Asia

• 21 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians killed: ambiguity of government and police regarding respect for human rights Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Over 60 Islamic militants arrested, investigations underway, other arrests expected: this has been the reaction of the government and local police in Faisalabad, following the barbarous assa ...
• 21 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians killed: seven days of mourning Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – Christians in Faisalabad, besides police, social and religious organisations have announced that they will observe seven days of mourning for the two Christian brothers murdered two days ag ...
• 21 July 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Evangelising through reading: inauguration of Catholic area at Hong Kong Book Fair 2010 Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Today, 21 July, at 10.30am local time (Hong Kong), Mgr Michael Yeung Ming Cheung, diocesan vicar of Hong Kong, presided the solemn blessing and inauguration of the Catholic stands at the ann ...
• 20 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishop of Faisalabad: “Obscure forces foment interreligious tension and hatred” Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Joseph Coutts is anxious and exhausted after being up all night, in constant contact with the civil authorities and the police which succeeded in restoring law and order in the subur ...
• 20 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Mob attack on Christians: “sleepless night” for the Church in Faisalabad Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – “Policemen patrol every street in Waris pura. After last night's attacks, the situation is tense and some panic stricken Christian families are barricaded in their homes. I and other Cath ...
• 20 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - New Bishop of Xiamen ordains first deacons: diocese collects funds for flood victims Xiamen (Agenzia Fides) – “The solemn ordination of three deacons is a sign of the unity of the people of God, communion in the diocese of Xiamen in Christ and with the universal Church”. This was the most widesprea ...
• 20 July 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The tragedy of child offenders detained in the same prison as adults Jantho (Agenzia Fides) – Thousands of children in Indonesia live behind prison bars. The minimum age of penal responsibility is eight years, often for very minor offences. Most minor offenders detained in prisons where ...
• 20 July 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - "Guanelliana Summer" for children: summer school for more than 500 boys and girls aged 5 to 15 Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Guanelliana Summer for children in India coincides with the months of April and May, when lessons stop and the temperature in places rises to 45°, as it does in the mission in Andhra Pradesh, ...
• 19 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian women: networking to promote rights and fight violence Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – “In the social context of Pakistan, where women suffer widespread abuse and discrimination, Christian women are the most vulnerable and defenceless the most exposed to vexation and violence ...
• 19 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Police release two Christians accused of blasphemy, but the Christian community still lives in fear Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – After suffering from threats and violence in the past few days, Christians in Faisalabad are breathing a sigh of relief: two brothers arrested on charges of blasphemy have been released. Pa ...
• 19 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Ordained new Coadjutor Bishop of Yan’an in mainland China Yan’an (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday 15 July Mgr John Baptist Yang Xiaoting, age 46 with 19 years of priesthood, was ordained coadjutor Bishop of Yan’an (Yulin), in the province of Shaanxi. He had been officially ap ...
• 19 July 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Sister Nancy Pereira, the sister of the “Bank for the Poor” dies Bangalore (Fides) – Sister Nancy Pereira, a member of the Daughters of Maria Auxiliatrix (FMA), died on 14 July at her FMA community Home in Bangalore (India). She was born at Pudukkuruchy, in the Indian state of Keral ...
• 17 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic nurse raped: the Church defends the rights of women Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Magdalene Ashraf, a 22 year old Catholic student nurse, was raped on 13 July by a Muslim doctor. After a fall from a window at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, in Karachi, where she was ...
• 17 July 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “We are confident about the government's commitment for human rights ”, says a Jesuit priest Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Human rights groups such as Human Rights Watch have called once again on President Benigno Aquino to intensify commitment to promote respect for human rights dismantling counter-power apparatus ...
• 17 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Young Catholics of Shan Tou diocese train for Summer Camp service Shan Tou (Agenzia Fides) – Holy Scripture, the Sacraments, Catechism, the Liturgy, Sacred Music, were the subjects studied during the 11th Pastoral Formation Course for young people in the diocese of Shan Tou, Guangdon ...