Asia

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  8 October 2018
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Church announces the Gospel in solidarity with the poor Kota Kinabalu (Agenzia Fides) - "In Malaysia, the Church offers an evangelical witness of simplicity and closeness to the poorest of the poor who are migrants, internally displaced persons, the unemployed, vulnerable eld ...
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  6 October 2018
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Family reception and educational programs: support for Kyrgyz children Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) - "It was the urgent need for support and accommodation for children without parental care that pushed the non-profit organization SOS Children's Villages, in 1996, to start working in the Republi ...
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  5 October 2018
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The Church listens to young people and reaches out to them Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - Listening to young people, sharing their knowledge and difficulties, raising awareness and including them in programs and services provided by Caritas and other socially responsible partner or ...
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  5 October 2018
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - The Missio sui iuris celebrates 21 years Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - The Tajik Catholic Church has celebrated 21 years since the establishment of the Missio sui Iuris. This is what Father Pedro Ramiro López reports to Agenzia Fides, a priest of the Institute of ...
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  4 October 2018
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The Church alongside the government: to improve the quality of life of the population Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - The reconstruction works of various oil plants announced by Makhambet Dosmukhambetov, Deputy Minister for Energy in Kazakhstan, will bring "improvements in the quality of life of the Kazakh peopl ...
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  3 October 2018
  ASIA/THAILAND - Fight against AIDS: the Verbite missionaries promote assistance and prevention programs in schools Nong Bua Lamphu (Agenzia Fides) - The missionaries of the Society of the Divine Word (Verbite), together with many lay volunteers, are committed to assisting, giving dignity and giving renewed hope to AIDS patients. The ...
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  3 October 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic religious congregations to help the population affected by the earthquake and tsunami Manado (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Andi Suparman, Camillian of Maumere, will travel to Manado this week to meet with the humanitarian mission's contact person in the diocese of Manado and discuss how to proceed and how to ...
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  3 October 2018
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian monks and volunteers at the service of all: Kurds and refugees, without distinction of faith or ethnic group Sulaymaniyya (Agenzia Fides) – In Sulaymaniyya, in Iraqi Kurdistan, there are currently no tensions, but the refugee emergency, caused by the war against ISIS and the internal instability of Iraq, has not ended. This i ...
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  2 October 2018
  ASIA/LEBANON - Churches call for the rapid formation of a new government Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - An urgent appeal to political forces to accelerate the process of formation of a new government, to eradicate the instability in which they are dragging the country to pursue their own interests, ...
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  2 October 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Tsunami in Sulawesi: the mobilization of Catholic relief agencies Palu (Agenzia Fides) - There is great mobilization for humanitarian aid by Catholic communities and relief agencies after the tsunami and the earthquake hit the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, on 28 September. Palu is th ...
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  1 October 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Christians pray against evil and violence, in communion with the Pope New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Christians of different confessions in India today observe, October 1st, a special day of prayer for the Christian communities present in India and will live a time of assiduous prayer in the ...
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  28 September 2018
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The first female president "it is important to work on poverty and human rights" Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The appointment of the first female president of Vietnam is an opportunity to "do more for the poor": says to Agenzia Fides Nguyen Thi A, a secular Catholic of the Archdiocese of Hanoi, highlighti ...
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  27 September 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - 12 episodes of violence against Christians in a month in Uttar Pradesh New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Aggression and violence against Christians have been registered in recent weeks in Uttar Pradesh, a state in northern India. This is what A.C. Michael, human rights activist, Christian and for ...
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  27 September 2018
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian priests "impressed by the faith of the people of Orissa" Kandhamal (Agenzia Fides) - "We appreciate and admire the authentic faith of the people of Orissa and of the faithful of Kandhamal, who remained firm in their faith even in the time of persecution, for the love of Jesus ...
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  26 September 2018
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Mongolia mourns Mgr. Padilla, first Bishop of Mongolia Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Wenceslao Padilla, of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM, also called "Scheut Missionaries"), first Bishop of Mongolia, died on September 25 at the age of 68, foll ...