Asia

• 5 September 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Assault on a human rights activist in Mindanao: his 11-year-old son killed Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - The objective of the attack was him, Timuay Locencio Manda, tribal leader of the community Subanen, an activist for human rights, but yesterday, September 4, when the gunmen shot him at 7 ...
• 4 September 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The preparatory Seminary of the Archdiocese of Xi An begins the school year with 17 new seminarians Xi An (Agenzia Fides) - The preparatory Seminary of the Archdiocese of Xi An in the province of Shaan Xi welcomed 17new seminarians in the opening of the new school year, celebrated on September 2 in the presence of His ...
• 4 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Two new witnesses in favor of Rimsha; threats to Paul Bhatti Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The legal front in favor of Rimsha Masih strengthens: yesterday two new witnesses were added to Hafiz Zubair, deputy imam of the mosque, confirming the accusations against Imam Khalid Jadoon o ...
• 4 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - After the case of Rimsha, the challenge of the blasphemy law Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The case of Rimsha Masih, a Catholic girl accused of blasphemy, is having wide coverage in the media, public and private, in Pakistan. It is very present also in the press in Urdu, notoriously ...
• 4 September 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Patriarch Gregory III Laham calls for "an international campaign for reconciliation in Syria" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "For Syria, reconciliation is the only frontline." This is why "an international campaign for reconciliation in Syria" is needed shared by all the Churches in the world: it is the heartfelt ple ...
• 3 September 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Forthcoming beatification of Fr Gabriele Maria Allegra, the Franciscan missionary who supervised the translation of the Bible into Chinese Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The venerable Fr. Gabriele Maria Allegra, OFM, founder of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, will be beatified on September 29 in Acireale, Sicily (Italy), his homeland. The Franciscan mission ...
• 3 September 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The "Ambassadors of San Camillo": a response to misery and poverty Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Filipino laity came together to create the association called "Ambassadors of San Camillo". With the formation of this association, the Philippine Province of the Order of the Servants ...
• 3 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rimsha, "lamb to the slaughter, saved by the grace of God" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The blasphemy case, of which the Catholic girl Rimsha Masih is accused, was manipulated by the imam of the mosque, Khalid Jadoon, who was arrested. This inhuman act of accusation has now been ...
• 3 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: "With the truth concerning Rimsha’s case, the whole of Pakistan gains" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "To establish the truth concerning Rimsha Masi’s case, and the false accusations, is a gain, not only for the Christian community, but for the whole of Pakistan: it is a boon for democracy, ...
• 1 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Release Rimsha": U.S. Senators' Letter to President Zardari Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - A bipartisan group of six U.S. senators wrote a letter to President Asif Ali Zardari, demanding the release of the Christian Rimsha Masih, the minor arrested on charges of blasphemy, and more ...
• 1 September 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - More than 5,000 Christians take to the streets in Orissa to demand justice Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - About 5,000 Christians took to the streets in Orissa staging a peaceful demonstration to demand justice, on the anniversary of the massacres that hit the Christian community in Kandhamal dis ...
• 1 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Rimsha is innocent and will soon be free": also Muslim lawyers in her defense Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Rimsha is innocent, there is no evidence against her. She will soon be free." Paul Bhatti, Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Harmony and president of the "All Pakistan Minorities All ...
• 1 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Land mafia behind Rimsha's case Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The charges against Masih Rimsha are completely false and made up: behind her case there is land mafia. Unscrupulous criminals intend to wrest land from Christians and drive them out from Mehrab ...
• 31 August 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Communion of the community to glorify God and promote evangelization: the Diocese of Zhou Zhi celebrates 80 years of foundation Zhou Zhi (Agenzia Fides) - More than 2,000 faithful celebrated the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Diocese of Zhou Zhi in the Shaan Xi province in mainland China on August 22, feast of the patron of the diocese, ...
• 31 August 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Director of the PMS: "If Rimsha becomes a symbol, everything will be more difficult" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "If Rimsha becomes a symbol for her release everything will be more difficult. Today and tomorrow we will pray in all churches for her and her family ": is what Fr. Mario Rodrigues, national Dir ...