Asia

• 28 October 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Health emergency for refugees of volcano eruption Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Indonesian health authorities are warning of increased health risks for thousands of people displaced by the volcano eruption in central Java. At least 28 people are now confirmed dead and 90 ho ...
• 27 October 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Caritas makes appeal to faithful to show solidarity to disaster victims Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – "We are working tirelessly on three fronts: the floods in Papua, the eruption of the volcano Merapi in Java, and a new tsunami in Sumatra. The emergencies have come one after the next, without ...
• 26 October 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians beaten and arrested on allegations of “forced conversions” New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Christians involved in social work, schools, or in preaching the Gospel are the main targets of Hindu (as well as Buddhist) extremist groups who accuse them of "fraudulent and forced conver ...
• 26 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - WHO and Caritas: cholera alert, 99 cases among flood refugees Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Cholera has broken out among flood refugees: the World Health Organization today confirmed 99 cases of cholera among displaced populations in the country after the floods. The cases were reg ...
• 26 October 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Beijing Cathedral returns to its original splendor of 1887 Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Beijing's Cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Savior (often called Bei Tang or the church of Xi shi ku), returns to its former glory of 1887, and also back to being the center of the life of the ...
• 25 October 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Rise in attacks and violence against churches, Christians concerned Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The violence and attacks, against Christian churches of all denominations, has grown in recent years and now in the past several days, especially in Jakarta and in the western part of Java isla ...
• 25 October 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - 5 priests ordained in the Diocese of Ji Nan for World Mission Sunday Fei Cheng (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Ji Nan, in the Province of Shan Dong celebrated World Mission Sunday with a solemn ordination to the priesthood. According to “Faith,” the ordination took place Friday, Oc ...
• 25 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Khushpur: one of few Christian villages, over 1300 families without food, housing, medicine, and drinking water Khushpur (Agenzia Fides) – The live report continues from the two Camillian missionaries sent by Camillian Task Force for an initial survey of the needs of Pakistani flood victims. The missionaries told Fides that the ...
• 25 October 2010
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - War, lack of vaccine access, low awareness are main obstacles for ridding the country of polio Kabul (Agenzia Fides) – Hopes for a polio-free northern Afghanistan have been dashed after a case was reported in the northern Kunduz Province in August, almost a decade since the last one. The crippling virus has been ...
• 23 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Families on mission among refugees, discouraged, and those in debt Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic families are on a mission among flood victims: as the difficult phase of reconstruction and the return to normal life begins, "the Catholic community in Pakistan, in every diocese, ce ...
• 22 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians protest chapel violently taken over by Muslims Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - A nonviolent protest and an outdoor Mass: this is how Christians in Pakistan intend to raise awareness in the national government and public opinion regarding the case of an illegal occupati ...
• 22 October 2010
  ASIA/TURKEY - The memory of Bishop Padovese at "Glimpses of the Christians of the Middle East" Rome (Agenzia Fides) – "A kind and generous man, born in Milan, but with a great Turkish affection." This is how Bishop Luigi Padovese was described by Archbishop Fahrat, Nuncio emeritus in Turkey, speaking of the Bish ...
• 22 October 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop John Tong delivers the Gospel "so the faithful can assume their missionary commitment" Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop John Tong presented the Gospel to the delegates of the parishes of Hong Kong "so the faithful can assume their missionary commitment" in bearing witness to Jesus and to proclaiming the ...
• 21 October 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Typhus, cholera, malaria, hemorrhagic fever, eye infections, and skin diseases...we are in urgent need of medicine to face the epidemics”: appeal from Fr. Waseem Ibang (Agenzia Fides) – In Pakistan, the situation remains critical. The biggest problems are health concerns. There are many people suffering from intestinal infections, typhoid, cholera, malaria, hemorrhagic fever, e ...
• 21 October 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - New life for the Shrine of the “Red Sand Saint,” venerated by Christians and non alike Madurai (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of St. John de Britto, the Jesuit Province of Madurai, India, has prepared a great initiative called the Shrine Britto Dream Project, i.e. a large shrine in honor of the saint, as the ...