Asia
8 June 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - False accusations: a Christian pastor in prison accused of fraud
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Protestant Christian Pastor Mehboob Yaqoob was arrested and charged with fraud by police in Lahore. The Pastor is the victim of deception and was denounced and dragged in on false charges by ...
6 June 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN-The delegation of Taiwan: leaving for Dublin to attend the International Eucharistic Congress
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The faithful who will represent the local Church of Taiwan at the International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, will leave on June 8 for their pilgrimage to Ireland. Led by His Exc. Mgr. John B. ...
6 June 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN- Asma Jahangir receives threats on behalf of secret Services: solidarity of the Church and civil society
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Asma Jahangir, well-known lawyer and leader in the protection of human rights in Pakistan, is in danger: her life is threatened by sectors of the Pakistani establishment and the powerful intel ...
6 June 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Protestant Pastor killed in Tamil Nadu
Chennai (Agenzia Fides) - The Protestant Christian Pastor C. Wilson, 54, was murdered in Tamil Nadu, in South India. His body was found last Saturday, June 2, near a highway and, according to police, his skull was fractu ...
5 June 2012
ASIA-The Asian Bishops: enhance religious institutes for the mission of the Church
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - For the mission of the Church in Asia the contribution of the institutes and religious congregations, called to collaborate with the Bishops, clergy and laity is essential. This is why the Offic ...
5 June 2012
ASIA/CHINA-Five years of the "House of the Faithful", where the laity immigrants cultivate their faith in order to evangelize others
Ning Bo (Agenzia Fides) – To provide a reference point to the faithful lay people from other places where one can live the life of faith, develop the sense of belonging to the Church and therefore to be able to evangel ...
5 June 2012
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-The Diocese of Bangassou welcomes the victims of the "tyrant of child soldiers"
Bangassou (Agenzia Fides) - For about 5 years, the Bishop of Bangassou, His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre, welcomes boys and girls who succeed in escaping from the criminal Joseph Kony, "the tyrant of child soldiers", in ...
5 June 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN-The Auxiliary of Lahore: "Thanks to firm faith, the status of Christians has improved "
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "To remain steadfast in faith": is the appeal to the faithful by His Exc. Mgr. Sebastian Francis Shaw (OFM), auxiliary Bishop and apostolic Administrator of the archdiocese of Lahore, on the occa ...
5 June 2012
ASIA/THAILAND-Alarming phenomenon of child trafficking: forced to sell flowers and to beg
Pak Kred (Agenzia Fides) - In Bangkok, about 1 thousand children are given for "rent" for very little money from the poorest families to traffickers who force them to beg and sell flowers on the streets. According to the ...
5 June 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Ashton should speak of religious minorities, religious freedom, blasphemy": appeal of the NGOs
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Abuses against religious minorities, human rights, religious freedom, the blasphemy law: these are the hot spots and issues of "serious concern" that Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative f ...
4 June 2012
ASIA/HONG KONG - Maryknoll Missionary awarded the "Humanitarian Award of Hong Kong" for commitment in favour of prisoners, the elderly and poor
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Thomas A. Peyton, 81, a missionary of the Society for Foreign Missions, Maryknoll, was honored with the Red Cross of the Hong Kong Special Administration "for his contributions to the car ...
4 June 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN-Christians and Muslims re-launch the values of dialogue, tolerance, unity
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - While the country is ravaged by sectarian violence and the growth of religious extremism, Christian and Muslim leaders re-launch the values of dialogue, peace and tolerance. "Meeting, dialogue, p ...
4 June 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - "The desolation of Homs and the war of information ": the words of a greek-catholic Archimandrite
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace in Syria could be saved if everyone told the truth. After a year of conflict, the reality on the ground is far from the picture that imposes disinformation in Western media": says a test ...
1 June 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - 60 years of Camillian mission in Taiwan, "so that the sick are assisted with compassion and professionalism"
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The 60-year mission of the Camillians (Ministers of the Sick) in Taiwan have been fully inspired by the spirituality of St. Camillus de Lellis: so that the sick are cared for with compassion and ...
31 May 2012
ASIA/HONG KONG - The aging of society requires a further qualification of evangelization
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The latest census of 2011 commissioned by the Special Administration of Hong Kong, once again confirms the trend already recorded in previous years: the aging of society in Hong Kong. This rea ...
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