Asia

• 24 May 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “A society which fails to respect life at all its stages is victim of the worst type of underdevelopment, moral underdevelopment”: College of Lawyers says with regard to the legalisation of abortion Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Argentinean College of Lawyers issued a statement signed by Enrique V. de Carril president and Guillermo Lipera secretary calling public attention to the government’s intention to leg ...
• 24 May 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Justice and Peace Commission organises Seminar to promote new strategies for the future: social justice and protection of human rights New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Recently a three day seminar of meetings, reflection, planning was held to elaborate guidelines for the activity of the Indian Bishops’ Commission for Justice and Peace. The seminar held in ...
• 24 May 2006
  ASIA/THAILAND - More Karen refugees arrive from Myanmar where conflict is ever fiercer Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Ever fiercer fighting, growing poverty, continual violation of human rights in Myanmar have caused at least 2,000 more people to cross the frontier into Thailand. They fled the region of Kayin w ...
• 23 May 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic School and Hong Kong Youth Association promote service for the elderly reaping unexpected fruits Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Service, use of talents of young people, promoting in them a sense of community, encouraging a spirit of commitment for society: these are the goals of a Service Project promoted by the Hong K ...
• 23 May 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese and British Catholic academics share religious and cultural views on the theme “The role of faith in a globalised world” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of Chinese academics and religious led by Rev. Peter Zhao, director of the Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture and the Sapientis Press Publishing House recently visi ...
• 23 May 2006
  ASIA/NEPAL - “Hindu Kingdom” turns “secular state”: Nepal is changing. New hopes for the local Catholic community and other religious minorities Kathmandu (Fides Service) - A new page opens in the history of Nepal, a page which is a promise of hope, values of democracy, freedom, human rights. The small Catholic community in Nepal is happy with the fact that this ...
• 23 May 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - www.biblegujarat.org: Church in Gujarat launches web site offering information on Jesus Christ and the Bible Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - A new web site www.biblegujarat.org recently inaugurated by the Church in Gujarat State will serve as a channel of communion for the different Catholic communities, a new means of evangelisati ...
• 22 May 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic School and Hong Kong Youth Association promote service for the elderly reaping unexpected fruits Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Service, use of talents of young people, promoting in them a sense of community, encouraging the spirit of commitment for society: these are the goals of a Service Project promoted by the Hong ...
• 22 May 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Anti-conversion law does not come into force in Rajasthan: Governor sends it back to legislative assembly Jaipur (Fides Service) - A small victory won by the Christian community in Rajasthan opens the door for hope: Mrs Pratibha Patil the state governor refused to sign an anti-conversion Bill sending it back to the state par ...
• 22 May 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Growing numbers of Sri Lankan refugees reach safety in India. Call from religious leaders: “massacre of the innocents must stop” Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Over one thousand people fleeing war in northern Sri Lanka have arrived in the southern Indian region of Tamil Nadu, most of them by boat across the strait which separates the two countries. A w ...
• 20 May 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Free healthcare offered by Tai Yuan Cathedral shows loving face of God through work of Catholic doctors and volunteers Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - Over 700 citizens were visited or treated by a doctor in the first 4 hours of Free Healthcare Day organised by the Cathedral Charity Service diocese of Tai Yuan, in the province of Shan Xi. The ...
• 19 May 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - The Da Vinci Code: Catholics in China recommend objectivity and caution, calling for suitable pastoral care to orient public opinion Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “I send you as sheep among wolves; be prudent like serpents and simple like doves (Mt 10,16)”; “Adore Christ the Lord in your hearts and be ready to reply to anyone who asks the reason for th ...
• 17 May 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - First complete Bible in Konkani language spoken in Goa State Goa (Fides Service) - To render the Word of God accessible to as many people as possible especially people in Goa who speak only the local language Konkani, the Catholic archdiocese of Goa has arranged for the new editio ...
• 17 May 2006
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - City dwellers flee climate of fear and uncertainty, 5,000 displaced persons shelter with Salesian missionaries Dili (Fides Service) - “The atmosphere is one of uncertainty and waiting. Apparent calm which is more of a threat. Independence day, 20 May is approaching and people fear new outbreaks of violence. This is a difficult ...
• 16 May 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Seminar on protection for religious minorities Faisalabad (Fides Service) - More than 200 people, teachers, catechists, humanitarian workers, human rights activists and students took part in a recent seminar organised at Faisalabad by the Justice and Peace Commission ...