Asia

• 28 July 2011
  ASIA/MACAO - 97-year old Father Luis Ruiz Suarez passed away, the founder of Caritas Macao, who devoted his life to the people in need Macao (Fides Service) - "Citizen par excellence who devoted his life to social service for the poor and the weak, giving them warmth and hope": this is how Fernando Chui Sai, Special Administrator of the special Region ...
• 28 July 2011
  ASIA/LAOS - Commitment on behalf of the Catholic Relief Services to keep children away from unexploded devices still present in the country Xaibouathong (CNA) - During the war in Vietnam, Laos, which is situated on the border, had become the most bombed country in the world. Not all the bombs exploded on impact and it is estimated that millions of small bomb ...
• 27 July 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - "Evangelization and witness of faith": celebrations for the parish of the Immaculate Heart of Our Lady of Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "Thanksgiving, service and witness": these are the words that Mgr. John Tong, Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, addressed to the parishioners of the Immaculate Heart of Our Lady on the occas ...
• 27 July 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - 20 000 people displaced due to the floods that have hit the southeastern part of the country Cox's Bazar (Agenzia Fides) - The heavy rains that have hit the southeastern part of Bangladesh have forced more than 20 000 people to flee from their homes in the districts of Cox's Bazar and Teknaf, where another 84 ...
• 26 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Faith celebrates twenty years since its Foundation and awards 20 "examples of evangelization today" Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - The 20 "Models of evangelization today" elected by mainland Chinese Catholics through Faith in He Bei, were awarded on July 13 at the Major Seminary in He Bei. The initiative is part of ...
• 26 July 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES-Even a truck can become a classroom Manila (Fides Service)- A truck has been turned into a classroom so that it can accommodate up to 25 students at once and will offer lessons from Monday to Friday for four hours a day for children and street children lef ...
• 26 July 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Medical facilities in the northwestern areas of conflict are on the brink of collapse Peshawar (Agenzia Fides) - In the last three years, doctors and nurses at the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan, have been particularly busy. The hospital, one of the largest in the country, moni ...
• 25 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The Catholics of Wen Zhou give aid to the wounded and pray for the railway accident victims Wen Zhou (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics were among the first volunteers to help the injured and yesterday during the mass prayed for the railway accident victims. Those who are helping are from the Diocese of Wen Zh ...
• 25 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-The Christian outcasts are organizing protests and hunger strike for equal rights New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) Thousands of Dalits, Christians and Muslims, known as the "untouchables" of India, gathered in the streets of New Delhi to protest in favor of equal rights within society. In India, the Dalits ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/YEMEN-Due to the armed conflict in the country the number of child soldiers is increasing Sana'a (Agenzia Fides) - In Yemen, the three main military groups which are currently active (pro-government Republican Guards and the Central Security, and the First Armoured Division of opposition), have among their ra ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious freedom "under the shadow of Islamic extremism": what happened to the promise made by the Ministry for interreligious relations? Lahore (Fides Service) - Religious freedom in Pakistan is conditioned by "the dark shadows of Islamic extremism", but also by intolerance, lawlessness and the increasing impunity in the country. This is what is said in t ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-To the young: dedicate the time you spend surfing on the internet to God, to transmit it to your peers Kao Hsiung (Fides Service) - With the blessing by His Exc. Mgr. Peter Liu, Archbishop of the diocese of Kao Hsiung, the delegation of the Catholic community in Taiwan on their way to World Youth Day to be held in Madrid, ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Three years after the anti-Christian massacres: " Light sentence, injustice is done" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – It is the triumph of injustice and "the failure of the rule of law" - say the local faithful – this is what is happening in Orissa, as we approach the anniversary of the 3rd anti-Christi ...
• 23 July 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - SOS of the Protestant Church in Bogor: Christians risk "mass persecution" Jakarta (Fides Service) - "The Indonesian Christian Church" (Gereja Kristen Indonesia, GKI) - denomination of the Protestant Church with a strong community presence on the island of Java - continues its fight for law and ...
• 22 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Diamonds and tensions between Hindus and Muslims behind the attacks in Mumbai Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - The diamond industry and tensions between the Muslim militant community and the Hindus: these are the two key elements to understand the reasons and responsibility for the recent bomb attacks ...