Asia

• 9 May 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Muslim minister out, new "Ministry for inter-religious harmony and Minorities is born" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - With yet another change, the Department of Religious Minorities in Pakistan becomes "Federal Ministry for Inter-faith Harmony and Minorities." At the Summit of the department two Catholic lead ...
• 9 May 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-Three events for the Diocese of Kao Hsiung: 130 years since the foundation of a parish, 30 years of priesthood for three Dominican missionaries and the opening of the new Center for the Laity Kao Hsiung (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Taiwan's Kao Hsiung celebrates three major events at the beginning of the month of Mary. According to the various bodies of information and information gathered by Fides, the ...
• 9 May 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-A " saffron colored corridor " to attack Christians: two Memorandum to the President of India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - There is a real "saffron-colored corridor" - the color used by militants of the Hindu extremist groups - which extends from one side to the other side in India, on the western and the easter ...
• 7 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-In the few years of his episcopal ministry, Bishop Lu gave a lot to the Diocese, working hard and without attracting attention Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 April, S.E.Mgr. Francis Lu Shouwang, Bishop of the Diocese of Yichang (Ichang), in Hubei province (China) died at the hospital of Tongji in Wuhan, where he was hospitalized last September for ...
• 7 May 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Post Bin Laden: radio broadcast battle between " propaganda of hatred" and "propaganda of peace" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - There are radio stations that fuel religious hatred and terrorist propaganda and those who combine their efforts to send messages of peace, dialogue and harmony: it is through radio broadcast ...
• 7 May 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Mother's Day in solitude for Asia Bibi, between pain and hope Lahore (Fides Service) - The pain of a mother who cannot embrace her children, prayer and trust in God, with the hope of salvation and freedom: with these feelings Asia Bibi - the Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to d ...
• 7 May 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-First ordination of a Congolese priest in Hong Kong: he is a CICM missionary Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Dominique Mukonda, of the missionaries of Scheut (CICM, the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary), of Congolese origin, arrived in Hong Kong three years ago, was ordained priest on ...
• 7 May 2011
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A new Center to help victims of religious extremism Astana (Agenzia Fides) - A center in Astana for the victims of religious extremism has opened. It is called the "Kokbozat Centre", which will provide psychological, social and legal assistance to all those who have suff ...
• 6 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Consecration of new churches, "the faithful must not only dedicate the temple to God the Father but also the sacred temple of the heart" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "The faithful do not have to dedicate only the temple to God the Father but also the sacred temple of the heart" are the words spoken by Archbishop Zhang Xian Wang, Bishop of the Diocese of Ji N ...
• 6 May 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-At least 20,000 encephalitic children forced into begging Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan the worst form of child slavery in the name of religious tradition has become common practice. In the village there is no law nor authority to protect these slaves, mentally retard ...
• 5 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-Bishop Peter Li Hongye, who died during the Easter Vigil, is remembered for his fortitude with which he lived his vocation and endured long periods of suffering Luoyang (Agenzia Fides) - On 23 April, during the Easter Vigil, while he was blessing the water before administering baptism, the Archbishop Peter Li Hongye, Bishop of the Diocese of Luoyang (Loyang) in the province of ...
• 5 May 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The Catholic communities opened the month of Mary with great devotion and missionary zeal Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The solemn Marian pilgrimage, the Eucharistic celebration and the procession have marked the opening of the Marian month of May, the month of Mary, in the Chinese Catholic continental communitie ...
• 5 May 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Even a Muslim at the top of the Ministry for Religious Minorities Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – There is also a Muslim, Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada at the top of the Ministry for Religious Minorities, in which the government in recent days has given the new, permanent structure, after ...
• 5 May 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Christian schools reopen, between the anger of ordinary people and the risk of violence Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian churches and schools have reopened and the pastoral and social activities of the Christian community in Pakistan have returned to a normal pace, though, after the death of Bin L ...
• 5 May 2011
  ASIA/CAMBODIA -Too many women die during childbirth Kraing Kaok (Agenzia Fides) - The women of the village of Kraing Kaok, Cambodia, fear of dying during childbirth. The Asian country records the highest maternal mortality rates in the region. According to UN estimates, f ...