Asia

• 1 February 2010
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Bringing the Kingdom of God to the heart of Asia: "The new restrictions do not affect the small Kyrgyz Church," Apostolic Administrator tells Fides Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) – The new restrictions on religious freedom applied in recent days by the Government of Kyrgyzstan "do not affect the small Catholic Church in the country, which continues her path, in pastoral ...
• 30 January 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - There is no explanation from the government, but we believe in the Truth, says Vietnam Redemptorist Provincial Superior Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – Religious and laity are missing or arrested. It is a congregation of faithful that is disoriented and grieving. The Redemptorists are accused of being “instigators of riots.” The Church in V ...
• 30 January 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - “The Role of Religions in Chinese Society Today and the Impact of Sects on Social Stability" Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The relationship between Church and State, domestic ecology, inner dialogue between cultures and tradition, development of research on the philosophy of life ... are the topics that were covered ...
• 29 January 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Bishop of Melaka-Johor tells Fides: no to violence and political use of religion Johor (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation is still a bit tense. Christians and members of other religions are a bit scared and hope that small incidents at mosques and Suraua (Muslim chapels) are not exploited by unscrupu ...
• 28 January 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - “There is an effort to fan the flames of religious conflict,” says Church in Malaysia, awaiting meeting between Prime Minister and Archbishop Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – In Malaysia, several individuals or groups of provocateurs are seeking to fan the flames of religious conflict. The technique is well known: they hit and profane places of worship and sym ...
• 28 January 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - “Guardian angels” for lepers in China: Catholic faithful and religious work together in 20 public facilities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – According to the latest statistics of the Catholic Church on the mainland, reported by the Faith Institute for Cultural Studies (FICS), as of December 8, 2009 about 80 nuns are hard at work in ...
• 27 January 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Promote peace and development, facing the challenge of the Tamil: Rajapaksa's homework Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - “We hope that the elected president will work to promote peace and development in the nation: these are priority concerns." This is what Bishop Vianney Fernando, President of the Bishops' Conf ...
• 27 January 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - “The Redemptorists in Vietnam are working for peace and for the good of the people,” Superior General of the Congregation tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very unpleased with the unjust accusations of being 'instigators of riots', as has been stated in some Vietnamese media sources. I wish the world knew that the Redemptorists in Vietnam have ...
• 27 January 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Local Bishop tells Fides attacks on three Catholic Churches in Karnataka are “only a pretext” Karwar (Agenzia Fides) – Three Catholic churches have been attacked by vandals in recent days in the state of Karnataka, in Southwestern India. Those responsible for the attacks are youth members of a Hindu extremist o ...
• 27 January 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics prepare for Chinese New Year by visiting those in need, offering material and spiritual aid Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – In anticipation of Chinese New Year, which falls this year on February 14, the Chinese Catholic community is already organizing itself, as it does every year, to care for disadvantaged familie ...
• 26 January 2010
  ASIA/LAOS - First Buddhist University in Laos - When will there be Catholic schools? Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) – Laos will have its first Buddhist university. The first stone of the new institution was officially placed on Sunday, January 24, in a solemn public ceremony in Vientiane. The institute, u ...
• 26 January 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shazia's story and the reality of child labor Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – While the nation is still reeling from the tragic story of Shazia – the young Catholic girl brutally murdered in Lahore by her Muslim employer (see Fides 25/1/2010), the Catholic Church in Pa ...
• 25 January 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - “Let us not forget our fellow Redemptorists and the faithful of Vietnam”- Appeal from Redemptorist Superior General Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope the Vietnamese government conducts an investigation of the incidents at Dong Chiem and that they act with justice. The Provincial Superior of the Redemptorists in Vietnam has requested our ...
• 25 January 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - 241 registered for first Training Course at new Saint Paul Mission Center in Diocese of Kaohsiung Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - "Woe to me if I preach not the Gospel" is the recommendation taken from the Letters of St. Paul, that Archbishop Peter Liu Cheng-chung of the Diocese of Kaohsiung addressed to 241 students at ...
• 25 January 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Emotional outpour and protests among Christians following brutal murder of Catholic girl Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Profound emotion, anger, and protests have been taking place among Christians in Pakistan after the murder of a Catholic girl, 12-year-old Shazia Bashir, who was tortured, raped, and killed by ...