ASIA/PAKISTAN - The trial for the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti is moving slowly
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The anti-terrorism Military Court in Islamabad issued a forced subpoena for seven witnesses who did not present themselves in the trial for the murder of Catholic minister Shahbaz Bhatti, kill ...
ASIA/SRI LANKA - The apostolate is oriented towards national reconciliation
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka supports the "steps of reconciliation" initiated by the national government after the civil war: is what was said to Fides by Bishop Harold Anthony Perera, who h ...
25 November 2016
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: population census is urgently needed
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – A population census in Pakistan is urgently needed, to also update the data related to religious minorities: is the request raised by the Pakistani Bishops gathered in recent days in Lahore in ...
ASIA/CINA - Death of Msgr. Francis Tong Hui: zealous and caring Pastor
Yan'an (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Msgr. Francis Tong Hui, Emeritus Bishop of Yan'an (Yenan), in Shaanxi province (Continental China) passed away on 27 October, at 10:15 pm. He had been admitted to hospital in Tangdu foll ...
ASIA/MYANMAR - The difficult recovery of child soldiers
Rangoon (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations Organization for Children continues its recovery program of child soldiers recruited by the Burmese army. No one knows exactly how many are enrolled. According to the United N ...
ASIA/TURKEY - Purges continue, Turkey removes the only Christian co-mayor
Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - In the institutions and Turkish political bodies purges ordered by the central government against politicians and officials continue, accused of being supporters of the network of Fethullah Gulen ...
18 November 2016
ASIA/INDIA - Catholic leaders: "demonetization only affects the poor"
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A measure that targets the poor: this is how some Catholic leaders have judged the recent measure of the Indian government defined by economists "demonetization". In recent days, the governmen ...