Asia

• 8 March 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Church accepts apology from Muslim publication: case closed. Kaula Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – The Muslim monthly publication “Al Islam” has presented an official apology to the Malaysian Catholic Church for their offensive piece and sacrilegious behavior of two of its journali ...
• 6 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Over 4,000 faithful attend Eucharistic Procession at Cathedral of Jin Gang, Diocese of Nan Yang Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The Cathedral of Jin Yang, Diocese of Nan Gang, in the Province of He Nan, is intensely living its Lenten journey in communion with the Universal Church. According to reports received by Fides ...
• 6 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops' Conference Secretary General says Church supports dalit and marginalized New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – "We support the struggle for rights and equal opportunity of Dalit Christians. The Church is always on the side of the poor and the excluded. We ask all Indian states, the federal government ...
• 5 March 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Syrian Catholic Archbishop of Mosul tells Fides: Thousands of Christian families are fleeing Mosul, country needs unity Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - “Over a thousand Christian families have left Mosul in the past ten days, dispersing in the surrounding territory. All of these IDPs are not likely to participate in elections, as they are regis ...
• 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 ...