Asia

• 23 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Ok for the word Jesus Christ in text messages": the intervention of the Minister for Harmony closes the case Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The incident has been overcome and the case is officially closed: as reported to Fides by political sources in Pakistan, the word "Jesus Christ" has been permanently deleted from the list of p ...
• 23 November 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The Superior General of the Redemptorists, "Justice, peace, human rights for the church of Thai Ha" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We admire the commitment of the Redemptorist Province of Vietnam for justice and for peace in Vietnam, especially for those who suffer violence and injustice, because of the efforts of those who, ...
• 23 November 2011
  ASIA/TURKEY - Land confiscated: the Orthodox monks of Mardin resort to the European Court of Human Rights Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - Exhausted for a story that seems to have no end, unable to get justice from local courts, the Christian monks of the Syrian Orthodox Monastery of Mor Gabriel Mardin (in Southeast Turkey province) ...
• 23 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Sherry Rehman Ambassador in the U.S.A: satisfaction and hope for religious minorities Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "We call on the new ambassador Sherry Rehman - and we are confident she will do it - to speak out to defend human rights and religious minorities to work for peace and harmony, to become the v ...
• 22 November 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - "Love from Taiwan": an exhibition on international cooperation, humanitarian aid and young Catholics voluntary work in Taiwan Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - "Love from Taiwan" is the theme of the Catholic youth section of the exhibition entitled "From Taiwan, in contact with the world: the result of the international participation of NGOs from Taiwa ...
• 22 November 2011
  ASIA/TURKEY-The government grants the legal personality to the Foundations of religious minorities Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The General Directorate of Foundations in Turkey, a government organization, has decided to grant legal personality to the Foundations belonging to non-Islamic religious minorities, recognized ...
• 22 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The ban on SMS has been postponed; for the Church "one wants to block the Christian message" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Satisfaction and prudence among the Christians of Pakistan after the announcement of the postponement concerning the "ban on vulgar SMS ", determined by the Pakistan Authority for Telecommunic ...
• 21 November 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Diocese increases the annual fund for the Formation of the Laity: 65 scholarships have been assigned Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Hong Kong has increased the Annual Fund for the Formation of the Laity from one million to 1.2 HK $ million to respond to the appeal launched by the Year of the Laity. On 6 Nove ...
• 21 November 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - A Pastor and other Christians have been arrested in Kashmir for "forced conversions" Srinagar (Agenzia Fides) - Police in Kashmir have arrested Pastor C. M. Khanna of the "All Saints Church," along with other Christian faithful engaged in the same church. The accusation against the Pastor and the faithf ...
• 21 November 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Seven people were arrested for Sister Valsa’s murder; an activist: "With regards to the Dalits’ rights, the state has betrayed the Church" Dumka (Agenzia Fides) - Seven people were arrested by the police in the Indian state of Jharkhand, suspected of being involved in Sister Valsa John’s murder, the nun of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary killed a ...
• 21 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Censorship in the name of "Jesus Christ": it is forbidden to write it in text message, the Church protests Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan, it is forbidden to write the name "Jesus Christ" in SMS text messages, sent via mobile phones. This was established by the Telecommunications Authority in Pakistan in a measure th ...
• 19 November 2011
  ASIA/TURKEY- The problematic crucial points for religious minorities and for those who have converted to Christianity Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the openess of Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the restitution of properties to churches and other communities, the problems that Turkey's religious minorities live are significant. Acc ...
• 19 November 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The community of Taiwan is preparing a big party for Cardinal Shan’s 90th birthday Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The community of Taiwan is preparing a big party for the 90th birthday of the beloved Cardinal Paul Shan, SJ, Bishop Emeritus of Kaohsiung. In view of the occasion, the Archbishop of the Diocese ...
• 19 November 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Dommara girls’ heavy hereditary: forced into prostitution to support the family Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of Universal Child’s Day, celebrated around the world on Sunday, November 20, the Spanish Catholic organization Manos Unidas has recalled the plight of the Dommara girls comm ...
• 18 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Minorities in turmoil: a Christian killed, Hindus ask for "the revocation of citizenship" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian businessman, family man, was killed in Karachi, the capital of Sindh province; the Hindu faithful protest and in Parliament ask, provocatively, the government "to revoke the citizens ...