Asia

• 23 February 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop Menamparampil, on the eve of the Bishops' Assembly, tells Fides: Hindu people respect religious symbols, youth are key to harmony Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, Salesian, could not be happier: his Diocese of Guwahati - in a peripheral territory (state of Assam, in India in the Northeast), troubled by internal problems ...
• 23 February 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Council of Christian Church Leaders in Iraq: government should do its duty; Churches of the world, please help us Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – All the Christian leaders in Iraq, on an ecumenical level, are united with deep sympathy for the sufferings of Christians in Mosul, and call for a global mobilization of churches on an interna ...
• 23 February 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - As New Year kicks off, ecclesial base communities relaunch initiatives for growing in the faith Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – With the start of the new year, a number of ecclesial base communities have launched training courses to help the faithful deepen in their faith life and be authentic witnesses of Christ in th ...
• 22 February 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Blasphemous image of Christ, clashes, two churches destroyed, curfew established in Punjab Jalandhar (Agenzia Fides) – There has been increased protest in response to a blasphemous picture of Christ, published in a textbook published in New Delhi and used in schools in India. The text, published by Skyline P ...
• 22 February 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Congress on Evangelization and Pastoral Ministry for Diocese of Tai Chung concludes with inauguration of Diocesan “Disciples University” Tai Chung (Agenzia Fides) – After the updating of the diocesan website, the Diocese of Tai Chung inaugurated the Diocesan “Disciples University,” creating a new channel for the evangelization formation and charitab ...
• 22 February 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian Bishops of Mosul send message to the government: “Will the blood of Christians be shed with impunity?” Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – "The authorities must take full responsibility in order to preserve the Christian presence in Mosul. We need international intervention to push the central and local government to act immediatel ...
• 20 February 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Archbishop of Taipei launches "An Appeal for Love in Lent," for the people affected by the typhoon last August Taipei (Agenzia Fides) – In this Lent we are invited to be very especially united, "gather together to cry, smile, and bear witness to the glory of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ." This is the call that Arch ...
• 20 February 2010
  ASIA/NEPAL - Despite the fact that leprosy has been officially eliminated in the country, many years are needed to eradicate the disease Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – On January 19, 2010, the government declared to have officially eliminated leprosy in Nepal, after reaching a prevalence of 0.89 per 10,000 people nationwide, but the challenges in the fight ...
• 19 February 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Pastoral Letter for Lent from Bishop Tong calls for continuous conversion and social justice, according to Pope's indications Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The teachings of Scripture and the Pope, personal spiritual experience and examples of the Saints were all presented to the faithful by Bishop John Tong, Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, ...
• 19 February 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Stop Mosul from becoming a “graveyard” for Christians Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – Fear and shock today are the dominant feeling among the Christians of Mosul, Fides was told by a Chaldean priest of the local church, requesting anonymity for security reasons. The ferocity an ...
• 18 February 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Cathedral of Tai Yuan: analyze evangelization work of 2009 to improve in 2010 Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – Nothing is more important, urgent, and wonderful than evangelization: this statement of of Pope Benedict XVI was the standard used by the Catholic community of the Cathedral of the Diocese of ...
• 17 February 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Everyone must respect the Constitution": Bishop of Bandung tells Fides about ruling supporting construction of a church Bandung (Agenzia Fides) – "We accept with serenity the verdict of the Court, in favor of the construction of the Church of Saint Mary, in the Diocese of Bandung, without claiming victory. We are now awaiting the motion ...
• 17 February 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Testimony of Bishop Raymund Wang Chonglin: untiring in the work of evangelization, never discouraged by difficulties Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On this past February 2, Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Archbishop Raymond Wang Chonglin, retired bishop of the Diocese of Chaohsien (Zhaoxian), Hebei Province (Mainland China) died follo ...
• 17 February 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres celebrate 50 years of mission on the island Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – The Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (SPC) have completed 50 years of mission in the island of Taiwan. During the solemn jubilee celebration presided over by Archbishop Peter Liu of Kaohsiung, ...
• 17 February 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Church attacked by fundamentalists distributing free medical treatment for the needy Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Responding to evil with good...it is in this spirit that the Catholic community of the Church of the Miracles, a parish in Mangalore in the state of Karnataka (India Southwestern), has launc ...