Asia
26 November 2011
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Word of God to evangelize society today: Bible Week just concluded
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To hold firm the reference to Sacred Scripture, in order to evangelize a rapidly changing society: with this spirit, the community celebrated the Catholic Bible Week 2011, sponsored by the Bibli ...
26 November 2011
ASIA/NORTH KOREA - A spiritual offensive to revive faith in North Korea
Paris (Agenzia Fides) - Today, since the regime denies personal freedom, including religious freedom, it is not possible to send material aid to the faithful Christians in North Korea. "Only God's action, solicited by pr ...
26 November 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES-Tentorio’s case, the police have identified the person behind the assassination; civil society on a pilgrimage
Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - The investigation of Father Fausto Tentorio’s murder, the missionary of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) killed on October 17 in Arakan, may be at a turning point: as loca ...
26 November 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Vacuum of authority, ideas, law, morals in Mindanao", denounces a Jesuit
Davao (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned about the difficulties that we live in Mindanao: in particular the absence of the rule of law, the absence of a credible leadership, the lack of adequate investments in social pr ...
25 November 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - Lay Missionary Association of the laity: on December 18 the missionary mandate to a lay woman who will spend three years in India
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) –Mrs Stephanie Ling, of the parish of St. Margaret in Hong Kong on 18 December will receive the missionary mandate of the Hong Kong Catholic Lay Missionary Association to spend three years on ...
25 November 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Investigations concerning Father Tentorio are being carried out at a slow pace, stop to impunity: Civil Society writes to President Aquino
Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) – To put an immediate end to the impunity that reigns in Arakan Valley and throughout the island of Mindanao; to promote justice and transparency with every means in the case of the murder of ...
25 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal for calm in Punjab after the killing of a farmer: it was not an act of violence against minorities
Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "One must not fuel interreligious hatred and one must pay extreme attention in spreading information: the farmer Akram Masih, who was killed two days ago in Okara district, had converted to I ...
24 November 2011
ASIA/CHINA - The vitality of the Catholic communities promotes the mission of evangelization
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – According to what Faith of He Bei refers to Fides, the vitality of the continental Catholic communities, strengthened by spirituality and by the exchange of experiences, is giving great ...
24 November 2011
ASIA/MYANMAR - The Archbishop of Yangon: "A positive political turning point in the country, now full rights for all religions"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We look with favor on the current phase of reforms. Now the government invites religious leaders to work together for the development of the country and to give the same protections, rights and ...
24 November 2011
ASIA/MYANMAR - The mission of the Church in a changing country: at the centre education and social services
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church's mission is to help people realize their potential. We can help provide quality education to society. Our strength is in services, education and health care, which we want to put at ...
23 November 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - The parish news, tools of evangelization, promote a sense of belonging to the community
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - For the pastors of Hong Kong, the faithful involved in the drafting and publication of parish newsletters, both papery and online, show a strong sense of belonging to the community. Consequent ...
23 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Ok for the word Jesus Christ in text messages": the intervention of the Minister for Harmony closes the case
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The incident has been overcome and the case is officially closed: as reported to Fides by political sources in Pakistan, the word "Jesus Christ" has been permanently deleted from the list of p ...
23 November 2011
ASIA/VIETNAM - The Superior General of the Redemptorists, "Justice, peace, human rights for the church of Thai Ha"
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We admire the commitment of the Redemptorist Province of Vietnam for justice and for peace in Vietnam, especially for those who suffer violence and injustice, because of the efforts of those who, ...
23 November 2011
ASIA/TURKEY - Land confiscated: the Orthodox monks of Mardin resort to the European Court of Human Rights
Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - Exhausted for a story that seems to have no end, unable to get justice from local courts, the Christian monks of the Syrian Orthodox Monastery of Mor Gabriel Mardin (in Southeast Turkey province) ...
23 November 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Sherry Rehman Ambassador in the U.S.A: satisfaction and hope for religious minorities
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "We call on the new ambassador Sherry Rehman - and we are confident she will do it - to speak out to defend human rights and religious minorities to work for peace and harmony, to become the v ...
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