Asia

• 25 November 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic radio reporter among victims of Maguindanao massacre Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic journalist, a volunteer of a diocesan radio, was among the 12 journalists killed in the massacre of Maguindanao, which according to the latest information from the local police has exc ...
• 25 November 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The local police are accomplices in the massacre,” and behind it all is an “imprudent decision” made by the Electoral Commission Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) – The Maguinano massacre was "an announced massacre.” For days, the "people on the street" knew of threats and impending clashes between rival clans, which had "their own armed paramilitary b ...
• 25 November 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - The importance of the religious life of the Church in China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, November 21, which is so dear to Chinese Catholics, religious sisters of various congregations in mainland China na ...
• 24 November 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Every people, every generation can and should boast about its martyrs. Martyrs are not simply heroic examples of fidelity, courage and perseverance in a pagan world, they are living channels of the salvation brought by Christ.” Cardinal Tomko in Taichung Taichung (Agenzia Fides) - “Christ washes away the sin of the world, taking it upon himself, offering his life, forgiving those who kill Him. The sin of every generation is taken away, conquered by Christ who lives in ...
• 24 November 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Illegal proliferation of light weapons is a plague on Mindanao,” Fr. Elisha Mecado, OMI says, following Maguindanao massacre Cotabato City (Agenzia Fides) – Among society in Cotabato and neighboring provinces, there is great fear and indignation at what in Mindanao they call “war road”: violence between paramilitary groups and the prolif ...
• 24 November 2009
  ASIA/VIETNAM - A lively and dynamic community for the Holy Year Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community of Vietnam is entering into its Jubilee Year today with great dynamism and enthusiasm. The local Church remembers the 350 years since the establishment of the first ...
• 23 November 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Tomko in Kaohsiung: “What the Church today should fear is not persecution, but becoming tasteless...To give taste to the world, means showing people the paths of the Lord's salvation.” Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - “Christ is the light. Christ entrusted to his disciples the mission to be light. In our society today many young people, many adults, men and women of culture, seek the way to salvation and the ...
• 23 November 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Missionaries for the world “Made in Taiwan” Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - "The official closing of the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the evangelization of Taiwan just ended. You could taste the joy of a wonderful experience of prayer and fellowship," Agenzia ...
• 23 November 2009
  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Swine flu shows alarming reports from Eastern Mediterranean Dubai (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest World Health Organization estimates, influenza H1N1 has so far more victims in Iran than in the other 22 countries of the WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Region. With 33 deaths ...
• 23 November 2009
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Jubilee Year of the Church in Vietnam recalls faith and martyrdom in story of two Apostolic Vicariates of Tonkin and Cochinchina Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church celebrates tomorrow, 24 November, the Solemnity of the 117 Vietnamese martyrs canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1988, beatified in four groups: 64 in 1900 by Leo XIII, 8 in 190 ...
• 21 November 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Church of Taiwan, arise and walk! A new stage in your history is about to begin! The stage of the new evangelization!”: exhortation of Cardinal Tomko at closing celebrations for the 150th Anniversary of the Evangelization of Taiwan Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - “Closing the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the evnaglization of Taiwan on the Feast of Christ the King has a special significance for you. It is a new call to continue and rekindle t ...
• 21 November 2009
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Vietnam-Vatican: signs of hope with the visit of Vietnamese President to Italy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I hope that President Nguyen Minh Triet, who will be in Italy in December, will meet the Holy Father." This is what Agenzia Fides was told be Cardinal Jean Baptiste Pham Minh Man, Archbi ...
• 21 November 2009
  ASIA/VIETNAM - “The Jubilee Year is a time of grace for the Church in Vietnam and for her mission,” Cardinal Pham Minh Man tells Agenzia Fides Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In this Jubilee Year, as the People of God, we want to remember the grace that God has given us over many centuries. We want to thank him and thank the missionary martyrs who gave their li ...
• 21 November 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Social work, sustainable transformation, activities with children - responses to National Seminar on Human Rights of Children and Youth New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - National Seminar on "Human Rights of Children and Youth" organized by the Salesian Inspectorate "Jesus the Good Shepherd" in India-New Dehli (INN) recetnly ended in the city of New Delhi. The ...
• 20 November 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the evangelization of Taiwan have led local Church "to a greater awareness of their missionary identity” National Director of PMS, Fr. Felice Chech, tells Fides; Saturday 21st scheduled closing presided by Cardinal Tomko Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Saturday, November 21, Solemnity of Christ the King, Special Envoy of Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of P ...