Asia

• 21 February 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Dialogue with the Taliban? Peace march to say "no" to extremism Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistan must wake up and seriously consider the threat posed by the Taliban militancy, formulating an appropriate strategy to ensure lasting peace. Dialogue must go hand in hand with a clear ...
• 20 February 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Half of India's population lives in poverty: the responses of the Church New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - There are 680 million Indian citizens, 56% of the population, who do not have the means to meet their basic needs of daily sustenance and access to basic services: This is what the new Report ...
• 20 February 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The commitment of the Churches for AIDS patients Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The different Christian Churches in the Philippines want to strengthen cooperation in order to promote a vision and common operational strategies in society on the issue of AIDS. This is why a ca ...
• 20 February 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - 78 thousand children die of congenital heart disease every year Jaipur (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the precariousness of health services and the consequent inadequate care, 78 thousand children in India die every year due to congenital heart disease. According to information gathere ...
• 20 February 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Latin Patriarchate schools relaunch their educational mission Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin Patriarchate schools of Jerusalem in Palestine and Israel met to make plans for the future regarding the educational and social mission that they are called upon to carry out in a hu ...
• 19 February 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "Forty days for life": Church reinforces its commitment against abortion Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - For the Church in Korea the months of February and March are full of activities, celebrations, meetings for life. As reported to Fides, in particular the "Committee for Life and Bioethics" withi ...
• 19 February 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Inauguration ceremony for Archbishop Shaw in Lahore: "A new beginning for the Church", says the Nuncio Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The arrival of the new Archbishop is a new beginning for this diocese, a new springtime in the Church of Lahore. It is an opportunity to strengthen the work of evangelization which continues to ...
• 19 February 2014
  ASIA/CHINA - Formation: priority commitment of the Catholic community for the new year Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – To intensify the formation of faith in the light of the Holy Father’s Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, is the priority for many Catholic communities in mainland China for the ...
• 19 February 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Patriarch Twal: defending the Palestinians did not mean being against Israel Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The problems and conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians will end only when we recognize the crucial role of religion in the peace process, because "we cannot indeed claim to find a soluti ...
• 18 February 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Muslim leader of the opposition: immediately release all the Christians kidnapped Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - Sheikh Mohammad Abdel- Hady al- Yaaqubi, Islamic scholar and member of the Syrian opposition present at the Geneva 2 talks, called upon "all Islamic militants to immediately release all those who ...
• 18 February 2014
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archbishop Goh: "Sanctify work with prayer" Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – It is prayer that makes every Christian an apostle and evangelist: with this conviction, the Archbishop of Singapore Mgr. William Goh, sent a message to all workers, employees, pastoral work ...
• 18 February 2014
  ASIA/MYANMAR - National Census: civil society say "No" to the obligation of declaring ethnicity and religion Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese government is preparing a new national census which is expected to be launched on March 30. The last census of the population dates back to 1980. As reported to Fides Agency, several ...
• 17 February 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops' Pastoral Letter on the elections: "The leaders respond to the expectations of the people" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church strongly hopes that the general elections give the country leaders who understand the anxieties of the people and respond to their needs": is what is said in the Indian B ...
• 17 February 2014
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Jubilee of the mission in Pathorghata, "the port of stones" Pathorghata - (Agenzia Fides ) - More than 2,500 people participated in past days to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the mission in Pathorghata, in the diocese of Dinajpur. This is how Fr. Livio Prete, PIME, the local ...
• 15 February 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - New decree in Aceh imposes sharia law to non-Muslims Banda Aceh (Agenzia Fides) - The provincial administration of Aceh, in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, has approved a law called the "Qanun Jinayat" which imposes both Muslims and non-Muslims to observe th ...