Asia

• 13 February 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - "The Church is concerned, but has confidence in the authorities and in justice," President of the Bishops' Conference tells Fides Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Sri Lanka "which is acting in compliance with the institutions and has expressed its concern, is confident in the national legal system, without renouncing her prophetic role and ...
• 13 February 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - 14 children die, 6 hospitalized after fire at student hostel Dimapur (Agenzia Fides) – On Thursday, February 11, a fire broke out in a small student hostel near the Don Bosco Institute in Palin, in the State of Arunachal Pradesh, bordering China in the “India-Dimapur” Provi ...
• 12 February 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics prepare to live New Year under banner of evangelization Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – In preparation for Chinese New Year, which falls on February 14 and is the great holiday of traditional Chinese culture, the Catholic world from the mainland to Hong Kong is getting ready to w ...
• 10 February 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Bishop will serve as Shazia Bashir's family lawyer Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Timothy Nasir, of the Presbyterian Church in Pakistan, will lead the team of lawyers following the case of Shazia Bashir, the Catholic girl who was tortured, raped, and killed on January ...
• 10 February 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Put out into the deep, participate in evangelization!”: Pastoral Letter 2010 from the Regional Bishops' Conference of Taiwan Taiwan (Agenzia Fides) – Maintaining the spirit of the celebration of 150 years of evangelization in Taiwan, the Year for Priests, and commitment to environmental protection and the integrity of creation are the three ...
• 10 February 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Youth in line, knocking on the monastery doors: testimony from Fr. Luigi De Giambattista, of the Congregation of Servants of Charity Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Youth in line, knocking on the monastery doors, for a radical choice of consecration. This is Vietnam 2010." This is what is read in a note from Father Luigi De Giambattista of the Congregation of ...
• 10 February 2010
  ASIA - “Living the Eucharist in Asia is a spiritual and pastoral challenge, for the faith, reconciliation, and dialogue,” Archbishop Orlando Quevedo, Secretary General of the FABC, tells Fides Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – The Final Document of the 9th Plenary Assembly of the FABC (Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences), held in August 2009 on the theme “Living the Eucharist in Asia” has just recently bee ...
• 10 February 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Conclusion of Pilgrimage of Trust sponsored by Taize Community in Asia Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Over 3,500 young people, for the most part from Asia, were in Manila between 3 and 7 February to take part in the Pilgrimage of Trust sponsored by the Taize Community in Asia. Although most were ...
• 9 February 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Day for Consecrated Life offers renewed encouragement in promoting vocations Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Those who chose the consecrated life should be a bridge of communion “with intelligence, wisdom, and discretion,” and everyone should work to promote vocations, “not only to the priest ...
• 9 February 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Popular consultation and dialogue in Mindanao: an effective contribution to building peace Davao (Agenzia Fides) - “Peace in Mindanao starts from the ground up: we need to communicate with the people, inform them, make them participate in the content of the peace accord,” Agenzia Fides was told by Jesuit F ...
• 9 February 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Post-tsunami Aceh offers hope to Haiti Medan (Agenzia Fides) – God can turn an evil into good. From a tragedy can come hope and new life. This is the message that the Province of Banda Aceh (North Sumatra Island), destroyed by the tsunami in 2004, offers to ...
• 8 February 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics appreciated and recognized by society and the media Beiijing (Agenzia Fides) – A Catholic has been chosen by major Chinese national media and by the votes cast on-line, to be among the list of “Top 10 People of 2009,” and a Catholic university student, who died savi ...
• 8 February 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - Home for disabled children run by Camillians organizes yearly Day for Children Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Every second Saturday in January, Thailand celebrates the "Day for Children". This year, the day was January 9, and the St. Camillus Foundation of Thailand and the Lat Krabang Home for Disable ...
• 8 February 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Evangelical Church in Borneo presents case for using “Allah” in the Bible Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – The saga over the use of the name “Allah” for Christians in Malaysia is still holding court in Malaysian society, note sources of Fides from the local Church. The Evangelical Church ...
• 8 February 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shazia and violence against Christian women in Pakistan Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The sad story of Shazia - a Christian girl who was raped, tortured, and killed by her employer, a wealthy Muslim lawyer in Lahore (see Fides 25/01/2010) – is "a reminder to the public and the ...