Asia
4 January 2012
ASIA/INDIA - A task force of the Church to combat the trafficking of women and young girls
Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) –Human being trafficking and exploitation, especially women and girls, is a social evil in India, according to estimates it affects 20 to 60 million victims, and on which crime flourishes. It i ...
4 January 2012
ASIA/MYANMAR - Farewell to death penalty: all those condemned to death sentence are commuted to life imprisonment
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - It is a further turning point, announced by the government of Myanmar, in the field of the new measure of amnesty which concerns hundreds of prisoners: in addition to significant reductions in pu ...
4 January 2012
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Taseer’s murder "a disgrace to Pakistan, where nothing has changed"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "A year after the death of Governor Salman Taseer, who was killed on January 4, 2011, nothing has changed. The human rights defenders are fearful and silent. The blasphemy law seems to be untouch ...
3 January 2012
ASIA/TAIWAN - "Deepening the mystery of faith, to live the sacrament of thanksgiving" pastoral letter for 2012 of the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - "Deepening the mystery of faith, to live the sacrament of thanksgiving" is the theme of the 2012 pastoral letter of the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan, signed on January 1, Solemnity of ...
3 January 2012
ASIA - "Asian of the Year": the Catholic Shabhaz Bhatti or the dissident Ai Weiwei?
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Is Shabhaz Bhatti, a Pakistani Catholic minister murdered, or Ai Weiwei, the Chinese dissident and blogger the "Asian of the Year 2011"? : this is the debate registered by Fides among organiz ...
3 January 2012
ASIA/MYANMAR-New rules for the labour law, less military spending: Aung San Suu Kyi’s appeal
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - New rules concerning the labour law are urgent and are "strategically important" for Myanmar; the state budget should cut military spending and invest in employment, health, education: this is wh ...
2 January 2012
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The people behind Fr.Tentorio’s murder: investigation concerning the corruption of politicians and military
Cagayan De Oro (Agenzia Fides) - The people behind Father Fausto Tentorio’s murder are to be found among corrupt politicians and officials of energy companies, responsible for the project of a dam on the river Pulangi; ...
2 January 2012
ASIA/INDIA - Christians: "In the new year, justice for the victims of the massacres in Orissa are needed"
Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) - The new year should bring an important priority: justice for the victims of the anti-Christian massacres that occurred in Orissa: This is what the Indian Christians gathered in the All Indi ...
2 January 2012
ASIA/CHINA - The Christmas celebrations are marked by the sacraments, and evangelization
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The mainland Chinese Catholics spent Christmas marked by the sacraments and initiatives related to evangelization. According to the information Fides received by Faith, the Catholic communities ...
29 December 2011
ASIA/VIETNAM - New phase of the national campaign against child malnutrition
Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese government closes 2011 promoting a national campaign against child malnutrition, which provides for the delivery of two liters of milk for 16 000 children in need. The Ministry of L ...
29 December 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The situation for the population affected by Tropical Storm Washi gets worse
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - After two weeks since the passage of Tropical Storm Washi, which struck the central archipelago of Visayas and Mindanao, in the Philippines, there are more than 1,200 victims, 400 000 IDPs and st ...
23 December 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN- Asia Bibi's case "on the Ministry of Interior’s negotiating table"; appeal to the Pope
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The dramatic report on Asia Bibi’s health, a Christian unjustly sentenced to death for blasphemy, was sent to the Federal Interior Ministry of Pakistan from the "Masihi Foundation", the non- ...
23 December 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN-Churches patrolled by the police for the Christmas Masses
Lahore (agenzia Fides) - More than 2,500 police will be present to protect Christian churches in Pakistan during the Christmas weekend, to avoid attacks by radical Islamist groups. As local sources of Fides report, the a ...
23 December 2011
ASIA/INDIA-He was a leader committed to justice: "planned" murder of a Catholic catechist
Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian community in Orissa has no doubt: the murder of Rabindra Parichha, the Catholic catechist killed days ago in Orissa (see Fides 16/12/2011), was carried out "on commission". The ...
23 December 2011
ASIA/INDIA-The persecution of Christians in Orissa "is the living history of Christmas"
Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "The persecution against Christians in Kandhamal is the living history of Christmas," says to Fides Fr. Mrutunjaya Digal, a priest in the Archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, where the faithf ...
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