Asia

• 28 January 2010
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - “There is an effort to fan the flames of religious conflict,” says Church in Malaysia, awaiting meeting between Prime Minister and Archbishop Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – In Malaysia, several individuals or groups of provocateurs are seeking to fan the flames of religious conflict. The technique is well known: they hit and profane places of worship and sym ...
• 28 January 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - “Guardian angels” for lepers in China: Catholic faithful and religious work together in 20 public facilities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – According to the latest statistics of the Catholic Church on the mainland, reported by the Faith Institute for Cultural Studies (FICS), as of December 8, 2009 about 80 nuns are hard at work in ...
• 27 January 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Promote peace and development, facing the challenge of the Tamil: Rajapaksa's homework Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - “We hope that the elected president will work to promote peace and development in the nation: these are priority concerns." This is what Bishop Vianney Fernando, President of the Bishops' Conf ...
• 27 January 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - “The Redemptorists in Vietnam are working for peace and for the good of the people,” Superior General of the Congregation tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very unpleased with the unjust accusations of being 'instigators of riots', as has been stated in some Vietnamese media sources. I wish the world knew that the Redemptorists in Vietnam have ...
• 27 January 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Local Bishop tells Fides attacks on three Catholic Churches in Karnataka are “only a pretext” Karwar (Agenzia Fides) – Three Catholic churches have been attacked by vandals in recent days in the state of Karnataka, in Southwestern India. Those responsible for the attacks are youth members of a Hindu extremist o ...
• 27 January 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics prepare for Chinese New Year by visiting those in need, offering material and spiritual aid Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – In anticipation of Chinese New Year, which falls this year on February 14, the Chinese Catholic community is already organizing itself, as it does every year, to care for disadvantaged familie ...
• 26 January 2010
  ASIA/LAOS - First Buddhist University in Laos - When will there be Catholic schools? Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) – Laos will have its first Buddhist university. The first stone of the new institution was officially placed on Sunday, January 24, in a solemn public ceremony in Vientiane. The institute, u ...
• 26 January 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Shazia's story and the reality of child labor Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – While the nation is still reeling from the tragic story of Shazia – the young Catholic girl brutally murdered in Lahore by her Muslim employer (see Fides 25/1/2010), the Catholic Church in Pa ...
• 25 January 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - “Let us not forget our fellow Redemptorists and the faithful of Vietnam”- Appeal from Redemptorist Superior General Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope the Vietnamese government conducts an investigation of the incidents at Dong Chiem and that they act with justice. The Provincial Superior of the Redemptorists in Vietnam has requested our ...
• 25 January 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - 241 registered for first Training Course at new Saint Paul Mission Center in Diocese of Kaohsiung Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - "Woe to me if I preach not the Gospel" is the recommendation taken from the Letters of St. Paul, that Archbishop Peter Liu Cheng-chung of the Diocese of Kaohsiung addressed to 241 students at ...
• 25 January 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Emotional outpour and protests among Christians following brutal murder of Catholic girl Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Profound emotion, anger, and protests have been taking place among Christians in Pakistan after the murder of a Catholic girl, 12-year-old Shazia Bashir, who was tortured, raped, and killed by ...
• 25 January 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Director of Rawalpindi Christian Study Center tells Fides about the “long course of violence against Christians” Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - "The tragic case of Shazia will not be the last. It is very sad. The girl was tortured and killed for no reason. She was young, weak, and Christian, and therefore, a perfect victim. We see di ...
• 23 January 2010
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Indignation and concern worldwide, following violence against faithful in Hanoi Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – The violence taking place against religious and faithful in the parish of Dong Chiem, in Hanoi, are causing serious concern even in Vatican circles. After the visit of President Nguyen Minh Trie ...
• 23 January 2010
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Letter from Bishop of Kaohsiung for the new year: a great missionary future after the 150th anniversary of evangelization Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) – A hymn of thanks to the Lord for the past year, the active commitment to evangelization as a plan of life for the new year 2010, based on the Word of God who calls all to conversion and the ...
• 22 January 2010
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Reconciliation and development: challenges for the new president, Archbishop of Colombo tells Fides Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The new president, after the elections on January 26, will have two priorities: "the reconciliation of society and the economic development of the country." This is what Agenzia Fides was told b ...