Asia

• 15 October 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - After 50 years, trade unions are legal again: for Bishops it is "an important step" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In a further move of opening up to more democratic forms of government, the Burmese regime give legitimacy and legality to trade unions, that have been banned since 1962. President Thein Sein si ...
• 14 October 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The solemn procession of the Missionary Cross of the deanery of Central Kowloon opened the Missionary Month Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The solemn procession of the Missionary Cross of the parishes of the deanery of Central Kowloon opened the Month Missionary, Sunday, October 2, waiting for World Mission Day to be held on Oct ...
• 14 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Qadri’s lawyer is the former judge who denied Asia Bibi forgiveness Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The story that binds the lives of Asia Bibi, Salman Taseer and Mumtaz Qadri, is shaking the country, generating a heated debate and protests, while Qadri’s appeal is in progress, the governor o ...
• 13 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-The Minister for Harmony provides "more protection in jail for Asia Bibi" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Federal Ministry for inter-religious harmony – appointed as a delegate for religious minorities - has "intensified all the controls of the case and ordered an internal investigation" to ...
• 13 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Torture, arbitrary detention, drug crimes: reform of the prison system is urgently needed slamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The tragic story of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy and imprisoned unjustly in Shiekupura (in Punjab), brings the attention back on the old question of degradation ...
• 13 October 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Year of the Laity: the importance of catechetical formation and a practical life of faith Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Catechetical formation and to live faith concretely are two fundamental elements for the growth and the deepening of Christians’ faith, especially in the Year of the Laity, that the diocese ...
• 13 October 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Human Rights, part of the Church’s mission, "contribution to the common good" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The protection of dignity and fundamental human rights is an integral part of the Church’s mission as they "allow you to seek true justice and true peace": says the Indian Church, presenting ...
• 12 October 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The role of Catholic intellectuals in the life of the Church Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - "The role of Catholic intellectuals in the life of the Church" was the theme of the 9th Meeting of Catholic Intellectuals in the province of Zhe Jiang held from October 7 to 9 in the diocese of ...
• 12 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Land grabbing", an instrument of oppression against religious minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - There is another subtle instrument of oppression against religious minorities in Pakistan: "land grabbing". It is based on rent, purchase or expropriation of large plots of land, and in Pakistan ...
• 12 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Governor Taseer’s murderer’s death sentence has been suspended, the path towards "Islamic forgiveness" is open Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Court of Appeal in Islamabad declared the admissibility of the appeal prepared by Mumtaz Qadri’s lawyers, the self-confessed murderer of the Governor of Punjab, Salman Taseer, who had defen ...
• 12 October 2011
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - The Liberians voted en masse, the Bishops hope ethnic divisions can be overcome Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - The electoral process to elect the new President of Liberia and the renewal of the House of Representatives and the Senate were carried out peacefully (see Fides 11/10/2011). Voters flocked to ...
• 12 October 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Amnesty for 6 000 prisoners, among them "prisoners of conscience" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Myanmar, Thein Sein, has granted amnesty to about 6,300 detainees, and some of them are political prisoners or of conscience: this is what Fides learned from sources in Myanmar. ...
• 11 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian Girl raped, and converted to Islam and forced to marry a Muslim Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Kidnapped and raped repeatedly for eight months by a gang of Islamic militants. Devastated and traumatized, was converted to Islam and forced to marry a Muslim. The story of Anna (fantasy name), ...
• 11 October 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The vows of the religious women from different congregations and a diaconal ordination bear witness to the missionary vitality of the continental Catholic community Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The vitality and missionary aspect of the continental Catholic community continue to manifest itself in the month of October with the vows of the religious women from different congregations an ...
• 11 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Every year, one thousand girls from religious minorities are kidnapped, raped and converted to Islam Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - About 1,000 Christian and Hindu girls are kidnapped and raped by Muslim radicals, forced to Islamic marriage, sometimes killed in Pakistan every year: Fides sources in the Catholic Church and ci ...