Asia

• 31 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA-Aggression on behalf of radical Hindus at the Jesuits’ campus: the dean arrested, students injured Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - It was a day of terror for the Jesuits and students of St. Joseph University Institute in Anekal, near Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka: the aggression was carried out by over 100 me ...
• 31 January 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Apostolate on campus, so that the youth help the young to know Christ Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty years ago, Sister Teresa Li, of the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus, began the apostolate on the university campus in Taiwan with a dream to be fulfilled: "Young people help young ...
• 31 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Appeal on behalf of Bishops, civil society, politicians: the protection of Christians and religious freedom Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Respect for Christians and to give them full religious freedom is the appeal launched by Bishops, Christian leaders, leaders of movements and associations, politicians of the state of Karnatak ...
• 31 January 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - From the Church "a certain hope" for the Filipino people: the Bishops’ message Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Church brings hope, which is the Gospel of Christ, in a country plagued by social, political, economic problems: this is what His Exc. Mgr. Jose Palma, Archbishop of Cebu and the new Presiden ...
• 30 January 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The first 13 tertiaries of Hong Kong of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary professed their vows Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the celebration of 135 years of its foundation of the religious congregation of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM), the first 13 tertiaries of Hong Kong (men, women a ...
• 30 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Regional elections in northern India: Hindu nationalists provocative poster New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the upcoming elections for the renewal of the local Parliament in Uttar Pradesh (state in northern India), which will begin on February 4, the Hindu nationalist "Bharatiya Janata Pa ...
• 30 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian Schools targeted by radical Muslims in Kashmir Srinagar (Agenzia Fides) - Christian schools are being targeted by Islamic extremists in Kashmir, accused of "proselytism". After the expulsion order against two Protestant and one Catholic missionaries (Pastors C.M. Kh ...
• 27 January 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The parish of Ma Bu Gao Sha of the diocese of Wen Zhou in the footsteps of St. Paul’s missionary spirit Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - "In the footsteps of St. Paul and his missionary spirit, so that we are the salt of the earth and light of the world, becoming authentic Christians": is the wish of His Exc. Mgr. Zhu Wei Fang, ...
• 27 January 2012
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Faith is an anchor for the young, in times of crisis and unemployment Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian faith is a point of reference for young Koreans, and is for them a firm anchorage in difficult times of economic crisis, unemployment, social unrest. This is what emerges from a rece ...
• 27 January 2012
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - On Sunday, 29 January prayers will be held in 2500 cities around the world for peace in Holy Land Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The residents of about 2500 cities around the world will pray for peace in the Land of Jesus on Sunday, January 29. On the Fourth International Day of intercession for peace in Holy Land, a prayer ...
• 27 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Pastor stripped naked, beaten and humiliated by Hindu radicals Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Hindu extremists beat him, stripped him naked, humiliated and ridiculed him in public for hours, tying him to a pole: the Protestant Pastor Chandrakanth Kalappa Chavan (27 years old), who b ...
• 27 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: "The Church contributes to a better India" Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of poverty, unemployment, corruption, lack of education, violence, religious fundamentalism, the Catholic Church intends to be a significant voice and make their own contribution ...
• 26 January 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The Diocese of Hai Men celebrates 85 years of its foundation and the consecration of its first Bishop Hai Men (Agenzia Fides) - The inauguration of the bronze statue that depicts Mgr. Simon Zhu Kaimin - one of the first Chinese Bishops consecrated by Pope Pius XI in 1926, in St. Peter in the Vatican, who was also the fir ...
• 26 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The house of a Protestant Pastor in Orissa attacked by a Hindu Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - A Hindu man attacked, with shouts and death threats, the house of a Protestant Pastor in Kandhamal district, the scene of anti-Christian violence that occurred in the state of Orissa (easter ...
• 26 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - NGO’s alarm: "Christianophobia also in government" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "The secular India suffers from Christianophobia, a disease rooted and well established, but not publicly recognized by the state and society": this is the complaint that comes from Indian civ ...