Asia

• 22 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA-Melkite Patriarch Laham calls for "dialogue and unity in the country" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Dialogue, reconciliation, unity in the country is the appeal launched by the Melkite Patriarch of Antioch, Gregorios III Laham, who spoke at a prayer meeting held yesterday in the church of St. ...
• 22 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Orissa, imminent negotiations for the Italians kidnapped: pressure of the Church and civil society Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) - Negotiations for the release of the two Italians kidnapped in Orissa, Francesco Colangelo and Paul Bosusco, are imminent: "It could start tomorrow, as both parties, the government and rebel ...
• 21 March 2012
  ASIA/VIETNAM - A nun and a lay healed through the intercession of Cardinal Van Thuan Hue (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese Church is working to gather evidence relevant to the cause of beatification of Vietnamese Cardinal Francis Xavier Van Thuan, promoted by the Pontifical Council "Justice and Peace", of ...
• 21 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Abuse of the opposition forces, "ethnic cleansing" of Christians in Homs, where Jesuits remains Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – While the Syrian opposition forces have been guilty of violence, abuse, torture - as stated in a report released yesterday by the NGO "Human Rights Watch" - in Homs there is "an ongoing ethni ...
• 21 March 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Knowing better and living the Word of God in the Year of the Laity: initiative of the parish of St. Judas Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - To promote the reading and copying by hand the Sacred Scripture: is the initiative promoted by the parish of St. Judas of the diocese of Hong Kong, to help parishioners know better and live th ...
• 21 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Children victims of a conflict that they ignore Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Without understanding what is happening in their country, Syrian children have become victims of a conflict that has already left a mark that they will bear for the rest of their lives and that ...
• 21 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Italians kidnapped: the Church invites the government in Orissa to "make the first move" Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - To kick start negotiations, "the government of Orissa should make the first move, perhaps releasing some rebel prisoners, as it did in other cases, in the past": is the position of the Catho ...
• 20 March 2012
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA-First Forum for the Reconciliation of Korean People Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Exploring perspectives, hopes and actions to jump-start the reconciliation of the Korean people and the reunification of the two Koreas: is the aim of the "First Forum for Reconciliation", launche ...
• 20 March 2012
  ASIA/CHINA -Priestly ordinations, a new mission station and a procession in the snow for the Solemnity of St. Joseph, Patron of the Church in China Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – The priestly ordinations, the inauguration of a new mission station, a procession under the snow with the statue of St. Joseph: are some celebrations that marked the Solemnity of St. Jo ...
• 20 March 2012
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The Bishops: "The hopes of the Church for the beatification of Cardinal Van Thuan increase" Vinh (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops, the faithful, all the Church in Vietnam, have strong hopes for the success of the process of beatification of our beloved Cardinal Xavier Van Thuan. He was a special person, who lived ...
• 20 March 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Negotiation for the two Italians kidnapped "has not started", the police ask Churches and NGOs for help Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) - "Negotiation for the release of the two Italians kidnapped in Orissa has not yet begun. The Maoist rebels want the government of Orissa to first meet the 13 conditions they demand. They do ...
• 16 March 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Tong encourages the laity to evangelize with a smile, passing on the joy of being Christians Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Being a happy Catholic, to evangelize with a smile, passing on the joy of being Christians, awaiting the Year of Faith: are the recommendations of the Bishop of Hong Kong, the newly-elected Ca ...
• 16 March 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Apostolic Nuncio: "The humanitarian mission is a blessed initiative" Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "The humanitarian mission is a blessed initiative, that we encourage strongly. We need an urgent effort: although we have no details yet on its development, it is an intervention welcomed and l ...
• 16 March 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Minorities, blasphemy, rights: the work of Shahbaz Bhatti officially arrives in Europe Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The "All Pakistan Minorities Alliance" (APMA), Association of Pakistani civil society, founded in 2002 by Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic Minister for Minorities, murdered a year ago in Islamabad, puts ...
• 16 March 2012
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - One of the poorest countries with the greatest mineral wealth in the world Ulan Bator (Agenzia Fides) - It was the month of July 2001 when a Canadian company announced the discovery of one of the largest gold deposits in Oyu Tolgoi, in the Mongolian Turquoise Mountain. Since then, mining compan ...