Asia

• 1 March 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of Bishop of Dà Lat Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 1 March 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Dà Lat (Vietnam), Bishop Antoine Vu Huy Chuong, until now Bishop of Hung Hoá. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 1/ ...
• 1 March 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Appointment of Bishop of Hung Hoá Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 1 March 2011, appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Hung Hoá (Vietnam), Bishop Jean Marie Vu Tât, until now titular Bishop of Tisiduo and Auxiliary of the ...
• 28 February 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Report on anti-Christian violence presented and endorsed by the Federal Government New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Report by Judge Michael Saldanha, which establishes the truth about the anti-Christian violence which occurred in the State of Karnataka in 2008, was officially presented to three Federa ...
• 28 February 2011
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Growing numbers of missionary priests and laity; a force for evangelisation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Lay Catholics working abroad constitute a strength and vast potential for evangelisation, especially for Asia: the Catholic Church in Korea told Fides, presenting new statistics on Catholic miss ...
• 26 February 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Attack on a Catholic school, “chain of protests” by Christians in Karnataka Belgaum (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic School of Divine Providence in Tilakwadi, in the Diocese of Belgaum, in the Indian State of Karnataka, was attacked by vandals who shattered the windows and and damaged the struct ...
• 26 February 2011
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Afghan lawyer: “Laws needed which respect human rights” Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – One Christian was saved, but others risk death: Afghanistan urgently needs new laws which “fully respect human rights, freedom of conscience, speech and religion,” declared Afzal Nooristani ...
• 25 February 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Anti-conversion law: The High Court admits a petition to repeal it Shimla (Agenzia Fides) – For Christian Indians it is good news and the beginning of a judicial process: the High Court of the State of Himachal Pradesh, in the North of India, has admitted an appeal which contests the ...
• 25 February 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Annual Assembly of the Diocese of Feng Xiang: faithful and priests must dedicate every effort to evangelisation Feng Xiang (Agenzia Fides) – All the faithful and priests of the Diocese should dedicate themselves to evangelisation in the full awareness of their own identity and of the mandate entrusted to them by the Lord and the ...
• 25 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Moratorium on blasphemy: new proposal by civil society Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – A moratorium on applying the blasphemy law in Pakistan: this is the new proposal circulating in Pakistani civil society, finding support among intellectuals, journalists and the well-educat ...
• 24 February 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - A new report on anti-Christian violence “re-establishes the truth”: the Church presents report to the Federal Government Bombay (Agenzia Fides) – A new report on anti-Christian violence re-establishes the truth, replacing a previous report – entrusted to Judge B. K. Somasekhara – who denied all responsibility for the attacks in Karna ...
• 24 February 2011
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - More security and a different mentality for girls' education Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – According to the Education Minister it seems that the Taliban have changed their attitude drastically towards the schooling of women, even if the Afghan Islamic Emirate has not publicly confirme ...
• 24 February 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - New information technology promotes evangelisation and information on the life of the Church Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Hong Kong Diocesan Audio-Visual Centre and the faithful of Hong Kong have launched the “Mobile Web Apps” and “Liturgypedia” in version iPhone/iPod to promote formation and inform ...
• 24 February 2011
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Civil society: “Corruption undermines food security” Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – Bangladesh is a country that, as officially announced by the Government, is self-sufficient in terms of food production. Yet despite this, it is afflicted by the scourge of the lack of “food s ...
• 23 February 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic woman in jail for blasphemy in Punjab: Bishops' concerns and appeal Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Punjab and throughout Pakistan is in shock by this latest case of injustice. Agnes Nuggo, a Catholic woman from Faisalabad, in Punjab has been unjustly accused of blasphe ...
• 23 February 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Diaconate and priestly ordinations continue in the Chinese Catholic community Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Various mainland Chinese Catholic communities continue to celebrate new priestly and diaconate ordinations at this time (see Fides 14/1/2011), according to information 'Faith' in He Bei sends ...