Asia
8 January 2013
ASIA/INDIA - Christians: No, to death penalty and chemical castration for rapists; Yes, to sex education in schools
Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - "No" to death penalty and to chemical castration for rapists: is what the Indian Catholic lay groups say in the debate on the new law to prevent and punish the crime of rape, being examined by th ...
7 January 2013
ASIA/CHINA - To remember the meaning of Epiphany "to bring the message of Jesus to all those around us"
Nan Chong (Agenzia Fides) – To remember the meaning of Jesus' birth and the adoration of the Magi because "they will help us to bring the message of Jesus to those around us": this was the priests' exhortation addresse ...
7 January 2013
ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Catechism of the Catholic Church in cambodian: A Gift for the Year of Faith
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Catechism of the Catholic Church has been translated into Cambodian and "will be a valuable tool for all communities and associations of the faithful to deepen the contents of the 'Creed' ...
7 January 2013
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Korean Bishops: A New Year for the New Evangelization
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - 2013 will be a year dedicated to the New Evangelization, in which the faithful will dedicate themselves "with new ardor, new methods and new expressions": This is what the Korean Bishops say in va ...
4 January 2013
ASIA/HONG KONG - To share and improve the resources of evangelization: the birth of the Catholic Laity Alliance
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic Laity Alliance (http://clacla.org/), is an online platform created by the joint work of dozens of lay Catholic communities in Hong Kong and Catholic communities of the Chinese diaspo ...
4 January 2013
ASIA/INDIA - Christmas Party for 1000 underprivileged children who are at risk
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - More than a thousand children among the most deprived and at risk in Bangalore and suburbs celebrated Christmas in Chamarajpet, Bangalore based NGO Oniyavara Seva Coota (BOSCO). The appointmen ...
4 January 2013
ASIA/LEBANON - Thousands of Syrian refugee children forced to live in temporary camps in the cold
Dalhamieh (Agenzia Fides) - In Dalhamieh, a small village in the Bekaa Valley, about 30 kilometers east of Beirut, the Syrian refugees are scattered in an informal camp where the tents are increasing day by day. Until a ...
4 January 2013
ASIA/TURKEY - The campaign to regain the relics of St. Nicholas of Myra restarts
Antalya (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish archaeologist Nevzat Çelik, responsible for the excavations at the archaeological site of Mira-Andraike, re-launched during the Christmas holidays the request to return the relics o ...
3 January 2013
ASIA/HONG KONG - Year of Faith: to promote the Eucharistic adoration of children in order to deepen their love for the Body of Jesus
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - To promote the adoration of children in order to deepen trust and love for the Body of Christ, especially in the Year of Faith: this is the reason for the Seminar of formation on the adoration ...
3 January 2013
ASIA/PAKISTAN - More than 200 children have died as a result of a recent measles outbreak
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - A violent outbreak of measles, recently recorded in the south of Pakistan, has killed 210 children. According to the World Health Organization, the province in question is Sindh, where three m ...
3 January 2013
ASIA/LEBANON - Media linked to Hezbollah pay homage to the Christian feast of Christmas
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In Lebanon the Christmas period is also marked by the unique media coverage affiliated with Hezbollah dedicated to the Christian celebrations. On Christmas Day, December 25, the Al-Nour radio pai ...
3 January 2013
ASIA/THAILAND - Stop the deportation of the Rohingya boat people
Phuket (Agenzia Fides) - On January 1, 2013, near Bon Island in Phuket province, Thai authorities intercepted a boatload of 73 Rohingya migrants – including as many as 20 children, some as young as 3 – that contained ...
2 January 2013
ASIA/CHINA - Love for one’s neighbor, evangelization and life of faith marked the Christmas celebrations of the Continental Catholic community
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The solemn Christmas celebrations of the Continental Chinese Catholic community was characterized by three themes: love of one’s neighbor, evangelization and the life of faith. Accordin ...
2 January 2013
ASIA/SYRIA - Archbishop Hindo’s appeals to the Iraqi Premier al-Maliki and FAO: our wheat looted and sold to the Turkish
Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - Two urgent appeals were addressed to the Presidency of the FAO - the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture, with headquarters in Rome - and to the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-M ...
29 December 2012
ASIA/JORDAN - The Islamists assert themselves at the university elections; for Archbishop Lahham it is not a result of political importance
Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The results of the elections of student representatives have just been celebrated at the University of Jordan. There was no tension, the representatives of Islamist forces won 36 of the 94 seats, ...
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