Asia

• 5 March 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Further false accusations of blasphemy, Christians respond to Senate leader's remarks on minority rights Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – For some time, the Catholic Church in Pakistan has been calling attention to the abuse and exploitation of the blasphemy law. Another case, which occurred in recent days in the District of Gujr ...
• 5 March 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Year for Priestly Vocations: diocesan priests make pilgrimage to Ars and shrines in France Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Strengthen the awareness of the identity and spirituality of the priest in this Year for Priests: this is the reason for the European pilgrimage of the priests of the Diocese of Hong Kong. A ...
• 5 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops tell youth to “get involved” in task of evangelization Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) – “We bishops turn to you, our young people: We encourage you to take up the responsibility of your own formation under the guidance of your duly appointed leaders...We cherish the hope that ...
• 5 March 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Record number of HIV cases in January alone Manila (Agenzia Fides) – In the month of January alone, there was a record number of HIV cases in the Philippines, with 143 people infected. This is the highest figure since the disease was diagnosed for the first time ...
• 4 March 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Bishop Warduni: a vote for rights, peace, and religious freedom Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – "We urge all Christians to vote and elect candidates who work for the good of Iraq, so that the country will once again see respect for human rights and religious freedom." This is the appeal ...
• 4 March 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - A Brief Overview: 2,000 deaths and 600,000 Christian refugees in 7 years Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The following figures compiled by Fides, through local Church sources in Iraq, provide a comprehensive picture of the suffering of Iraqi Christians. - Since 2003: about 2,000 Iraqi Christia ...
• 4 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - A decade later, Cardinal Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei's testimony is still relevant today Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In 1991, the affectionate embrace between Pope John Paul II and his Cardinal “in pectore” announced in the Consistory of 1979, His Eminence Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei, Bishop of the Diocese of Sha ...
• 4 March 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Church will not embark on legal pursuit of two Muslim journalists who profaned the Eucharist Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church does not intend to legally pursue the two Muslim reporters that desecrated the Eucharist with a news report, although it demands a public apology from the perpetrators ...
• 4 March 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Xenophobic attack on Salesian school in Beluchistan Quetta (Agenzia Fides) – The Salesians of Quetta, in the Baluchistan region - the area bordering Afghanistan - is still traumatized from attack xenophobic that hit their schools. As Fides learns from missionaries worki ...
• 3 March 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christians in preparation for elections, amidst fears and hopes Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – A flyer was posted yesterday on the door of Christians in Mosul: "Do not go to vote and do not elect Christians or you will die." In this climate of fear and tension, as local sources told Fides ...
• 3 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Extended Eucharistic Adoration in the parish of Wa Gou in Xin Zhou, to start off Chinese New Year Xin Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic faithful of the parish of Wa Gou in the city of Xin Zhou, Shan Xi Province, celebrated Chinese New Year in a special way, intensely focused on the Eucharist. During the two-week ...
• 3 March 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Building a more mature nation, where Christians are acknowledged and respected - Interview with Fr. Bashar Warda, CSSR, Rector of the Chaldean Seminary of Ainkawa Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is difficult. But Iraqi Christians do not lose hope and are helping to build the new Iraq. The country and Iraqi society at large are more mature than in the election four years a ...
• 3 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Blasphemous image of Christ: Police defend Hindu extremists in Punjab Jalandhar (Agenzia Fides) – Things could worsen following the violence that broke out on February 20 in the town of Batala in Punjab (Northwest India), and in some neighboring villages, after the publication of blasphe ...
• 2 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic Chinese community living Lent intensely: reflecting on Pope's Message and promoting spiritual events for all ages Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Message of Pope Benedict XVI for Lent 2010, entitled “The justice of God has been manifested through faith in Jesus Christ,” is the central reference point for the Chinese Catholic commu ...
• 2 March 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal for Christian condemned to life in prison for blasphemy, Christians will not accept an unjust sentence Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The legal battle continues for the family of Qamar David, a Christian from Lahore in prison since 2006 and recently sentenced to life imprisonment for blasphemy. As reported to Fides, his lawye ...