Asia
31 May 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - UN alert: Judges under pressure to apply the "blasphemy law"
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The issue of "blasphemy" is a "black hole" for the judicial system in Pakistan. The Pakistani judges are under pressure to condemn to death those accused under the "blasphemy law", while lawye ...
31 May 2012
ASIA/CHINA - The death of Bishop Li Yi, a shining example of a caring and zealous priest pastor Changzhi
(Agenzia Fides) - On May 24, 2012, liturgical memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians, and World Day of Prayer for the Church in China, His Exc. Mgr. Ermenegildo Li Yi, O.F.M., 88 years old, Bishop of Cha ...
31 May 2012
ASIA/INDONESIA - Churches closed, bans and threats to Christians: religious freedom denied in Sumatra
Medan (Agenzia Fides) – Threats to Christians, they are not allowed to gather to pray , churches are closed, appeasement of the civil authorities: is a disturbing picture on freedom of religion for Christians in Sumat ...
30 May 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - The Jesuit Fr. Paolo Dall'Oglio in prayer in Qusayr to stop the sectarian conflict
Qusayr (Agenzia Fides) - The minaret wakes him in the night, but in doing so, "helps him in prayer before dawn, that of the monks of the East". An oasis of prayer "in the middle of the fight, in an enclosed city; constan ...
30 May 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian refugees welcomed by the Jesuits in the convent of St. Vartan
Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Families of displaced Syrians, fled from the conflict that raged in the west of the country, found hospitality and were welcomed in the Convent of St. Vartan, run by the Jesuits in the Midan neig ...
30 May 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - More impetus to mission: the Sisters of Providence 250 years since its founding
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The evangelization continues to be the top priority for the Sisters of Providence, said of Portieux (Soeurs de la Providence de Portieux) that celebrated the 250th anniversary of the foundation ...
30 May 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Christians kidnapped: after Houla, they are possible target for revenge
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Syrian Christians are a possible target of revenge by armed groups and Sunni Islamic militants who want to avenge the massacre of Houla. And they are privileged victims of kidnappings. As fa ...
30 May 2012
ASIA/TURKEY - Prime Minister Erdogan. "Abortion is murder, yes to the law to abolish it"
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - "Abortion is murder": is what the Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a meeting with groups and women's associations in Turkey. "What is the difference between killing a ...
29 May 2012
ASIA/CHINA-With the Day of Prayer for the Church in China "the springtime of the Church" has arrived
Shao Guan (Agenzia Fides) - With the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China "spring has arrived for the church of Shao Guan", in the diocese of Guang Zhou: is what the local priest said. In fact on May 24 the local ...
29 May 2012
ASIA/NEPAL - Civil Society: a power vacuum, there is a risk of violence and profiteering
Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Uncertainty, lack of clarity and perspective, fear dominates the social and political climate in Kathmandu, shaken yesterday by protests outside the headquarters of the Constituent Assembly, w ...
28 May 2012
ASIA/CHINA-Many believers received Baptism, Confirmation and First Communion at Pentecost
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – The continental Catholic community celebrated the feast of Pentecost with the administration of the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and First Communion to many of the faithful, and ...
28 May 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN-Christian family murdered in Punjab
Okara (Agenzia Fides) – An entire Christian family was brutally killed in Punjab. Four people were slaughtered in the Christian colony of Muhala Ahmad, in the city of Okara, in the south of Lahore, capital of Punjab. T ...
28 May 2012
ASIA/SYRIA - Prayer and Fasting in the hell of battle: the experience of a Catholic priest
Qusayr (Agenzia Fides) - In the midst of massacres, rape, shootings, kidnappings, vendettas, a small flame of faith and love is kindled in the city of Qusayr (near Homs), one of the places where the war rages more violen ...
28 May 2012
ASIA/VIETNAM - Jesuit vocations flourish
Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - Vietnam is fertile ground for the Society of Jesus: as Fides learns from the Jesuits in Vietnam, in recent years the vocations of the congregation founded by St. Ignatius have multiplie ...
26 May 2012
ASIA/SINGAPORE-Pentecost: a "Spring of the Spirit" for the new evangelization
Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The theme for the celebration of the day of Pentecost will be the new "Spring of the Spirit", which takes place tomorrow, May 27, at the Church of Christ King in Singapore. The island's Cathol ...
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