Asia

• 28 November 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Hong Kong diocese is preparing to welcome a new deacon Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Hong Kong, and especially the parish of St. Jude, are preparing to welcome a new deacon originally from the diocese, Mai Ying Jiang, who was educated at the diocesan Seminary in ...
• 28 November 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA-Six churches threatened by extremist groups, other two will be demolished by the state Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) –Islamic extremists of the Islamic Defenders Front ("Front Pembela Islam," FPI) took to the streets en masse in Bekasi, one of the biggest suburbs of the metropolis of Jakarta, threatening to ra ...
• 28 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Paul Bhatti: "The NATO attack may compromise the fight against terrorism and religious harmony in Pakistan" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "The NATO attack is serious because it can compromise the fight against terrorism but also interreligious harmony, intercultural dialogue, and peace in Pakistan": with these words, the Catholi ...
• 28 November 2011
  ASIA/SYRIA - Torture and mutilation of children held in prisons in the country Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) expressed serious concern due to the incidents of general violation of human rights that are registered in Syria and for the total impunity to ...
• 26 November 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Word of God to evangelize society today: Bible Week just concluded Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – To hold firm the reference to Sacred Scripture, in order to evangelize a rapidly changing society: with this spirit, the community celebrated the Catholic Bible Week 2011, sponsored by the Bibli ...
• 26 November 2011
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - A spiritual offensive to revive faith in North Korea Paris (Agenzia Fides) - Today, since the regime denies personal freedom, including religious freedom, it is not possible to send material aid to the faithful Christians in North Korea. "Only God's action, solicited by pr ...
• 26 November 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES-Tentorio’s case, the police have identified the person behind the assassination; civil society on a pilgrimage Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - The investigation of Father Fausto Tentorio’s murder, the missionary of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) killed on October 17 in Arakan, may be at a turning point: as loca ...
• 26 November 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Vacuum of authority, ideas, law, morals in Mindanao", denounces a Jesuit Davao (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned about the difficulties that we live in Mindanao: in particular the absence of the rule of law, the absence of a credible leadership, the lack of adequate investments in social pr ...
• 25 November 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Lay Missionary Association of the laity: on December 18 the missionary mandate to a lay woman who will spend three years in India Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) –Mrs Stephanie Ling, of the parish of St. Margaret in Hong Kong on 18 December will receive the missionary mandate of the Hong Kong Catholic Lay Missionary Association to spend three years on ...
• 25 November 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Investigations concerning Father Tentorio are being carried out at a slow pace, stop to impunity: Civil Society writes to President Aquino Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) – To put an immediate end to the impunity that reigns in Arakan Valley and throughout the island of Mindanao; to promote justice and transparency with every means in the case of the murder of ...
• 25 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal for calm in Punjab after the killing of a farmer: it was not an act of violence against minorities Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "One must not fuel interreligious hatred and one must pay extreme attention in spreading information: the farmer Akram Masih, who was killed two days ago in Okara district, had converted to I ...
• 24 November 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The vitality of the Catholic communities promotes the mission of evangelization Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – According to what Faith of He Bei refers to Fides, the vitality of the continental Catholic communities, strengthened by spirituality and by the exchange of experiences, is giving great ...
• 24 November 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Archbishop of Yangon: "A positive political turning point in the country, now full rights for all religions" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We look with favor on the current phase of reforms. Now the government invites religious leaders to work together for the development of the country and to give the same protections, rights and ...
• 24 November 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The mission of the Church in a changing country: at the centre education and social services Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church's mission is to help people realize their potential. We can help provide quality education to society. Our strength is in services, education and health care, which we want to put at ...
• 23 November 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The parish news, tools of evangelization, promote a sense of belonging to the community Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - For the pastors of Hong Kong, the faithful involved in the drafting and publication of parish newsletters, both papery and online, show a strong sense of belonging to the community. Consequent ...