Asia
28 September 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Bollywood Movie: blasphemous scenes towards Christians have been cut out
Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - The scenes considered "blasphemous" concerning people and symbols of the Christian faith in the Bollywood film "Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal" (see Fides 27/09/2012), will be eliminated before the rel ...
27 September 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Blasphemous film on the Christian faith in Bollywood: mobilization of the Church
Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - The Bollywood film "Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal" ("Laugh, be happy"), to be released tomorrow, September 28, "is blasphemous, an offense against Christian faith and the faithful’s feelings." For th ...
27 September 2012
ASIA/CHINA - "Your faith has saved you": Pastoral Letter of the Bishop of Han Dan for the Year of Faith
Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) - "Your faith has saved you" is the title of the Pastoral Letter for the Year of Faith written by His Exc. Mgr. Yang Xiang Tai, Bishop of the Diocese of Han Dan, in the province of He Bei. Accordi ...
27 September 2012
ASIA/INDIA - The Bishop of Machado: "Disappointment for the blasphemous film, but no violence"
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "We express with firm and unequivocal words, the disappointment of the Indian Church for this film considered offensive towards the Christian faith, but with peaceful words. We do not want Cat ...
26 September 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Reconciliation ceremony for the release of Christian hostages
Rableh (Agenzia Fides) - Bells ring in celebration, hugs among family members reunited, a Mass of Thanksgiving and a solemn interfaith ceremony of reconciliation: this is what happened yesterday in the village of Rableh, ...
26 September 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders: Pakistan asks UN a resolution against blasphemy
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We, the participants at the conference on respect for religions ask you to immediately prohibit the diffusion of the film 'The Innocence of Muslims'. We ask the government of Pakistan and civil ...
26 September 2012
ASIA/CHINA - "Together let us defend and respect human life" donation of the philanthropic governmental organization to Jinde Charities of the Catholic Church
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The first donation of 21 wheelchairs, offered by the Chinese Association of the Sick and by the Starlight Foundation of China Charities Aid Foundation for Children (government agency), wa ...
25 September 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - 150 Greek-Catholic faithful kidnapped
Homs (Agenzia Fides) – The kidnapping of 150 Greek-Catholic faithful, which occured yesterday September 24, has shocked the Christian community in the village of Rableh, between the Lebanese border and the city of Qusa ...
25 September 2012
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Father Bossi, exemplary missionary, builder of bridges and... churches ...
Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Bossi was a great example of missionary life lived to the end. He was motivated by an authentic missionary spirit, of simplicity and sharing with the poor. Everyone remembers him ...
25 September 2012
ASIA/CHINA - A great concert marks the "third season" of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the Diocese of Tian Jin
Tian Jin (Agenzia Fides) - The great concert held on September 22 marked the culmination of the "third season" ("season of life", from July to September) of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the Diocese of Ti ...
25 September 2012
ASIA/LEBANON - Christian and Muslim religious leaders reflect together on the Pope's visit
Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Benedict XVI’s visit to Lebanon is increasingly shaping up as the potential beginning of a new season in the complex situation of the Lebanese nation. This is confirmed by the summit of the He ...
25 September 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Rableh: 280 Christians held hostage
Homs (Agenzia Fides) – Christians kidnapped in the village of Rableh, on the border with Lebanon, in western Syria, spreads: after the maxi kidnapping which occurred yesterday, of 150 people (see Fides article 25/9), ...
24 September 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - St. Therese’s novena has started at the Shrine in Taipei dedicated to the Patroness of Missions
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - With the intention of prayer "so that the faithful proclaim the Gospel" yesterday, Sunday, September 23, the novena in preparation for the feast of St. Therese of the Child Jesus began, the shri ...
24 September 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - No evidence against Rimsha; support on behalf of Muslim women
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - After a week of further investigation, the Pakistani police have acknowledged that there is no evidence against Rimsha Masih, a Christian girl arrested for blasphemy and then released on bail. Th ...
21 September 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - For the Year of Faith also a contest for the hymn that uses "the cultural resources of indigenous peoples"
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The organization of four Seminars, the publication of brochures, a competition for the hymn of the Year of Faith made by the indigenous peoples of the island: are some of the initiatives of the ...
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