Asia

• 13 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rimsha will not be in the courtroom for the trial; the blasphemy law is "a thorn for the country" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Rimsha Masih, a Christian girl accused of blasphemy and released on bail by a Court in Islamabad, will not be in the courtroom for the trial, scheduled for tomorrow, September 14. This is conf ...
• 12 September 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Apostolic Nuncio, Mgr. Caccia: expectations and scenarios that will welcome Benedict XVI Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "Waiting for the Pope, Lebanon experiences the grandeur and beauty of its national vocation again: that of a country where different identities want to live together in mutual respect." Archbisho ...
• 12 September 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Renewing our commitment to respond adequately to society: the duty of every Christian during and after the Year of the Laity Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Focus on mission in society to defend the core values: a commitment of every Christian, not only for the Year of the Laity. This is the belief of the participants at the Seminar for the Year o ...
• 11 September 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Lebanese religious mosaic Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanon is the most religiously heterogeneous and diversified society in the Middle East, with 18 officially recognized religious groups. Among Christians, the Maronite Catholic Church - which trac ...
• 11 September 2012
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - More protection for children with hearing problems, victims of serious developmental delays Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - More than 275 million people worldwide suffer from moderate or severe hearing problems. Among these, 80% live in countries with a low or average income. For the month of September, when school ...
• 11 September 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Catechism courses: summer courses end and the new year courses begin Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - In preparation for the new school and working year, different Continental Catholic communities launched new catechism classes. From Beijing to He Bei, from Zhe Jiang to Fu Jian, summer courses h ...
• 10 September 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The mission of Catholic universities in South-East Asia and the Far East: "to lead people to get to know Jesus." Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - "Contribution by Catholic Higher Education to Sustainable Development in Modern World: From Service Learning to Social Enterpreneurship" was the theme of the 20th Annual Conference of The Associ ...
• 10 September 2012
  ASIA/IRAN - Christian Pastor acquitted of apostasy; a revision of the law is needed Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - The Iranian Christian Protestant Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani was acquitted of apostasy, for which he faced the death penalty, he has been released and is at home with his family. The Supreme Court f ...
• 10 September 2012
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A new cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima in the land of the gulag Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Kazaka in Karaganda has officially inaugurated the new Cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima, "Mary, Mother of All Nations." The solemn rite of consecration was celebrated y ...
• 7 September 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Open the door of faith and invoke the Lord so that he "makes us see again": Pastoral Letter of the Bishop of Zheng Ding for the Year of Faith Feng Xiang (Agenzia Fides) - Open the door of faith, together with our Heavenly Mother, so that the Lord "let us see again" (Luke 18.41): is the invitation addressed to the faithful by His Excellency Msg. Julius Jia Zhi ...
• 7 September 2012
  ASIA/LEBANON - A Christian and Muslim vigil, waiting for the Pope Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - A Muslim-Christian vigil to invoke the protection of God and the Virgin Mary on the visit of Benedict XVI. On the evening of September 12, the eve of the Pope's arrival in Lebanon, four processio ...
• 7 September 2012
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - A million children under 5 years of age are malnourished Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the massive international aid to Afghanistan, about one third of children under five years of age of the entire northern region, amounting to one million, suffer from malnutrition, a level ...
• 7 September 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Rimsha is free; her case upholds the review of the blasphemy law Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - This morning the Pakistani judge Muhammad Azam Khan granted the bail for Rimsha Masih, a Christian teenager arrested in Pakistan on charges of blasphemy for having burned pages of the Koran. T ...
• 7 September 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - More than one million children are at risk because of the food and health crisis Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - In Syria and neighboring countries where they have taken refuge, there is an alarm for minors due to the shortage of food and health care facilities. There are tens of thousands of children inv ...
• 6 September 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - In the parish of Jiang Yin, the Diocese of Nan Jing, 294 baptized in eight months Nan Jing (Agenzia Fides) - In the first eight months of 2012, the parish of Jiang Yin of the Diocese of Nan Jing, in the province of Jiang Su, welcomed 294 new members after a long journey of preparation and catechesis. ...