastery, located in the north of Turkey, will be opened for one-day worship on August 15. The monastery, which stands at the foot of a steep cliff facing the Altindere ...