Asia

• 6 July 2011
  ASIA/LAOS- The victims of unexploded ordnance have decreased, but the danger is still high Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - The number of people involved in accidents caused by unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Laos, the country with the largest number of cluster bombs around the world, has fallen from an average of 300 ...
• 5 July 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR- Fighting continues in the north, while the refugees are dying from hunger and disease Banmaw (Fides Service) - Non-stop fighting continues in the civil war that is affecting the north of Myanmar, where the Burmese army and the guerrillas of the Kachin Independent Army are confronting each other (see Fides ...
• 5 July 2011
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA-"We are witnesses of the great suffering of migrants," say the Bishops of North and Central America San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of North and Central America are asking their governments to take responsibility for the legal protection of migrants. In a recent statement they claim to be "witnesses of the great ...
• 5 July 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-150 years of mission of the Dominicans: next ordination of a priest originally from Hong Kong and a Korean deacon Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Next Saturday, July 9, the liturgy recalls St.Augustine Zhao Rong and his fellow martyrs in China. On that day His Exc. Mgr. John Tong, Bishop of Hong Kong, will preside the Mass in the Cath ...
• 5 July 2011
  ASIA/IRAQ- The country is one of the most insecure places in the world for children Baghdad (Fides Service) - Decades of war and international sanctions have turned Iraq into one of the most unsafe places for children in the Middle East and North Africa. In town, in fact, there are about 3 and a half mi ...
• 4 July 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-Nearly 7,000 students of Fu Jen Catholic University, have completed their course of studies Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - 6,861 students of Ben Fu Jen Catholic University have concluded in recent days their course of studies. Among them 15 have obtained a doctorate, 1,138 a school-leaving exam, 5,708 the baccalaure ...
• 4 July 2011
  ASIA/THAILAND - National reconciliation, fight against poverty, values: the priority of the first woman Premier Bangkok (Fides Service) - "Everyone must accept the outcome of the democratic elections. In any case, the priority for the country is a genuine national reconciliation": is the immediate comment released to Fides by Fr. ...
• 2 July 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The solemnity of the Sacred Heart celebrated in various continental communities Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - With the Holy Mass, Eucharistic adoration, the profession of religious vows, several Chinese communities celebrated the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which recurred yesterday, J ...
• 2 July 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA-The young people of Borneo ready for WYD and to build a better nation Palangkaraya (Fides Service) - Prayer and listening but also creativity and looking to the future: these are the characteristics of the "Youth Day", a gathering of young Catholics of Indonesian Borneo (the region also kn ...
• 2 July 2011
  ASIA/THAILAND - Corruption and Rule of Law: Challenges to the nation on the eve of elections Bangkok (Fides Service) - The perennial problem of corruption, the gap between elites and masses of rural population; respect for the rule of law and freedom of expression: these are the most urgent challenges in the Tha ...
• 2 July 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Prime Minister meets religious minorities: "You will have a new Ministry" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousaf Raza Gilani, today met a delegation of representatives of religious minorities of Pakistan in Islamabad and has officially announced the upcoming creatio ...
• 1 July 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Minority rights and the future of Christians: the Catholic minister is "confident" Islamabad (Fides Service) - Although the Federal Ministry that presided has just been "dissolved" - after a Provincial decentralization plan approved by the Parliament - the Catholic Akram Gill, until yesterday Minister ...
• 1 July 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Caritas, the only organization committed to the humanitarian emergency in the scene of war Banmaw (Fides Service) - To meet ongoing humanitarian emergency in northern Myanmar - scarred by civil war between the army and rebels of the Kachin Independent Army (see Fides 06/30/2011) - Caritas has put into the fiel ...
• 1 July 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-Proclamation and testimony, the two recommendations from Mgr.Tong to catechists Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Proclamation and testimony to fulfill the mission of evangelization. This is what His Exc. Mgr. John Tong, Bishop of Hong Kong, recommended to the catechists in Hong Kong during the awards cer ...
• 1 July 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence in Gujarat, all evidence have been destroyed. A Jesuit, "injustice is done" Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - The Government of Gujarat state in western India, admitted that all evidence relating to the massacres of 2002 - when about 2,000 Muslim citizens were killed, attacked by thousands of militant ...