Asia

• 9 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Cyclone Thane violently devastates the villages of Tamil Nadu Madras (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian state of Tamil Nadu was violently hit by torrential rains and winds of over 150 miles per hour caused by the storm, called Thane, in the last days of 2011 that hit the Indian Ocean and ...
• 9 January 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Pilgrimage of the faithful of Shanghai at the beginning of the new year Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - There were about 150 faithful of the diocese of Shanghai who participated in the pilgrimage to welcome the new year 2012. In particular, they prayed for the priest and the six major seminarians ...
• 9 January 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - More than 9 million young people in the street for the "Nazarene", between devotion and terrorist threats Manila (Agenzia Fides) - More than nine million faithful Catholics, regardless of the "attack alert" released by the government, took to the streets today, January 9, in Manila, for the solemn procession of the Nazarene, ...
• 9 January 2012
  ASIA/LAOS - Two pastors protested released after one year in prison, other Christians leaders arrested Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) - The civilian authorities in the province of Khammouan have released two Protestant pastors Wanna and Yohan, after a year in jail, but they continue to arrest other Christians and consider Ch ...
• 7 January 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-More than a thousand children killed by their families because of poverty Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - According to local humanitarian sources, because of poverty, over a thousand children were killed by their families in Pakistan in 2011, of whom 90% were girls. The charitable organization Edhi F ...
• 7 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu and Muslim radicals infiltrated into Churches: Christian Ong’s alarm Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Islamic Fundamentalists and Hindu radicals are infiltrating into the Christian community and Christian NGOs in India: their goal is to obtain material that can be used against Christians, espe ...
• 5 January 2012
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Caritas Korea: "The political tension must not stop humanitarian aid in the North for millions of hungry people" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Our hope is that the political tensions does not stop humanitarian aid in the North for millions of hungry people ", says to Fides Fr. Gerard Hammond, Maryknoll Missionary and Director of Program ...
• 5 January 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The Sisters of St. Joseph have been in service to society for 120 years Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - They are a presence that is leaven for the Church and society: the Sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph of the Diocese of Shi Jia Zhuang (in the province of He Bei) celebrated the 12 ...
• 5 January 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - People are hungry for food and spiritual health: new group of Lay Camillian Family in Gojra Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The commitment of the Lay Camillian Family (LCF) in Pakistan continues to bear its fruit. In a statement just sent to Fides, Father Mushtaq Anjum, MI, reports some good news. After hearing ab ...
• 5 January 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - New enthusiasm for the mission in the Year of grace 2012, between proclamation and solidarity Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2012 will be "a year of grace for the mission" in the Philippines: the Episcopal Conference has in fact declared it the "Year of the Pontifical Mission Societies" (POM), a period that wi ...
• 4 January 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-A sewing institute was inaugurated by the religious Camillians cutting for poor girls Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The religious Camillians have just opened the St. Camillus Sewing Center, in a small village called Chak 6/4-L, MF, in Okara, in the diocese of Faisalabad in Pakistan. This is what father Mus ...
• 4 January 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Evangelization, Laity and Family: Pastoral Letter of the Bishop of Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Evangelization, Christian initiation of adults, laity and family, as indicated by the Holy Father in his Letter to Chinese Catholics in 2007: these are the main themes that Mgr. John Tong Bis ...
• 4 January 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - A task force of the Church to combat the trafficking of women and young girls Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) –Human being trafficking and exploitation, especially women and girls, is a social evil in India, according to estimates it affects 20 to 60 million victims, and on which crime flourishes. It i ...
• 4 January 2012
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Farewell to death penalty: all those condemned to death sentence are commuted to life imprisonment Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - It is a further turning point, announced by the government of Myanmar, in the field of the new measure of amnesty which concerns hundreds of prisoners: in addition to significant reductions in pu ...
• 4 January 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Taseer’s murder "a disgrace to Pakistan, where nothing has changed" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "A year after the death of Governor Salman Taseer, who was killed on January 4, 2011, nothing has changed. The human rights defenders are fearful and silent. The blasphemy law seems to be untouch ...