Asia

• 18 March 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Dengue spreads north, authorities call for continued vigilance Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – The spread of dengue hemorrhagic fever is declining in northern Sri Lanka, but health officials are wary to let their guard down and call for heightened vigilance. At the beginning of this yea ...
• 18 March 2010
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Women continue to die from birth-related causes Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – In Myanmar, where abortion is illegal, complications due to dangerous abortion procedures are the third leading cause of maternal deaths after post-partum haemorrhage and eclampsia (seizures), ...
• 17 March 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - Blood and black magic in the “Red Shirts” protests: Buddhists reconsecrate stained palaces and, like Christians, pray for peace Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – "We are very concerned. Buddhist and Christian faithful are praying for peace. We hope and pray that the situation will not become more violent. The party of the 'red' is now divided between t ...
• 17 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics send over 90,000 Euros in aid to Haitian earthquake victims Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – As of March 6, the Chinese Catholic community, under the leadership of Jinde Charities, the Chinese Catholic charitable organization, collected 852,036 Yuan (or 92,000 Euros) for the Ha ...
• 17 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - New center opened for street children Howrah (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of their 25th anniversary of working in favor of street children, on March 11, the Salesian community of Calcutta-Ashalayam opened a center, open 24 hours a day for child protection an ...
• 16 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Promoting vocations in Year of the Priest also involves parents “to be generous like Saint Joseph” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – In preparation for the solemnity of St. Joseph, the Catholic communities of the continent are working to promote vocations in this Year for Priests, calling for all parents to be generous like ...
• 16 March 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Bishop Warduni encourages Christians to enter into government coalition Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – "We encourage lay Christians to be involved in politics, to take up their full responsibility, and if there was a possibility, to enter the government coalition, to give a direct contribution ...
• 16 March 2010
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Amidst conflict and difficulties, using weapons of prayer to change hearts Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Faced with riots that flare up again to Jerusalem, before the conflict that seems to rob the Holy Land of its hopes, "our response is prayer, the invocation of the Most High, asking that He ...
• 15 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 1,000 incidents of anti-Christian violence in 2 years; latest situation in Karnataka worse than Orissa Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Today, March 15, the police went to the Cathedral of Karwar (coastal town in Karnataka) and warned the Vicar General to stop spreading Christian literature and Christian religious pictures b ...
• 15 March 2010
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Church continues to fight for life amidst increased support for death penalty Incheon (Agenzia Fides) – The South Korean Supreme Court has recently declared the death penalty as an admissible form of punishment in the country. However, the Catholic community will not surrender and will continue ...
• 15 March 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - 7 catechumens examined at Saint Paul Parish in Hsinchuang: “the Christian faith is not a philosophy, but rather a real personal encounter with Christ” Hsinchuang (Agenzia Fides) – "Lent is a privileged moment of grace that one must live by praying, fasting, and being more generous in their own offerings." With these words, Fr. Paolo Costa, FSCB (Priestly Fraternity o ...
• 15 March 2010
  ASIA/LEBANON - Day of Solidarity with Iraqi Christians in Beirut Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – A Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon on the hill of Harissa, near the Lebanese capital Beirut, closed the day of prayer and reflection entitled "The Cross in Iraq bleeds, when will the r ...
• 13 March 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocese preparing for 25th World Youth Day Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Youth Ministry Commission of the Diocese of Hong Kong has been preparing the youth of Hong Kong for the XXV World Youth Day (WYD), which is celebrated this year, at a diocesan level, on ...
• 13 March 2010
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - First Catholic secondary school opened in Cambodia Takeo (Agenzia Fides) – The new St. Paul Higher Learning Institute was recently inaugurated in Takeo, 70 km south of Phnom Penh, to train young people in agricultural sciences and informatics. This is the first institu ...
• 12 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Caritas Macao launches an aid “hotline” for disabled, sick, and elderly Macao (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Macau launches "hotline" for the disabled, sick, and elderly and all people who are in need, to make their service to the needy more rapid and efficient. The members od Caritas then visi ...