Asia

• 31 October 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Priestly ordinations in various dioceses at the end of missionary month Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Several Catholic communities wanted to end the missionary month of October with priestly ordinations, which represent the Church's vitality and continuity of the mission. In fact "the conclusion ...
• 31 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Tuberculosis: 17 000 infected, the country is among the top 6 in the world for number of cases Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Health authorities in Pakistan are intensifying efforts to contain the spread of tuberculosis, which affects about 17 000 people in the country, placing it among the top 6 in the world with the h ...
• 29 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Open letter from the ruling party: "Guarantee justice for minorities" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - After the first-rate murders of Judge Arif Iqbal (who in 1997 had acquitted a Christian accused of blasphemy), of Governor Salmaan Taseer and the Minister Shahbaz Bhatti (2010), who had the coura ...
• 29 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal for a Christian woman sentenced to 25 years in prison for blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Another Christian victim of the controversial "blasphemy law" asks for bail – risking death: we are talking about Ruqqiya Bibi sentenced in 2010 by the court in Kasur (in Punjab) to 25 years in ...
• 29 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - 13 priests killed in Mindanao; the Church to the government: "The culture of impunity urgently needs to be tackled" Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) – Out of 13 priests killed on the island of Mindanao since 1970, only one case has been resolved (that of the PIME missionary Father Tullio Favali), with the investigation of the responsibles o ...
• 29 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The list of priests killed in 40 years of mission in Mindanao Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - There are 13 priests who have been killed on the island of Mindanao since 1970 to date: 4 of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, three of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), a Cla ...
• 29 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Inquiry into the abuses of military and paramilitary", the forum asks "Justice for Fr Pops" Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - While the Special Task Force, which is inquiring into the murder of Fr. Fausto Tentorio explains it is looking into "at least three angels, as possible motives for the investigation of the Ital ...
• 28 October 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - The number of torture and abuse that goes unpunished on juvenile detainees is still high Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - In Nepal, the threats to the victims and the absence of mechanisms of protection for witnesses have hindered access to justice for thousands of people and fed impunity towards perpetrators of ...
• 28 October 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Sacred art, instrument of catechesis at the College of St. Francis Xavier Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - During the month of the Rosary, the College of St. Francis Xavier of the Marist Brothers in Hong Kong, has dedicated an exhibition of religious paintings to the Madonna, to allow the students ...
• 28 October 2011
  ASIA/THAILAND - Imminent and inevitable disaster in the capital because of heavy monsoon rains Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The National Rescue Centre in Thailand has predicted that four hundred million cubic meters of water will flood the capital, where the system is able to drain only small fractions of daily water ...
• 27 October 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The Fourth Forum on Catholic Studies for Chinese scholars to be held in December Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - According to information provided by Sapientia Press House of the diocese of Beijing, the Fourth Forum on Catholic Studies for Young Chinese Scholars, 2011, organized by the "Beijing Institute f ...
• 27 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Paul Bhatti: "May the spirit of Assisi blow in Pakistan: religious leaders united for peace" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "I am convinced that the meeting in Assisi between religious leaders of the world is very useful as a symbolic and concrete experience: it is the witness that religious leaders can unite and ...
• 27 October 2011
  ASIA/TURKEY - "A testimony of Christian love towards the earthquake victims of Van", said Archbishop Franceschini Smyrna (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a terrible human tragedy. The population of Van is devastated, especially because there are hundreds of children and mothers in need and at risk of survival. Caritas Turkey has moved swift ...
• 27 October 2011
  ASIA/ INDONESIA - The path of "triple dialogue": Christians and Muslims in communion with the meeting in Assisi Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - Interfaith meetings between Christians and Muslims are taking place today and will take place in different parts of Indonesia to celebrate and live the "spirit of Assisi" This is what Fides lea ...
• 26 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Silsilah" movement: "After Fr. Fausto’s death, we need peace in Mindanao " Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) - The tragic death of Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME, raises "the urgency of peace on the island of Mindanao" and to repudiate the "total war on the island", this is what is said in a statement ...