Asia
18 October 2011
ASIA/CHINA - More than 4 thousand faithful pay homage to St. Roch in the parish of Shi Pu
Xia Men (Agenzia Fides) - More than 4 thousand faithful paid homage with the pilgrimage and the novena to St. Roch, in the parish of Shi Pu dedicated to the Patron Saint of plague victims in the diocese of Xia Men in Fu ...
18 October 2011
ASIA/INDONESIA - In Flores there is "freedom of conversion from Islam to Christianity", notes the Bishop of Ruteng
Ruteng (Agenzia Fides) - Compared to other countries of the Islamic world, where conversion from Islam to another religion is punishable even by death "in Flores, the cradle of Christianity in Indonesia, in the diocese o ...
17 October 2011
ASIA/CHINA - "Let us run for all the charitable works that the Church entrusts to us": 52 nuns, 4 priests and 2 seminarians participate in the marathon in Beijing
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us run for the elderly, the poor, the disabled children, the orphans and all the charitable work that the Church has entrusted to us": with this objective 52 nuns, 4 priests and 2 seminaria ...
17 October 2011
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary involved in the apostolate among the tribal has been killed in Mindanao
Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - Father Fausto Tentorio, an Italian missionary of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), pastor of Arakan Valley, on the big island of Mindanao (southern Philippines), was killed ...
15 October 2011
ASIA/THAILAND - The future of the country between reconciliation and amnesty for Thaksin
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - As the North of the country and also the capital city have been hit by powerful floods, what is attracting the attention of the public is the tricky question of national reconciliation and a pos ...
15 October 2011
ASIA/MYANMAR - After 50 years, trade unions are legal again: for Bishops it is "an important step"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In a further move of opening up to more democratic forms of government, the Burmese regime give legitimacy and legality to trade unions, that have been banned since 1962. President Thein Sein si ...
14 October 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - The solemn procession of the Missionary Cross of the deanery of Central Kowloon opened the Missionary Month
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The solemn procession of the Missionary Cross of the parishes of the deanery of Central Kowloon opened the Month Missionary, Sunday, October 2, waiting for World Mission Day to be held on Oct ...
14 October 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Qadri’s lawyer is the former judge who denied Asia Bibi forgiveness
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The story that binds the lives of Asia Bibi, Salman Taseer and Mumtaz Qadri, is shaking the country, generating a heated debate and protests, while Qadri’s appeal is in progress, the governor o ...
13 October 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN-The Minister for Harmony provides "more protection in jail for Asia Bibi"
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Federal Ministry for inter-religious harmony – appointed as a delegate for religious minorities - has "intensified all the controls of the case and ordered an internal investigation" to ...
13 October 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN-Torture, arbitrary detention, drug crimes: reform of the prison system is urgently needed
slamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The tragic story of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy and imprisoned unjustly in Shiekupura (in Punjab), brings the attention back on the old question of degradation ...
13 October 2011
ASIA/HONG KONG - Year of the Laity: the importance of catechetical formation and a practical life of faith
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Catechetical formation and to live faith concretely are two fundamental elements for the growth and the deepening of Christians’ faith, especially in the Year of the Laity, that the diocese ...
13 October 2011
ASIA/INDIA - Human Rights, part of the Church’s mission, "contribution to the common good"
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The protection of dignity and fundamental human rights is an integral part of the Church’s mission as they "allow you to seek true justice and true peace": says the Indian Church, presenting ...
12 October 2011
ASIA/CHINA - The role of Catholic intellectuals in the life of the Church
Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - "The role of Catholic intellectuals in the life of the Church" was the theme of the 9th Meeting of Catholic Intellectuals in the province of Zhe Jiang held from October 7 to 9 in the diocese of ...
12 October 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Land grabbing", an instrument of oppression against religious minorities
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - There is another subtle instrument of oppression against religious minorities in Pakistan: "land grabbing". It is based on rent, purchase or expropriation of large plots of land, and in Pakistan ...
12 October 2011
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Governor Taseer’s murderer’s death sentence has been suspended, the path towards "Islamic forgiveness" is open
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Court of Appeal in Islamabad declared the admissibility of the appeal prepared by Mumtaz Qadri’s lawyers, the self-confessed murderer of the Governor of Punjab, Salman Taseer, who had defen ...
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