Asia

• 22 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New case of blasphemy: Christian woman in jail Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – A Christian woman, Agnes Nuggo, was accused of blasphemy and arrested in the Diocese of Faisalabad, in Punjab province. The local Church, which is handling the case, expressed her “extrem ...
• 22 February 2011
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - AIDS peaks, because of birth control policies Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – The main cause for the surge in the spread of AIDS in Cambodia is the birth control policy and the promotion of artificial contraception, explains Human Life International (HLI) to Fides. H ...
• 22 February 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Mainland China's most famous Catholic composer, Antonio Geng Hui, who composed all the Chinese sacred music over last 30 years, passes away Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – The faithful of the Diocese of Tai Yuan, Shan Xi province, remember with great emotion, musician and Catholic composer, Antonio Geng Hui. According to the diocese's website, Prof. Geng, who w ...
• 21 February 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A village burned down, tribal Christians forced out by Muslim settlers Chittagong (Agenzia Fides) – A village was burned down and dozens of indigenous have been injured and driven from Ragipara in the mountain district of Rangamati, Diocese of Chittagong. The indigenous people who have su ...
• 21 February 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Human rights denied for ethnic and religious minorities Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – Living conditions for ethnic and religious minorities in Bangladesh are very difficult and their human rights are continually denied and trampled on, states the Hotline Human Rights Bangladesh� ...
• 21 February 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Outbreak of leptospirosis in Bantul Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – State of emergency in Bantul, in the central region of Java in Indonesia. The Country's health organisations have raised the alarm following an outbreak of leptospirosis, a deadly animal disea ...
• 21 February 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The 376 people confirmed in the parish of Zhao Cheng will become “seeds of evangelisation” throughout China Hong Dong (Agenzia Fides) – It is the first time in 30 years in this area, the parish of Zhao Cheng in the Diocese of Hong Dong (formerly Lin Fen) Shan Xi province, that the Sacrament of Confirmation has been conferred ...
• 19 February 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM - From the meeting of Asian Bishops hopes for peace and unity Interview with Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man, Archbishop of Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) – The meeting of Asian Bishops which is set down for 2012 in Vietnam, for the first time in histo ...
• 19 February 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Fr Amalan killed for a few rupees by a youth he was helping Palayamkottai (Agenzia Fides) – He was killed for a few rupees by a youth he often helped: Father G. Amalan, 54 years old, Secretary of the Episcopal Commission for the Family, in the Diocese of Palayamkotta, in Tamil ...
• 19 February 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Enthusiasm for the pilgrimage of relics of the parents of St Teresa of Lisieux: pray together for the family and for vocations Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The “Pilgrimage in honour of the Blesseds Louis and Marie Zelie Guerin Martin” – the pilgrimage of the relics of the parents of St Teresa of the Infant Jesus, beatified in Lisieux on 1 ...
• 19 February 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Mass vaccination to prevent the re-emergence of the polio virus that has paralysed 33,000 children Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – Three years after the last epidemic, polio has reappeared in Myanmar. Following a confirmed case in December and two others with as yet undefined origins in January, the Ministry of Health has ...
• 18 February 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - New threats to Christians in Bekasi: a spiral of violent reactions at risk Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – From the Courtroom where the defendant is on trial for inciting religious hatred, Murhali Barda, radical Muslim leader of the Islamic Defenders Front, now suspended from the movement, has laun ...
• 18 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Blasphemous” and “enemy of Islam" anyone who opposes the blasphemy law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Anyone who opposes the controversial law on blasphemy (art. 295b and 295c of the Pakistani Penal Code) “is considered blasphemous and an enemy of Islam”, sustain radical Islamic groups who ...
• 18 February 2011
  ASIA/MACAO - Spiritual preparation begins for the delegation from Macao for WYD in Madrid Macao (Agenzia Fides) – Monthly preparatory courses have begun for the delegation from the Diocese of Macao which will travel to Madrid next August to participate in World Youth Day (WYD). According to information prov ...
• 17 February 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - A site dedicated to historic buildings recounts 170 years of missionary history within the diocese Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – To use the most advanced technology and new media to build an information archive on historical diocesan buildings; to realise the mission of evangelisation through this web platform: these ...