Asia

• 26 April 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - The country with the highest number of child workers: 12.6 million New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Most of the working children around the world are in India. According to the International Labour Organization, in the Asian country there are 12.6 million, between 5 and 14 years of age, of w ...
• 26 April 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Civil Society: " We need a good law against religious violence" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - We urgently need a good law against religious and inter-communal violence in India, which ensures equality, the right to life, freedom to live with dignity and the right to justice to all citi ...
• 25 April 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The diocese of Shang Hai celebrates 450 years of the birth of the Servant of God Paul Xu Guang Qi Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides)-The solemn commemoration of 450 years of the birth of the Servant of God Paul Xu Guang Qi took place yesterday, April 24, in the diocese of Shang Hai, before his tomb and places linked to him. E ...
• 25 April 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - World Malaria Day: Successful prevention campaign for the people of Jharkhand Jharkhand (Agenzia Fides) - Today, April 25, World Malaria Day is celebrated. According to the Report 2011 of the World Health Organization on Malaria, in 2010 216 million cases worldwide were registered, with about 655 ...
• 24 April 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Catholic community in Taiwan prepares for the World Day of Vocations Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Taiwan is preparing for the 49th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, to be held in the universal Church next Sunday, April 29, known as "Good Shepherd Sunday" from the G ...
• 24 April 2012
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Emergency in the south: viral strain affects thousands of children and has already killed 16 Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - A dangerous strain of a disease that affects hands, feet and mouth (HFMD) has hit Vietnam and has affected more than 21 thousand people, mostly children under 5 years of age, already killing 16. A ...
• 23 April 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Greater attention to the foreign Catholics culture for a better integration in society and in the local church Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Respect and sharing of culture and traditions of the Catholic foreign residents in Hong Kong so that they can fit in better in society and the church community and encouraging communion: this ...
• 23 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Bishops: "With regards to forced conversions, the Supreme Court upholds human rights" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Forced conversions to Islam is a matter of such seriousness that it "requires immediate action on behalf of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a firm stance in defense of justice, human rights, r ...
• 23 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The President of the Episcopal Conference: "Equal rights for religious minorities" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "As Christians and as members of religious minorities in Pakistan we demand equal rights and opportunities, full dignity and freedom": is what Mgr. Joseph Coutts, Archbishop of Karachi and Presi ...
• 23 April 2012
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Agreement between the Community of St.Egidio and the Islamic organization Muhammadiyah Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - An important bilateral agreement will be officially signed tomorrow in Jakarta between the Community of St.Egidio and the "Muhammadiyah", an imposing Islamic organization in Indonesia which has ...
• 20 April 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - At Easter more than 22 000 baptisms were administered in the continental Catholic community Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - According to statistics that the Study Center of Faith in He Bei managed to collect up to 19 April, which was sent to Fides, during Easter 2012, a total of 22,104 baptisms were administer ...
• 20 April 2012
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians handing out pamphlets: two believers arrested in Kashmir Jammu (Agenzia Fides) - Police in the Indian state of "Jammu and Kashmir" have arrested a Christian couple in the town of Bandipora on charges of "promoting hatred", while they were just handing out pamphlets about the C ...
• 20 April 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Grief and joy in Quetta: a Christian killed, a new priest ordained, the first in Baluchistan Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - Feelings of grief, fear and consternation, mingle with the joy and hope in the Apostolic Vicariate of Quetta, a Christian outpost in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan. The two episodes that g ...
• 20 April 2012
  ASIA/INDIA-The religious pioneers of the mission Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The orders and religious congregations in India are called to turn their attention to service and commitment towards mission: was the conclusion of the Missionary Congress held recently in Ban ...
• 18 April 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Renewal of leadership and preparation for the Year of Faith: the main themes of the Spring Assembly of the Regional Episcopal Conference Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. John Hung Shan Chuan, SVD, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tai Pei, was re-elected President of the Regional Episcopal Conference of Taiwan during the Ordinary Spring Assembly o ...