Asia

• 6 December 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A simple plastic bottle brings free light into the homes of the poorest Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the Philippines about a third of the population lives below the poverty line. This is the second Asian country with the highest rates for electricity, after Japan. Thanks to the initiative "Is ...
• 6 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Protests and boycotts on behalf of Christians against "blasphemous shoes" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - A footwear company on the market in Pakistan has spread models of shoes that bear on the back the design of the Cross: the phenomenon has generated strong protests and a boycott campaign of the C ...
• 5 December 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - More than a thousand young people on the first Youth Day of the Diocese of Xia Men Xia Men (Agenzia Fides) - Sharing the experience of World Youth Day in Madrid was the high point of the first World Youth Day celebrated by the Diocese of Xia Men, Fu Jian province in mainland China, on November 20, the ...
• 5 December 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - "Crimes against humanity in the massacres of Christians in Orissa": Report of the People's Tribunal New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Violence against Christians in Orissa violate human rights and the Constitution; they have been carefully planned and are considered "crimes against humanity"; they have a strong impact on wom ...
• 5 December 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Blasphemous film about Jesus Christ: the director and producer have been arrested, the Bishops ask its withdrawal Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - Three people have been arrested in Mumbai because responsible for a blasphemous film against Jesus Christ. After days of protests by Christian organizations such as the "Catholic Secular Forum" ( ...
• 5 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian married couple beaten by the police with false accusations Abbottabad (Agenzia Fides) - Accused of a crime they did not commit, two Christian spouses were arrested and savagely beaten by the police for three days, for refusing to confess. It is yet another case of anti-Christian ...
• 5 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: yes to the "National Human Rights Commission" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission "Justice and Peace" of the Bishops of Pakistan strongly supports the establishment of a "National Human Rights Commission" - NHRC in the Pakistani government: So says Peter Jacob, ...
• 3 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-The largest church in Pakistan: a sign of hope in the Year of the Mission Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The new church of San Pietro in Karachi, the largest in Pakistan, is "a sign of hope and a good omen for the future, in the Year of the Mission": says to Fides Fr. Mario Rodriguez, a priest of K ...
• 3 December 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Mgr. Hung thanks the fathers of Scheut: "we pay tribute to these missionaries who truly love with all their heart Taiwan and the entire Church" Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - "We pay tribute and thank those missionaries who, with prophetic spirit, truly love with all their heart Taiwan and the entire Church, and look to the real needs of Taiwan": said His Exc. Mgr. J ...
• 3 December 2011
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - One Afghan child in 10 dies before their fifth birthday Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Afghanistan has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. According to the national government's first Study, conducted on a sample of 22,351 families and distributed by the Pajhwok ...
• 2 December 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Angels: 85 years of missionary service through education and youth ministry Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Offering complete education, so that Catholic values become a solid foundation for students: these are the commitments of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Angels, MNDA, in 85 years of ...
• 2 December 2011
  EUROPE/ITALY - "All together for a Better World: including people with disabilities" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "All together for a Better World: including people with disabilities" is the general theme the International Day of Persons with Disabilities will focus on which is celebrated on December 3. Disabl ...
• 2 December 2011
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - More than 10,000 Bibles arrive in a hot-air balloon Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Bibles cross the bamboo curtain and reaches the North Korean faithful with a hot-air balloon. Over 10 thousand copies of the Holy Scriptures were delivered to the Christians living in Nor ...
• 2 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shabhaz Bhatti remembered in Italy for his testimony of faith in politics Rome (Agenzia Fides) - An excellent testimony of faith in politics, significant for the present and the future of Pakistan: With these reasons, on Sunday, December 4, the figure of Shahbaz Bhatti, Federal Minister for Re ...
• 2 December 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rapes and murders of Christians in Punjab, in silence and injustice Kasur (Agenzia Fides) - Javed Masih, Shahbaz Masih's father, a young Christian killed by Muslims in Kasur (in Punjab), has just managed to register a formal complaint (First Information Report) and is now demanding justi ...