Asia
1 December 2011
ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church: " immediately cease-fire, then a plan of national reconciliation"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "To the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a visit to Myanmar, we ask to invite the government to immediately order a ceasefire in the conflict with the Kachin Independent Army; then to r ...
1 December 2011
ASIA/MYANMAR - Peace initiative towards ethnic minorities is about to start: a national conference is being prepared
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - It is a "courageous, initiative, with a potential to solve the devastating civil war with ethnic groups, which has been going on for 60 years", this is how the International Crisis Group (ICG) th ...
30 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A wave of anti-US protest: Pakistani Christians are afraid of retaliation
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The wave of protest against the United States and the West has not calmed down, started after the bombing by NATO forces, which in past days, killed 26 Pakistani soldiers on the Pakistani-Afghan ...
30 November 2011
ASIA/MYANMAR - A Christian Kachin kidnapped and raped: "Hillary Clinton look at our suffering"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, who arrives in Myanmar today, "look at the suffering of the Kachin ethnic minorities, mainly Christians, victims of atrocities and abuses of the Burm ...
30 November 2011
ASIA/VIETNAM - Homes razed, crops destroyed: the floods continue to do damage
Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Floods caused by torrential rains that have recently hit the south of Vietnam continue to flood the country, victims only a month ago of one of the worst floods in the last decade. When the situat ...
30 November 2011
ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishops: "We are confident in a future of peace"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We are confident for the future of the country. We hope to continue the path undertaken at a political and social level and we hope to see the fruits in the near future, for the good of the enti ...
30 November 2011
ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic community has long been committed to the prevention, support and care of AIDS
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in mainland China is always at the forefront of AIDS prevention, support, assistance and medical care of the sick or infected by the virus. According to information gathered by ...
29 November 2011
ASIA/CHINA - The Continental Catholic community has begun the new liturgical year in communion with the Universal Church
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - "Living Advent with a heart full of grace, a heart of praise and a heart of repentance and obedience; living Advent with so much love, participating in the celebration of the sacraments, ...
29 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - A teenager fights for the right to education of her peers
Islamabad (Agenzai Fides) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize, recently announced in Cape Town, the five candidates for the International Child Prize for Peace 2011. This is an initiative sponsored by Kids Right ...
29 November 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "The people are hostage in a reign of terror and impunity", the complaint is from the forum "Justice for Fr. Tentorio"
Arakan (Agenzia Fides) - Harassment and intimidation to tribal peolple and social leaders; threats to the missionaries; chaos and suffering of the people, in a "reign of terror and impunity" This is what the religious, C ...
28 November 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop of Orissa’s appeal to the faithful: "Heralds of Hope, for the common good"
Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "As we approach Christmas, we want to be heralds of a message of hope, in the certainty that God accompanies His people": this is the appeal launched to the faithful of Orissa by His Exc. Mg ...
28 November 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - The Hong Kong diocese is preparing to welcome a new deacon
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Hong Kong, and especially the parish of St. Jude, are preparing to welcome a new deacon originally from the diocese, Mai Ying Jiang, who was educated at the diocesan Seminary in ...
28 November 2011
ASIA/INDONESIA-Six churches threatened by extremist groups, other two will be demolished by the state
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) –Islamic extremists of the Islamic Defenders Front ("Front Pembela Islam," FPI) took to the streets en masse in Bekasi, one of the biggest suburbs of the metropolis of Jakarta, threatening to ra ...
28 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Paul Bhatti: "The NATO attack may compromise the fight against terrorism and religious harmony in Pakistan"
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The NATO attack is serious because it can compromise the fight against terrorism but also interreligious harmony, intercultural dialogue, and peace in Pakistan": with these words, the Catholi ...
28 November 2011
ASIA/SYRIA - Torture and mutilation of children held in prisons in the country
Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) expressed serious concern due to the incidents of general violation of human rights that are registered in Syria and for the total impunity to ...
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