Asia

• 30 August 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Despite the progress, HIV continues to increase Busan (Agenzia Fides) - Since 2001, new HIV/AIDS infections have declined by 20% in 30 countries in the Asia-Pacific area. However, the prevalence rate among drug users who inject drugs is increasing dramatically in Pak ...
• 30 August 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - The new Premier "guarantees a secular state and rights for Christians" Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - "The main challenge for the new Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai is to unite and pacify the country. We have good hopes for the plight of religious minorities (and Christians), and regarding r ...
• 29 August 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Preaching and formation of local vocations: the Dominicans in Hong Kong celebrate 150 years of mission Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The preaching and training of local vocations continue to be the Dominicans’ priority, and celebrate 150 years of mission in Hong Kong. According to reports from the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese ...
• 29 August 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The government will release 10 thousand prisoners. A Bishop: "One thinks of those who struggle for freedom, Justice, Democracy" Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Vietnam, Truong Tan Sang, has ordered the release of 10,000 prisoners on the basis of an amnesty, granted annually on the occasion of National Independence Day, which is celebrat ...
• 29 August 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Christian Martyrs Day celebrated with prayer meeting and blood donation Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - At least 60 of the "Indian martyrs" in the last century can be commemorated and their faith can be remembered. But there are many others, if you scroll through the history of Christianity in Indi ...
• 26 August 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A guide to the 130 shrines in the country, valuable assets of the local Church Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The publication of a guide which will illustrate about 130 shrines in Korea is scheduled for next September. According to information sent to Fides by the Episcopal Korean Conference, the brochur ...
• 25 August 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-A year after the floods that devastated the country, women are still paying the heaviest toll Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - One year after the severe floods that hit the country, women continue to struggle to try to resume their lives and recover their livelihoods. According to a report by the Asian Human Rights Co ...
• 24 August 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church is cautious with regards to Hazare: "the fight against corruption is right, but attention to exploitation. Let's go ahead with dialogue" Vasai (Fides Service) - "The fight against corruption is inviolable: the phenomenon is pervasive and a legislation to combat it is urgent. But with regards to the movement of Anna Hazare, caution is required, as Hazare, ...
• 24 August 2011
  AFRICA/KENYA - Farmers and local families distribute food to the starving East Pokot (Agenzia Fides) - More than 3.6 million Kenyans are in urgent need of food. According to the Kenyan Red Cross (KRCS), the farmers, who have a surplus of food production, have organized themselves to donate foo ...
• 24 August 2011
  ASIA/NEPAL - Church and NGOs: "No to anti-conversion laws, we need to protect religious freedom" Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – The necessity to protect religious freedom in Nepal and say "no" to measures such as prohibiting conversion from one religion to another is urgent, enclosed in the new Penal Code which will ...
• 24 August 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Birth of a Center for Muslim-Christian dialogue in the great mosque in Manila Manila (Agenzia Fides) - It is one of the fruits of extensive work on dialogue, carried out by Christians and Muslims, motivated by good will: a Muslim-Christian Center near the Great Mosque of Quiapo in Manila was born ...
• 23 August 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - "Justice, reconciliation, religious freedom for Christians in Orissa", says Archbishop Barwa Cuttak-Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace in Orissa can be built on the foundations of reconciliation and justice": says His Exc.Mgr. John Barwa SVD in an interview to Fides, Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, on the ...
• 23 August 2011
  AFRICA/YEMEN-Violence and malnourished children: "the next Somalia is here" Aden (Agenzia Fides) - Alarm for the plight of children in Yemen. The continuous and incessant conflicts in various parts of Yemen - which has recently caused the displacement of thousands of people to the governorate of ...
• 23 August 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - “Profiling” Christians and churches: a wave of violence is feared on behalf of Hindu extremist groups Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Just as Orissa is preparing to celebrate the anniversary of anti-Christian massacres of 2008 (see Fides 22 and 23/08/2011), in another Indian state, Karnataka, the community of the faithful ...
• 22 August 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Salvation and liberty for Farah Hatim": NGOs appeal to UN Geneva (Fides Service) - Farah Hatim’s case, the Catholic girl kidnapped, forced into marriage and converted to Islam in Rahim Yar Khan (in Punjab) is not closed: some non-governmental Organizations in Pakistan and ou ...