Asia

• 18 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslims, Christians and Hindus united: “Whoever killed Bhatti, killed humanity” Lahore (Agenzi Fides) – Christians in Pakistan define it as “encouraging news”: Muslim civil society groups and individual members of the Muslim faithful are publicly condemning the murder of Minister Shahbaz Bahtt ...
• 17 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Caritas: “We are ready to work side by side with the Government during the emergency and the reconstruction” Rome (Agenzia Fides ) – Caritas Japan, with the support if the Caritas Internationalis network, is ready to work side by side with the Government during the emergency and in the rehabilitation of the people struck by t ...
• 17 March 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - New or restored churches for some mainland communities in view of Easter Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – If all the Catholic mainland communities are intensely going through Lent with prayer, fasting and alms-giving, in communion with the universal Church, some, in a certain way, have a fo ...
• 17 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian is Minister for Finance in the Government of Punjab Lahore (Agenzia Fides ) – In Punjab, the most important province of Pakistan, a Christian politician, Kamran Michael, is playing an increasingly important institutional role, report local Fides sources. Michael has jus ...
• 16 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic accused of blasphemy died in prison: not convinced about a heart attack, the Church calls for clarity Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Regarding the case of Qamar David, the Catholic condemned to life in prison for blasphemy was found dead yesterday, 15 March, in the Karachi jail (see Fides 15/3/2011). The Catholic Church is ...
• 16 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - An “Emergency Centre” for helpers in Sendai, deaths also among Christians Sendai (Agenzia Fides) – “There have been deaths among the Christian faithful, but we do not have precise numbers yet. We are shocked, but today we received comforting support from the Japanese Bishops who are meetin ...
• 16 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - “We need to recognise the mistakes made on the nuclear issue,” says a missionary Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – “We will be able to better assess the tragedy in the coming months, and it will take years to rebuild the thousands of lives destroyed. I am sure that the Japanese will live through this terr ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Youth volunteers are mobilising in the areas affected by the earthquake; lack of food and fuel Sendai (Agenzia Fides) – “Today the dominant feeling is fear. The biggest concern is that of the nuclear power plant in Fukushima. It is a ghost from Japanese history coming back to haunt us. But it must be said that ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Burmese Catholic community's solidarity with Japan Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – The Burmese people, who suffered from Cyclone Nargis in 2008, hope to show their closeness and solidarity with the Japanese victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami. The Catholic Church in ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Men and women religious in Sendai: one dead, several structures damaged Sendai (Agenzia Fides) – There are various institutes and religious congregations, who are carrying out their ministries in the Diocese of Sendai, the epicentre of the earthquake and the subsequent tsunami which devast ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - “No to nuclear power plants,” says Indian Jesuit after the Japanese tragedy Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – To ensure development that is truly sustainable, solid, safe and respectful of humanity and of Creation, India should abandon the idea of relying on nuclear power for energy production. So s ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Disabled people in danger of falling victim to trafficking Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – To live with a disability in a city like Karachi is already a hardship. Now there is the added issue of trafficking in disabled people, destined to beg in the neighbouring villages. In a stat ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian accused of blasphemy dies in prison, Masihi Foundation expresses “fear for Asia Bibi” Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – The death of Qamar David raises many questions, a Pakistani Christian falsely accused of blasphemy, who has been imprisoned since 2006. David was found dead today, 15 March. The prison guards, ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Card. O’Brien calls for “Aid conditions for the Government of Pakistan” Glasgow (Agenzia Fides) – The British and Western Governments, in providing cooperative aid to the Pakistani government, should place some conditions upon it: full respect for religious freedom, protection of persecute ...
• 15 March 2011
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The relics of the Patron of Missions in Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – The relics of St Terese of Lisieux, Patron of Missions, arrived yesterday, 14 March, at the airport in Tel Aviv, welcomed by the Apostolic Nuncio in Israel, Archbishop Antonio Franco, by the ...