Asia

• 17 June 2011
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Islamic Party "turns over a new leaf": new hope for the future of the nation ASIA/MALAYSIA - The Islamic Party "change skin": new hope for the future of the nation Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - PAS (Parti Islam SeMalaysia), the main Islamic party in Malaysia, has opened a new era of reform, aba ...
• 17 June 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG-Helping young people in Hong Kong to get to know the refugees’ reality, making them aware about the rights to development for everyone Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - A photo exhibition regarding the 60 years of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and a journey of the Catholic university students in northern Thailand, in the refugees c ...
• 17 June 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-Hindu political leader incites religious hatred: the Christians protest Bhopal (Fides Service) - A formal complaint was submitted by Christian leaders and organizations against Prabath Jha, President of the state of Madya Pradesh (central India): The President, political leader who is an act ...
• 16 June 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN-The Bishop of Tai Chung will celebrate Mass at the peak of the highest mountain in Taiwan to raise money for the poor in Swaziland Tai Chung (Fides Service) – Welcoming the invitation of the American foundation "Heart for Africa," His Exc. Mgr. Martin Su Yao-Wen, Bishop of the diocese of Tai Chung, will celebrate Mass at the peak of the highest mo ...
• 16 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-One person arrested for the murder of Shabhaz Bhatti; for the Christian community it is "urgent to do justice" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - A man suspected of being involved in the murder of the Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, was arrested by the police in Karachi. The man admitted, in a wiretap, that he took part in the pl ...
• 16 June 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA-Six years after the tsunami, 170 families still live in unhealthy shacks Banda Aceh (Fides Service) - After more than six years after the devastating tsunami that struck Indonesia in December 2004 hundreds of residents of the city of Banda Aceh in northwestern Indonesia, are still living in " ...
• 16 June 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Kohima Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 16, 2011, the Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Kohima (India) Rev. Sac. James Thoppil of the clergy of Kohima, Rector of Oriens Theological College in Sh ...
• 16 June 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR-A priest in the North: "due to the civil war more than 2,000 Kachin refugees, many in the churches" Myitkyina (Fides Service) - A furious civil war is underway in northern Myanmar. "The clashes between the national army and the militia of the ethnic Kachin are creating great suffering to the civilian population: there ...
• 15 June 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-A Center of Evangelization in the Cathedral of Beijing to respond to the Year of Evangelization of the Lay Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - To strengthen and better coordinate the activities of evangelization thus responding to the needs generated by the Year of Evangelization of the Lay promoted by the diocese, the Cathedral of Bei ...
• 15 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-The Vatican Observer at the United Nations: the case of Farah-only a UN intervention Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - The case of Farah Hatim, the Christian girl kidnapped and forced into marriage and conversion to Islam "is an abuse of freedom of conscience and religion", so "an intervention of UN High Commissi ...
• 15 June 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA-The priest, author of "communion" in a pluralistic nation Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - The priest is a man called to build "community" at all levels: in the community, in relationships with other religions, in civil society in a pluralistic nation like Indonesia. This is what was ...
• 14 June 2011
  ASIA/CHINA-The month of the Sacred Heart lived in the spirit of charity towards young children Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Whatever you have done to even one of my younger brothers, you have done it to me": following the teachings of Jesus, the faithful of the Cathedral dedicated to S. Peter and Paul of the Dioces ...
• 14 June 2011
  ASIA/TURKEY-A Christian lawyer elected to Parliament: new hope for the country Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - A Syriac Christian, lawyer Erol Dora, 47, was elected to Turkey’s Parliament during the elections on June 12 and, as sources of Fides say, he has said that he will "become the voice of the C ...
• 14 June 2011
  ASIA/INDIA-The Christians and the future of India: priority to peace, justice, education, religious freedom New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The priorities for the future of India are the issues that affect peace, justice, education, religious freedom, respect for minorities: this is what Christian Indians say, considering the nex ...
• 13 June 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-The Church committed to the liberation of Farah, the Catholic girl forced to convert to Islam Multan (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church in Pakistan will do everything possible to free Farah and return her to her family": this is what His Exc. Mgr. Andrew Francis, Bishop of Multan tells Fides, the diocese inv ...