Asia

• 30 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Devolution approved: the Federal Ministry for Religious Minorities has been abolished Islamabad (Fides Service) - Pakistan has abolished the Federal Ministry for religious minorities. This was confirmed to Fides by the Catholic Akram Gill, Minister of State for Religious Minorities, in what is, in fact, t ...
• 30 June 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Priests and nuns help 20 thousand Kachin refugees, victims of indiscriminate repression Myitkyina (Fides Service) - "Ethnic cleansing" and "humanitarian emergency" is what is happening in the Kachin State in northern Myanmar, where a conflict is raging between the Burmese army, and the Kachin Independent Ar ...
• 30 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Paul Bhatti: "My brother Shabhaz killed by Al Qaeda Shabhaz: investigations finally on the right track" Islamabad (Fides Service) - "The investigations into the murder of my brother Shabhaz are finally on the right track: it is the work carried out by the Taliban and Islamic fanatics. Now we are waiting for the capture of ...
• 30 June 2011
  ASIA/CHINA.100 years of the Maryknoll missionaries: their first foundation was in China Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in China's mainland, which was the first foundation of the Maryknoll missionaries abroad, participate with great joy and gratitude to the Lord in the celebration of 100 years of ...
• 28 June 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The solemnity of Corpus Christi an opportunity for evangelization Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - According to information received by Fides, the majority of the Chinese Catholic community celebrated the feast of Corpus Christi on June 26th with the celebration of the Eucharist and th ...
• 28 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Abolishing the Federal Ministry for minorities means "killing Bhatti for the second time" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani government is ready to abolish the Federal Ministry for Religious Minorities, fragmenting it into "divisions" that will be distributed in the Pakistani provinces. The responsibi ...
• 28 June 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Justice, equality and rights for Dalits: fasting for crowds of Christians New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - It will be a fast that falls in a rare moment of political importance for religious minorities and for the whole Indian society: as reported to Fides by local sources, the Christians of India ...
• 27 June 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-An Archbishop will work with Gandhi’s granddaughter for peace and reconciliation Guwahati (Fides Service) - An Archbishop will work for peace and reconciliation beside Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee, Mahatma Gandhi’s granddaughter and Vice President of the "Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti", an organiza ...
• 27 June 2011
  ASIA/CHINA- Missionary mandate to 305 lay of the parish of Fu Shun, a sign of the Diocese’s vitality in Liao Ning Fu Shun (Fides Service) - 305 lay missionaries, divided into 11 groups, of the parish of Fu Shun of the Diocese in Liao Ning, received the missionary mandate by the parish priest on the solemnity of the Pentecost, thus c ...
• 27 June 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop to the Kachin people, in the middle of the conflict: "Have faith in God, little flock" Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - The war gives no respite in the state of Kachin, in northern Myanmar. While violence continues, putting a strain on the civilian population, through Caritas Myanmar (Karuna) solidarity towards ...
• 25 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - An appeal on the case of Farah Hatim, the Catholic girl Islamized by force, will be presented to the UN Geneva (Fides Service) - A detailed report on the case of Farah Hatim, the Catholic girl kidnapped and forcibly Islamized (see Fides 13/6/2011 and previous days), will be presented in the next few weeks at the UN Council ...
• 25 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A documentary about Christians? No thanks: foreign journalists unwelcomed Islamabad (Fides Service) - Visa applications have been lying in the folders for several months. The Pakistani government shows they do not like foreign journalists who want to document and make inquiries about the lives ...
• 25 June 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - The Bishop of Nan Jing, with a group of priests and faithful, in the pastoral exchange visit in the Korean diocese of Daejeon Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The formation of vocations, evangelization and social services, in the footsteps of the Holy Martyrs in Korea, highly regarded by the local Church in Daejeon, South Korea, have strongly impresse ...
• 24 June 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-The "Project of the Builders of Peace" celebrates 25 years of path for peace Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The path of 25 years of commitment to peace, the reading of the letter of encouragement of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the testimony of the vocations awakened by the commitment to peace ...
• 24 June 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-The Bishops of Madhya Pradesh to the Prime Minister: "no to discrimination, yes to building harmony among religions" Bhopal (Fides Service) - To promote harmony between different religious communities, in respecting the prerogatives guaranteed by the Indian Constitution; to eliminate all forms of discrimination against members of relig ...