Asia

• 11 July 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Paul Bhatti: "Education, legal support, political commitment: my plan for religious minorities" Islamabad (Fides Service) - A global action plan to improve the conditions of religious minorities, promote their rights, ensure life safety: is what the Catholic Paul Bhatti has in mind, Special Advisor to the Prime Min ...
• 11 July 2011
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Prime Minister meets the Pope: diplomatic relations and "crucial points" in the lives of Christians Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) –The current, fluid, political situation in Malaysia, has weakened the Prime Minister, as he prepares to meet Benedict XVI, in a "private visit", scheduled for July 18 at Castel Gandolfo, ...
• 11 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Spiritual retreat for priests and catechism summer course: intense spiritual journey and pastoral work in the Diocese of Han Dan Han Dan (Fides Service) – Promotion of the Eucharistic adoration and devotion to the Sacred Heart; to form the basic ecclesial communities in the parishes: were the main topics of the monthly retreat for priests of t ...
• 9 July 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-Mgr. Tong gave 89 catechists the diploma and awarded 83 Sunday Schools teachers Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. John Tong, Bishop of Hong Kong, gave the diploma to 89 catechists who completed the 2-year permanent training course, and awarded 83 Sunday Schools teachers for carrying out th ...
• 9 July 2011
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - "Civil society takes to the streets to demand legality and less corruption: the movement is inter-religious", says the Director of Herald Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) - "What is shaking the nation is a transversal and inter-religious movement, and is born from civil society without political labels. It brings legitimate requests, asks for a change, transpa ...
• 8 July 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH-Erection of the new diocese of Sylhet and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI has erected the new Diocese of Sylhet, in Bangladesh, for the dismantling of the Archdiocese of Dhaka, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan see itself, on ...
• 8 July 2011
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - "Transparency and reform": civil society is demonstrating, with their eyes towards the "Arab Spring" Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The "Arab Spring" is coming to the East. The biggest event of the Malaysian civil society in the last 50 years is announced for tomorrow, July 9, which plans to bring together over 400 thou ...
• 8 July 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-The Trappist Cistercians of the Abbey of Our Lady of Joy have been in Hong Kong for 60 years Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Trappists (Cistercians of the Strict Observance, O.C.S.O) of the Trappist Abbey Our Lady of Joy celebrated their 60 years of service in Hong Kong on July 2, with a Mass presided by the Adm ...
• 8 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Surgery to change sex to female infants: the condemnation of the Church Bhopal (Fides Service) –What has taken hold in the state of Madhya Pradesh (central India) is an aberrant phenomenon: cases in which doctors practice surgery to change sex to female babies multiply, at the request of p ...
• 7 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The first Cultural Festival of the Cathedral of Bao Ding re-launches mission through the religious culture Bao Ding (Agenzia Fides) - The first Cultural Festival organized by the Cathedral of the Diocese of Bao Ding, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, took place on July 2, on the day of the 106th anniversary of the founding ...
• 7 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu radicals want to enter (by force) their children to Catholic schools Belgaum (Fides Service) - A group of 50 militants of the radical Hindu groups burst into St. Joseph school, of the Sisters of Canossian in Belgaum, to impose on the religious women to enter their two boys in their schoo ...
• 7 July 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - APMA mediation fails in the case of Farah, the Catholic Islamized by force Lahore (Fides Service) - The first attempt of mediation by the "All Pakistan Minorities Alliance" (APMA) in the case of Hatim Farah, the kidnapped Catholic girl, married and converted to Islam by the Muslim Iliyas in Zee ...
• 7 July 2011
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN-Only 48% of the population has access to drinking water Kabul (Fides Service) - Only 48% of the Afghan population has access to drinking water and only 37% use reclaimed health services. This emergency situation reflected the serious health implications, particularly for ch ...
• 7 July 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A nun from Punjab: "Christians dehumanized, in a system that only protects the rights of the powerful" Lahore (Fides Service) - "We Christians are truly dehumanized, we are treated as objects and as goods to sell. We live in a system where only the powerful have rights. For us Christians, justice in courts is not guarante ...
• 6 July 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-The Dioceses of Taiwan celebrates Sea Sunday for the first time Tai Chung (Fides Service) - For the first time, the local Church of Taiwan will celebrate Sea Sunday in communion with the universal Church, on Sunday, July 10. His Exc Mgr. Bosco Lin Ji Nan Bishop of Tai Nan and Presid ...