Asia

• 5 October 2012
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A Bishop: "Christian Children kidnapped and converted in madrassas or sold as slaves" Chittagong (Agenzia Fides) - It is a phenomenon that "disturbs the Catholic community in Bangladesh" and that "has to be monitored by the police": Christian children, of the tribal communities, are kidnapped, sold to "m ...
• 4 October 2012
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - "Ecclesia in the Middle East": a document that gives hope to Christians in the region Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Christian and Muslim Communities read, spread, photocopy, studying the Post-Synodal Exhortation "Ecclesia in the Middle East", issued by Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Lebanon. As reported ...
• 4 October 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - "The love of the Good Shepherd: loyalty and sacrifice" theme of the Day of Catholic education Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "The love of the Good Shepherd: loyalty and sacrifice" was the theme of the Day of Education of the Diocese of Hong Kong held on 23 September. According to the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese version ...
• 4 October 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The marginalized communities march to protest against the exclusion from the development of the country New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - About 35,000 people left yesterday from Gwalior, a city in the center of northern India, to reach New Delhi in a-350-kilometer march. About 100 000 Indians are expected to arrive to protest th ...
• 3 October 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Pastoral Letter of the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan for the Year of Faith Hsin Chu (Agenzia Fides) - The Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan published a Pastoral Letter for the Year of Faith, signed on September 8, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the document sent to Fides Agency, ...
• 3 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Sindh government grants land to the Sisters of Jesus and Mary Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Sindh province (in southern Pakistan) has given to the Sisters of Jesus and Mary land on an extended loan in the center of Karachi for a period of 99 years. During a ceremony h ...
• 2 October 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Carmelite Novitiate of Asia returns to Taiwan Hsin Chu (Agenzia Fides) - Building a base for the formation of the Carmelite vocation in the Chinese world in Asia and for the linguistic formation of all Carmelites in the world: with this purpose, from January 2013 th ...
• 2 October 2012
  ASIA/JORDAN - Archbishop Laham: "the Islamist demonstration on Friday could get out of hand" Amman (Agenzia Fides) - "Next Friday, the Muslim Brotherhood has called for a large demonstration against the election. The leaders of the tribes have threatened to take to the streets 200 thousand people, ready to creat ...
• 2 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Paul Bhatti: "Rimsha towards acquittal" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Masih Rimsha’s prosecutors - the Christian girl arrested for blasphemy and then released on bail - are carrying out an "obstructive tactic, with the sole purpose to drag out the case and pre ...
• 2 October 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer and Fasting to say "No" to anti-Christian violence New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Christian communities, of all denominations, scattered in different states of the Indian Federation, live today, October 2, a special day of community prayer and fasting, to invoke ...
• 2 October 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Churches’ appeal: "Save the religious, historical and cultural heritage of the country" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - In addition to the heartfelt and urgent appeal to keep innocent civilians out of the conflict, the Christian churches of Syria launch a new message: "We join our voices to those of internation ...
• 1 October 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The Pastoral Letters of three Bishops for the Year of Faith have been published Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - There are several diocesan Bishops in mainland China who have published their Pastoral Letter for the Year of Faith. Three of them published them on the feast of St. Matthew the Apostle, on Sept ...
• 1 October 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Child soldiers and young suicide bombers increase Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan there are more than 10 million child workers between 10 and 15 years of age, many of whom work in fisheries, mines and kilns. According to the latest annual report of the Society f ...
• 1 October 2012
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Blasphemy on Facebook: Buddhist temples destroyed by Islamic extremists, Christians are frightened Chittagong (Agenzia Fides) - There are 22 Buddhist temples on fire, as well as two Hindu temples and more than 100 private houses: this is the toll of a day of violence committed by more than 20 thousand Muslim militants ...
• 29 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence against Christians after the blasphemy film on Mohammed: a Bishop injured Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Pakistan are the target of violence on behalf of Islamic extremists who pour out on them feelings of anger and revenge after the release of the movie "The Innocence of Muslims," bla ...