Asia

• 13 January 2012
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Amnesty for 650 political prisoners; the Bishops: "a sign of hope and peace for the future" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The president of Burma Thein Sein has today issued a measure of amnesty, ordering the release of 650 political prisoners. Among those released are important prisoners such as former Prime Ministe ...
• 13 January 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Message of the Bishops: "The election process was fraught with serious irregularities, that have put into question the credibility of the published results" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "From the final report of the Electoral Observation Mission of CENCO and testimonies collected in various dioceses and other sources, today it is noted that the election process took place, in ...
• 12 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA- Emergency in the villages of Tamil Nadu affected by the typhoon Thane continues Madras (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in many of the villages in the State of Tamil Nadu scourged by the typhoon Thane remains serious and difficult (see Fides 09/01/2012). Although the news seems to have been downgra ...
• 12 January 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The indigenous people of Taiwan reject electoral fraud, for a a transparent and clean vote Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - For the dignity of the indigenous people, to be the best indigenous in the world and to be loved by God, the indigenous people of Taiwan say 'no' to fraud, to electoral corruption, and claim tra ...
• 12 January 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Mindanao hospitals on alert for an outbreak of leptospirosis Cagayan de Oro (Agenzia Fides) - Hospitals in Mindanao are on alert due to cases of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease spread by rodents, following tropical storm Washi. According to the local health care authorities, re ...
• 12 January 2012
  ASIA/MYANMAR-The government has signed a "ceasefire" with Karen rebels, but "the objective is complete reconciliation" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Myanmar has signed a cease-fire with the Karen rebels, an ethnic minority group, which has been in conflict with the Burmese army for 60 years . A step forward that Fr. Bernard ...
• 12 January 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - More than one million flood victims in Sindh in "piteous conditions", having to face the government's apathy Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - More than 1.3 million flood victims who, in Sindh province (southern Pakistan) find themselves in "piteous conditions", are having to face indifference on behalf of the institutions: this is the ...
• 11 January 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - "Eucharistic Adoration and Promotion of the Faith": the 35th Regional Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Conference of Taiwan prepares the Year of Faith Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - " Eucharistic Adoration and Promotion of the Faith" is the theme of the 35th Theological Seminar, organized by the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan in collaboration with the Fu Ren Cathol ...
• 11 January 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The new Governor of the Muslim Autonomous Region of Mindanao is a missionary’s student Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - The hopes of peace and reconciliation are growing in the southern Philippines, where a Muslim community of over 6 million people live, most of them are residents in the "Muslim Autonomous Regi ...
• 11 January 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The government of Punjab demolishes a Caritas lodging: for the Church it is a "criminal move", we resort to Court Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Many Pakistani Christians, priests, nuns and activists from the Commission "Justice and Peace" of the Episcopal Conference of Pakistan gathered today in Lahore to protest and assert their rights: ...
• 11 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - First study on malnutrition: 42% of children in the poorest districts suffer from malnutrition New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "HUNGaMA" (Hunger and malnutrition) is the name of the first study carried out after years concerning the problem of child malnutrition. According to the report just submitted by the country's ...
• 10 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA-Two Christian leaders arrested in Orissa with false accusations Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The police in Orissa have arrested two Christian leaders with accusations that the community defines "false and intimidating". At 4.30 last night, in Baliguda, the police arrested Junus Prad ...
• 10 January 2012
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Kim Jong-un has announced an amnesty, the NGOs ask for "a new era for human rights" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The new North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has announced an amnesty on the occasion of the anniversary of the two leaders who paased away, his father Kim Jong-il and his grandfather Kim Il-sung. But, ...
• 10 January 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The challenges of the church in the pastoral, political, economic and social field: Seminar for priests in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The challenges that the church of today places in the pastoral, political, economic and social field, emphasizing the social responsibility of Christians towards the weakest, was the theme of ...
• 10 January 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES -Tentorio’s case: the man arrested is not the killer, but cites a politician and the chief of the police as the alleged masterminds Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - Jimmy Ato, the man arrested by the police and accused of killing the missionary father, Fausto Tentorio on October 17 in Arakan, on the island of Mindanao, has denied being the killer but has i ...