Asia

• 12 December 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church and the "untouchables": a test bench in the Year of Faith New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the 250 million untouchables, the Dalits, who in India are considered "human waste" there is "the moaning of the Spirit of God" that expresses and shouts the dignity of every human being. A ...
• 12 December 2012
  ASIA/NEPAL - Pilot project to assist women who have suffered violence Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - Following a study carried out in 2011 by researchers at the BICE (Bureau International Catholique de l'enfance), which deals with children’s rights, a project to help women and their relatio ...
• 12 December 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The realization of the Rosary beads becomes an occasion for catechesis Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – A hand made rosary, to thank the sisters for their reception: is the Christmas initiative of the girls who are guests of the College of the Missionaries of the Good Shepherd in Hong Kong to ...
• 12 December 2012
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Reproductive health Bill: Bishops urge politicians to respect the right to life Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - "The truth must be at the basis of the law", the nation needs a law "to affirm and protect the truth about the dignity of the human person, who has been created in the very image of God, the sancti ...
• 11 December 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A statue of the Madonna desecrated in a parish in Faisalabad Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 November, in a Catholic church in Chak Jhumra, diocese of Faisalabad, in Punjab, the destruction caused by throwing stones at the statue of the Virgin Mary brought horror, fear, dismay and ...
• 11 December 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Christian missionary injured moved to Sweden Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - An air ambulance moved the Swedish Christian missionary Birgitta Almeby, 72 to Sweden, she was injured in a bomb attack in Lahore on December 3 (see Fides 04/12/2012). This is what Pastor Liaqat ...
• 11 December 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Vaccination campaign against measles and polio for more than 1 million children Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – To vaccinate one million and 400 thousand children against polio and measles in the country affected by armed conflict is the current goal of UNICEF. So far, over 500 000 have been reached. T ...
• 11 December 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - All together to serve the most vulnerable members of society: Huiling announces the opening of a new center Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - All together to serve the most vulnerable members of society: thus Fr. Fernando Cagnin, a PIME missionary, urged the participants in the celebration for the 4 years of the establishment of the ...
• 10 December 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Christian Armenian singer arrested by the secret services has been released Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Sam Ghannoum, a 28 year-old young Christian Armenian singer, who was arrested on October 15 by the Syrian secret services after his criticism to the regime, was released and returned to his famil ...
• 10 December 2012
  ASIA/IRAQ - Father Dall'Oglio welcomed in the monastic community which began in Sulaymanya, in Iraqi Kurdistan Sulaymanya (Agenzia Fides) - Father Paolo Dall'Oglio SJ, founder of the monastic community of Deir Mar Musa, after his expulsion from Syria was welcomed into the newly founded monastery of Deir Maryam el Adhra, which beg ...
• 10 December 2012
  ASIA - "Asian Christians, the icon of God’s love": the challenge of evangelization in the Assembly of the FABC Xan Loc (Agenzia Fides) - For Christians who live in a diverse and complex context such as Asia, the challenges are "to enter into people's lives; remove barriers, build bridges of dialogue; live the core values of faith ...
• 10 December 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The celebration of the Immaculate Conception testifies the great Marian devotion of the Chinese Catholics Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The dedication of a parish, receiving the sacrament of Confirmation, the meeting of Catholic Women and many other initiatives took place on the day of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, ...
• 7 December 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian Missionary wounded: Taliban in Punjab are suspected Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Birgitta Almeby, the 72 year-old Christian missionary, victim of an assassination attempt on 3December in Lahore (see Fides 4/12/012) is unconscious and is in the "Jinnha" hospital in Lahore. Pas ...
• 7 December 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Appeal of the Assyrian Christians in the Syrian opposition: "Stop Salafi groups" Hassaké (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to stop the "Jubhat Al Nosra" Salafist group that is spreading terror in Mesopotamia: is the appeal launched by the new "National Coalition of the revolution and opposition" (CNS) ...
• 7 December 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Tong urges newly graduates of the Holy Spirit Seminary to be evangelizers Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "Put into practice what you have learned doing the mission of evangelization, to respond to the Year of Faith": is the encouragement that Cardinal John Tong Hon, Bishop of Hong Kong, addressed ...