Asia

• 5 June 2012
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-The Diocese of Bangassou welcomes the victims of the "tyrant of child soldiers" Bangassou (Agenzia Fides) - For about 5 years, the Bishop of Bangassou, His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Aguirre, welcomes boys and girls who succeed in escaping from the criminal Joseph Kony, "the tyrant of child soldiers", in ...
• 5 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-The Auxiliary of Lahore: "Thanks to firm faith, the status of Christians has improved " Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "To remain steadfast in faith": is the appeal to the faithful by His Exc. Mgr. Sebastian Francis Shaw (OFM), auxiliary Bishop and apostolic Administrator of the archdiocese of Lahore, on the occa ...
• 5 June 2012
  ASIA/THAILAND-Alarming phenomenon of child trafficking: forced to sell flowers and to beg Pak Kred (Agenzia Fides) - In Bangkok, about 1 thousand children are given for "rent" for very little money from the poorest families to traffickers who force them to beg and sell flowers on the streets. According to the ...
• 5 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Ashton should speak of religious minorities, religious freedom, blasphemy": appeal of the NGOs Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Abuses against religious minorities, human rights, religious freedom, the blasphemy law: these are the hot spots and issues of "serious concern" that Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative f ...
• 4 June 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Maryknoll Missionary awarded the "Humanitarian Award of Hong Kong" for commitment in favour of prisoners, the elderly and poor Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Thomas A. Peyton, 81, a missionary of the Society for Foreign Missions, Maryknoll, was honored with the Red Cross of the Hong Kong Special Administration "for his contributions to the car ...
• 4 June 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Christians and Muslims re-launch the values of dialogue, tolerance, unity Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - While the country is ravaged by sectarian violence and the growth of religious extremism, Christian and Muslim leaders re-launch the values of dialogue, peace and tolerance. "Meeting, dialogue, p ...
• 4 June 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - "The desolation of Homs and the war of information ": the words of a greek-catholic Archimandrite Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace in Syria could be saved if everyone told the truth. After a year of conflict, the reality on the ground is far from the picture that imposes disinformation in Western media": says a test ...
• 1 June 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - 60 years of Camillian mission in Taiwan, "so that the sick are assisted with compassion and professionalism" Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The 60-year mission of the Camillians (Ministers of the Sick) in Taiwan have been fully inspired by the spirituality of St. Camillus de Lellis: so that the sick are cared for with compassion and ...
• 31 May 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The aging of society requires a further qualification of evangelization Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The latest census of 2011 commissioned by the Special Administration of Hong Kong, once again confirms the trend already recorded in previous years: the aging of society in Hong Kong. This rea ...
• 31 May 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - UN alert: Judges under pressure to apply the "blasphemy law" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The issue of "blasphemy" is a "black hole" for the judicial system in Pakistan. The Pakistani judges are under pressure to condemn to death those accused under the "blasphemy law", while lawye ...
• 31 May 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - The death of Bishop Li Yi, a shining example of a caring and zealous priest pastor Changzhi (Agenzia Fides) - On May 24, 2012, liturgical memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians, and World Day of Prayer for the Church in China, His Exc. Mgr. Ermenegildo Li Yi, O.F.M., 88 years old, Bishop of Cha ...
• 31 May 2012
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Churches closed, bans and threats to Christians: religious freedom denied in Sumatra Medan (Agenzia Fides) – Threats to Christians, they are not allowed to gather to pray , churches are closed, appeasement of the civil authorities: is a disturbing picture on freedom of religion for Christians in Sumat ...
• 30 May 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Jesuit Fr. Paolo Dall'Oglio in prayer in Qusayr to stop the sectarian conflict Qusayr (Agenzia Fides) - The minaret wakes him in the night, but in doing so, "helps him in prayer before dawn, that of the monks of the East". An oasis of prayer "in the middle of the fight, in an enclosed city; constan ...
• 30 May 2012
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian refugees welcomed by the Jesuits in the convent of St. Vartan Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Families of displaced Syrians, fled from the conflict that raged in the west of the country, found hospitality and were welcomed in the Convent of St. Vartan, run by the Jesuits in the Midan neig ...
• 30 May 2012
  ASIA/TAIWAN - More impetus to mission: the Sisters of Providence 250 years since its founding Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The evangelization continues to be the top priority for the Sisters of Providence, said of Portieux (Soeurs de la Providence de Portieux) that celebrated the 250th anniversary of the foundation ...