Asia
23 December 2011
ASIA/SRI LANKA - The heavy rains put 38 000 people at risk, there are fears regarding the flooding of dams
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - More than 38 thousand people of the north of Sri Lanka have been evacuated because of heavy rains and floods that these days have been hitting on the island. More than 10 thousand families have ...
23 December 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Deaths continue to increase and the risk of epidemics amplifies
Mindanao (Agenzia Fides) - The survivors of the devastating floods caused by the tropical storm Washi face growing threat of the spread of diseases such as typhoid and cholera. The hygienic conditions of the evacuation c ...
22 December 2011
ASIA/CAMBODIA-The 12 pieces of "good news" from the Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics grow in faith, committed to formation, as in charity: this is what His Exc. Mgr. Olivier Schmitthaeusler, MEP, apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh says in a pastoral letter released in vi ...
22 December 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Victims of the "blasphemy law": mutual support and appeal for the abolition
Faisalabd (Agenzia Fides) - Individuals and families affected by false accusations of blasphemy in Faisalabad met to share experiences, exchange support, encouragement and hope, to ask the government to review the unjust ...
22 December 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Threats of violence against Christians in Orissa: the Bishop informs the authorities, supervised celebrations at Christmas
Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - Christmas will be celebrated "with prudence and vigilance", and the Bishop advises the faithful to "call the police for any celebration": this is how, local sources of Fides report, Christma ...
22 December 2011
ASIA/INDIA - "Christ gives hope: with faith one is reborn from the ashes", says the Archbishop to the faithful in Orissa
Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Christmas reminds us the greatest gift that God gave to humanity and the world: Jesus Christ. Jesus removes our sorrow to restore a stream of life with his love ": this is what is said in t ...
22 December 2011
ASIA/TAIWAN - Tons of rice from Taiwan to cope with the severe famine that continues to plague Kenya
Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Taipei office of the American charity organization World Vision, Taiwan donated 4,300 tons of rice to the people of Kenya and thereby contribute to the fight against the famine t ...
21 December 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES-The Church launches the project "Adopt a Family": Christmas with the refugees in Mindanao
Cagayan de Oro (Agenzia Fides) - The displaced people of Mindanao affected by the typhoon Sendong will not spend Christmas alone, in the centers set up for refugees. Instead they will be hosted by other families, in area ...
21 December 2011
ASIA/INDONESIA - Christians alarm: forbidden to celebrate Christmas in Java
Bogor (Agenzia Fides) – Thanks to an unfortunate alliance between the civil authorities and Islamic extremist groups, the Catholic faithful of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Parung, south of Jakarta (in the Dioc ...
21 December 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Laws against corruption and food safety: Yes on behalf of the Church
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Church expresses its full appreciation to two law provisions which came to Parliament and will be examined and approved in the next few days: the first is that against corruption in ...
20 December 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - More than 43 000 children affected by Typhoon Washi, the religious network are working to respond to the emergency
Mindanao (Agenzia Fides) - More than 43 000 children have been affected by the devastating consequences of the Tropical Typhoon Washi (locally called Sendong) which last weekend devastated the island of Mindanao in the P ...
20 December 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Asia Bibi, in solitary confinement, risks mental illness but "she has forgiven her tormentors"
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Asia Bibi, a Christian woman unjustly condemned to death for blasphemy, in prison since June 9, 2010, risks mental illness: her physical conditions continuously get worse and "she necessarily nee ...
20 December 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Federal Ministry for Harmony mobilizes for Asia Bibi
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - A report on the critical conditions of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, and locked up in the prison of Sheikupura, reached the Federal Ministry for Harmony. As in ...
20 December 2011
ASIA/CHINA - "We brought the Gospel outside the church door": 270 baptisms in the cathedral of Xi Kai of the Diocese of Tian Jin
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - During the solemn celebration on December 17th which was held in the Cathedral of Xi Kai, the Diocese of Tian Jin, 270 catechumens were baptized. During the Eucharist on the fourth Sunday of Adv ...
19 December 2011
ASIA/CHINA - More than 100 000 euros between offers and material goods collected in the traditional Christmas charity event sponsored by Jinde Charities
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - More than 100 000 euros were collected between offerts and material goods collected during the traditional Christmas charity event organized by Jinde Charities, the charitable Chinese Catholic o ...
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