ASIA/VIETNAM - Tensions with China: the faithful pray for justice and peace
Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - More than 2,000 faithful Catholics gathered for a prayer vigil and Mass with the intention of praying intensely for justice and peace, while between China and Vietnam, tension remains high because ...
ASIA/MALAYSIA - A Catholic nun dies after being assaulted
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Juliana Lim, 69, of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus, died yesterday after a violent attack suffered on May 14 in Seremban, a town near Kuala Lumpur. This is confirmed to Fides A ...
21 May 2014
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Cardinal of Seul visits North Korea
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, is the first Roman Catholic Cardinal to set foot in North Korea: today, May 21, the Archbishop crossed the border and made a brief visit to the ...
21 May 2014
ASIA/NORTH KOREA - North Korea: Religious freedom denied
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Religious freedom is completely denied in North Korea, considered the world's most hostile nation to Christianity: the report "World Watch List 2013", released by the American organization "Open D ...
ASIA/INDIA - Bishops hope new government will uphold secularism
Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope that the new government will uphold eternal values and secularism in making India a great nation ": This is what the Indian Bishops said in an official statement issued by the Catholic Bi ...