Asia

• 18 September 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In North West Frontier Province terrorists are targeting Christians says Catholic Justice and Peace Commission Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in North West Pakistan are subject to threats, violence intimidation and their lives are in danger every day because of terrorist groups in the area. This was reported to Fides by the ...
• 18 September 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Italian NGO AVSI opens new Home for Orphans in Tamil Nadu Pondicherry (Agenzia Fides) - In the southern state of Tamil Nadu, one of the poorest India, childhood is difficult: many children are orphans, many live on the streets, without healthcare or schooling, many are forced ...
• 17 September 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Foundation helps destitute parents face expenses of baptism parties and schooling to guarantee children a more dignified life Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty prevents the parents of 10 million children in the Philippines, the largest Catholic country in Asia, from having their children baptised, according to Hulog ng Langit Foundation (Sent fr ...
• 17 September 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishops Justice and Peace Commission calls on the Foreign Ministry not express abroad support for the country's anti-blasphemy laws Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Through its Commission for Justice and Peace of the Pakistan Catholic Bishops' Conference has called on the Foreign Ministry not to express abroad support for the country's 'blasphemy laws', espe ...
• 17 September 2007
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Solidarity for the poor and commitment for peace: Caritas Jerusalem marks 40 years of service Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - On September 15 and 16 Caritas Jerusalem celebrated forty years of activity in the field of schooling, healthcare, support for families in need on the one hand and promotion of reconciliation ...
• 15 September 2007
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Italian Franciscan Friar restores a smile and dignity to street children, abandoned children and orphans in Talgar Talgar (Agenzia Fides) - “With the help of Italian friends and volunteers at Talgar Catholic Mission building work on the House started in June is almost finished”, said Fr. Guido Trezzani, Franciscan Friar on miss ...
• 14 September 2007
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Caritas ready to intervene to assist earthquake victims in Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - While in the south of the Indonesian island of Sumatra aftershocks continue to follow the powerful earthquake which struck on 12 September - so strong that the local authorities issued a series ...
• 14 September 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Following governor's assent harsh anti-conversion law in Chhattisgarh State comes into force Raipur (Agenzia Fides) - The governor of India's central eastern Chhattisgarh State E.S.L. Narasimhan, has given his assent and signed an anti-conversion law approved about a year ago by the State parliament influenced b ...
• 13 September 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Bishops say : “the conviction of former president is a warning for all corrupt officials”. Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The fight against corruption in the Philippines has acquired a symbol event: former President Joseph Estrada, convicted of corruption, false witness and detraction of public funds - over 4 billio ...
• 13 September 2007
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Earthquake in Sumatra, fear of tsunami nightmare returns Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - People on the Indonesian island of Sumatra are still under shock after an earthquake hit the island yesterday 12 September and the national meteorological office announced that the tsunami warn ...
• 12 September 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Multimedia Evangelisation: Tej-Prasarini Salesian Communications Centre in Mumbai, most useful for the Church in India ever more present in the new media Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - For some years now the Catholic Church in India has given priority attention to increasing its presence in the media which offer new forums for evangelisation. This intuition led the local Chur ...
• 12 September 2007
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “Flores, happy island of Muslim-Christian harmony among families, in schools and in society”: testimony from Sr Daniela Martinello, 13 years on mission in Indonesia Ende (Agenzia Fides) - “The Indonesian island of Flores is a happy example of Muslim Christian harmony among families, in schools and in society. This happens when there is respect and reciprocal trust and joint effort ...
• 11 September 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - South Korea death penalty “abolitionist de facto” if this year ends with no execution having been carried out Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Awareness campaigns promoted by the local Catholic Church, other religious communities, civil associations, and the media with regard to the need to abolish the death penalty, have brought good re ...
• 11 September 2007
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - “Don't forget Sri Lanka!”: Sri Lanka's Christians call on international community to remember the travailed island of the Indian subcontinent. Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians of Sri Lanka have urged the international community not to forget the travailed Island of the Indian subcontinent, where civil conflict is causing unbearable suffering and the dea ...
• 10 September 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - September commemoration of Martyrs: local Church initiatives Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The local Catholic Church dedicates the month of September to commemorating its martyrs in particular Saint Andrea Kim Taegon and companions (1821-1846), the first Korean priest and patron saint o ...