Asia

• 23 June 2010
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Caritas and NGOs for humanitarian aid to the North: timid government opening Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Korea, the entire network of Caritas Internationalis and the Council of NGOs in Korea have made a united appeal to the government of South Korea for humanitarian aid to the North to resu ...
• 23 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Ordination of ten new deacons from 4 dioceses: Shang Hai, Wen Zhou, Tai Zhou and Shan Tou Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) – “Pray for vocations incessantly, that the Lord may give us many priests to serve our Church” said Bishop Joseph Xing Wen Zhi, auxiliary of the diocese of Shang Hai, in his homily during ...
• 22 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic community coordinated by Jinde Charities organises aid for flood victims Nan Ning (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community of mainland China is once again in front line to provide assistance for victims of recent floods on 13 June in various parts of southern China, which caused 199 deaths ...
• 22 June 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The government: Internet censure to protect young people from immorality Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – In the face of a “sexy-gate” which for the past month has stirred up the world of politics, the media, public opinion, and religious parties, the Indonesian government led by President Sus ...
• 22 June 2010
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Rapid rise in number of Afghan migrant children: about 45% more than in 2008 Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – “Forced expulsion of Afghan immigrant children from the United Kingdom and other countries in Europe puts the children in serious danger and this must stop”: say human rights activists. The ...
• 21 June 2010
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Apostolic Administrator: “The Pope is close to Kyrgyzstan, Caritas is working to provide humanitarian aid ” Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) – “We draw comfort and consolation that in this situation of suffering and trial, the people of Kyrgyzstan are in the thoughts and the prayers of the Pope. We Catholics are a tiny flock which, ...
• 21 June 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Blasphemous graffiti and drawings of Christ and the Pope New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – A new episode of blasphemous caricatures and drawings of Jesus Christ and the Pope is causing more unrest in North East India, after the publication some months ago of a blasphemous drawing ...
• 21 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - "The mission of evangelisation and being an evangeliser" : theme of a meeting in Yi Nan parish, diocese of Lin Yi Lin Yi (Agenzia Fides) – An evangeliser is a person at the service of the Word of God, a messenger for the Lord, a witness of Christ, like a father of a family offering love and affection to all, an evangeliser is the ...
• 19 June 2010
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Humanitarian aid for North Korea and new paths for dialogue and reconciliation: the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea launches a call Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – “The Catholic Church in Korea supports and encourages commitment on the part of the country's religious leaders for peace and solidarity. It is urgent to find new paths for dialogue and reconc ...
• 19 June 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Registration for this year's Taiwan Youth Day on the way to WYD Madrid 2011 Hsinchu (Agenzia Fides) – The diocese of Hsinchu, which will host Taiwan Youth Day 2010, has begun registration for the event on the diocesan web site and also through Facebook. A report sent to Fides said that the wee ...
• 19 June 2010
  ASIA/ PHILIPPINES - Bishops' Conference disapproves Government's new school programme for sex education Manila (Agenzia Fides) – In many areas of Philippines society to speak openly about human sexuality is still taboo and the government intends to make some changes introducing, in the new school year which has just star ...
• 18 June 2010
  ASIA/KOREA - “Winds of war must not stop humanitarian aid to the North ”, the Church pleads Seoul (Agenzia Fides) –Political tensions and winds of war must not be allowed to stop humanitarian aid from reaching our hungry brothers and sisters in North Korea: this appeal was made by the Catholic Church in Korea ...
• 18 June 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Sacred Scripture and the Eucharist: -life-blood of Christian life Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – The initiative of encouraging “Regular reading of Holy Scripture and devout Eucharistic Adoration” was launched at the beginning of this year 2010 in the parish of Xiao Dian, diocese of T ...
• 18 June 2010
  ASIA/NEPAL - Disadvantaged children are drifting out of education: low-literacy areas cover about two-thirds of the country Katmandu (Agenzia Fides) –Millions of children from marginalized ethnic families in Nepal are drifting out of education because not enough is being done to keep them in school, aid workers warn. “Enrolling them in s ...
• 17 June 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Members of parliament threatened, held hostage by extremists: so blasphemy law stays in place Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) – “Pakistan's blasphemy law is a violation of fundamental human rights, it is unjust and it is continually misused: we firmly support national and international petitions for the law to be r ...