Asia

• 17 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-A Protestant Pastor gunned down in Karachi Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The Protestant Pastor Jameel Sawan was killed yesterday with three gunshot in Karachi: this is what Paul Bhatti confirms to Fides, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for religious Minoritt Af ...
• 17 November 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Sister killed for her missionary work among the tribal people, "a true disciple of Christ", abandoned by the civil authorities Dumka (Agenzia Fides) – She was one of the many religious from Kerala (a state in South India, thriving in vocations) scattered in India and the world as missionaries: Sr.Valsha John, 53, of the "Sisters of Charity of ...
• 17 November 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The International Forum on Liturgy & Inculturation traces 20 years of formation and development of the Liturgy in China Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The Forum on Liturgy & Inculturation organized by Faith Institute for Cultural Studies of He Bei, in collaboration with the ten major Seminaries in the Chinese mainland, is taking place i ...
• 16 November 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Disabled elderly priest promotes the construction of a new church dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Zhou Zhi (Agenzia Fides) - Don Zhang Xiong Feng, disabled elderly priest of the Diocese of Zhou Zhi, in the Shaan Xi province, presided the solemn blessing and location of the new church building cross dedicated to the S ...
• 16 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-A new church and an agreement with the Lateran University: the Ministry for Harmony is linked up with the Church of Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) - An agreement of collaboration with the Pontifical Lateran University and the construction of a new church in the diocese of Faisalabad: is what is reported to Fides, these are the results that toda ...
• 16 November 2011
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Millions of mosquito nets to prevent malaria facilitated by recent floods Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Millions of Cambodians will receive insecticide-treated nets by the government to try to limit the spread of malaria and dengue fever. This is the largest operation of distribution in Asia, 2 ...
• 16 November 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Franciscans: human rights violations in Papua, NGOs hampered, the media gagged Geneva (Agenzia Fides) –Indonesian Papua is experiencing "serious abuses of civil and political rights as well as economic, social and cultural", while the mass media are gagged to hide the truth: so says the new Repor ...
• 15 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Bishop and a Pastor are forced to leave the country on false charges of blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Protestant Bishop Mgr. Pervaiz Joseph and Pastor Baber George were forced to flee abroad, because they were victims of false accusations of blasphemy and threatened with death by Islamic radi ...
• 15 November 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Year of the Laity: coordinate all the resources for a solid formation of faith and the Bible Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Coordinate all community resources to ensure a solid faith and with regard to the Holy Scripture: is the commitment underlined by the Diocesan Group, Responsible for the Year of the Laity, org ...
• 15 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Minister of State for Harmony, who meets the Pope: "Dialogue, education, religious freedom: UN Observer come to Pakistan" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Rebuilding a Pakistan according to the original, secular and tolerant inspiration of Ali Jinnah, the father of the country; working tirelessly for interreligious dialogue and harmony, royal ...
• 14 November 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Sacred Scripture texts and the history of the Madonna have been discovered in Tibet dating back to the 30s in the only parish in Tibet Tibet (Agenzia Fides) - Sacred Scripture texts and the history of the Madonna in Tibetan have recently been discoverd, which are in excellent condition, in the only Catholic parish in Tibet, the parish of Mang Kang (or ...
• 14 November 2011
  ASIA/THAILAND - Alert for floods continues: risk of diseases and attacks from the reptiles escaped from farms Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The state of alert caused by the severe floods that are hitting Thailand since the month of July continues. This is the worst recorded in the last 50 years and have so far caused 562 deaths in 2 ...
• 14 November 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pop music and literature to say "No" to Islamic extremism Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign of civil society in Pakistan to curb Islamic extremism in Pakistan is also supported in the world of art, music, literature. A song titled "Aalu Anday" ("Potatoes and eggs") releas ...
• 14 November 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - "Proclaiming the Gospel, to build peace": the commitment of a "missionary Bishop" after 56 years of religious life Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) - "To be a missionary who proclaims the Gospel, build peace and act for reconciliation and brotherhood among people": this is the spirit of His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Menamparampil, Salesian Archbishop ...
• 12 November 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM-More than 1500 thousand seminarians and 80 young catechists: the Church's future looks bright Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - "Hope for the new generations of Vietnamese youth is faith in Christ: the young people who look to a market economy, consumerism, the civilization of looking for new answers for their t ...