Asia

• 22 March 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Hotline” for religious minorities with President Zardari: Christians report two serious cases of violence Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The President of Pakistan, Ali Zardari, said he would set up a “hotline” to report directly to its officers the most serious cases of violence against religious minorities in Pakistan. Z ...
• 22 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Feng Xian Parish remembers Canadian missionaries killed in World War II for defending thousands Xu Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – The Parish of Feng Xian in the Diocese of Xu Zhou, Jiang Su Province, has paid tribute to three Canadian Jesuit missionaries killed during the Second World War, with testimonies of several wit ...
• 20 March 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Evangelization Association begins at St. Paul Parish in Mu Dan Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) – After 10 months of preparation, the Evangelization Association of the parish of St. Paul in Mu Dan, in the Diocese of Kaohsiung, has finally taken shape. According to information received by ...
• 18 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - “The spirituality of St. Joseph is still relevant today”: Chinese Catholics extremely devoted to Patron of the Mission in China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Humility, generosity, unconditional devotion, enlivened by a genuine spirit of service, living in poverty, absolute obedience and chastity, all these virtues that distinguish St. Joseph, which ...
• 18 March 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Obama's visit, an opportunity for Indonesian Islam Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Barak Obama's visit to Indonesia is a great opportunity to prove that "Islam can coexist and contribute to a pluralistic society" and that "the United States and the Islamic community in the w ...
• 18 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Federal law against violence among communities: Christians offer proposals and modifications New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – It's a good document which seeks to protect the idea of a secular country, where rights are equal for all, and aims to prevent incidents of intercommunity and interreligious violence. But it ...
• 18 March 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Dengue spreads north, authorities call for continued vigilance Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – The spread of dengue hemorrhagic fever is declining in northern Sri Lanka, but health officials are wary to let their guard down and call for heightened vigilance. At the beginning of this yea ...
• 18 March 2010
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Women continue to die from birth-related causes Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – In Myanmar, where abortion is illegal, complications due to dangerous abortion procedures are the third leading cause of maternal deaths after post-partum haemorrhage and eclampsia (seizures), ...
• 17 March 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - Blood and black magic in the “Red Shirts” protests: Buddhists reconsecrate stained palaces and, like Christians, pray for peace Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – "We are very concerned. Buddhist and Christian faithful are praying for peace. We hope and pray that the situation will not become more violent. The party of the 'red' is now divided between t ...
• 17 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics send over 90,000 Euros in aid to Haitian earthquake victims Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – As of March 6, the Chinese Catholic community, under the leadership of Jinde Charities, the Chinese Catholic charitable organization, collected 852,036 Yuan (or 92,000 Euros) for the Ha ...
• 17 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - New center opened for street children Howrah (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of their 25th anniversary of working in favor of street children, on March 11, the Salesian community of Calcutta-Ashalayam opened a center, open 24 hours a day for child protection an ...
• 16 March 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Promoting vocations in Year of the Priest also involves parents “to be generous like Saint Joseph” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – In preparation for the solemnity of St. Joseph, the Catholic communities of the continent are working to promote vocations in this Year for Priests, calling for all parents to be generous like ...
• 16 March 2010
  ASIA/IRAQ - Bishop Warduni encourages Christians to enter into government coalition Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – "We encourage lay Christians to be involved in politics, to take up their full responsibility, and if there was a possibility, to enter the government coalition, to give a direct contribution ...
• 16 March 2010
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Amidst conflict and difficulties, using weapons of prayer to change hearts Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Faced with riots that flare up again to Jerusalem, before the conflict that seems to rob the Holy Land of its hopes, "our response is prayer, the invocation of the Most High, asking that He ...
• 15 March 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 1,000 incidents of anti-Christian violence in 2 years; latest situation in Karnataka worse than Orissa Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Today, March 15, the police went to the Cathedral of Karwar (coastal town in Karnataka) and warned the Vicar General to stop spreading Christian literature and Christian religious pictures b ...