Asia

• 19 October 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - After 150 years of mission in Hong Kong, the Dominicans confirm the commitment of evangelization and the formation of preachers Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "Our celebration of 150 years of mission is a time of commemoration and missionary celebration, confirming the mission of evangelization. The province of Hong Kong continues to be the basis of ...
• 19 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Bishop at the head of the Commission for the Indigenous: "A well-organized plan to eliminate the missionary" Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - "The presence and responsibility of high-profile killers makes us think of a well organized plan to kill father Fausto Tentorio. There are many open questions. The missionary was working for t ...
• 18 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Missionaries at risk: "Father Tentorio gave rights, education and awareness to the natives: this is why he was considered troublesome" Cotabato (Agenzia Fides) - "He was a troublesome character, he offered his service to literacy and education, taught the natives their rights, increased their civil awareness, their responsibilities and possibilities. Th ...
• 18 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Minister of Harmony: "I have been assured on Asia Bibi's treatment" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Asia Bibi’s case is one of those which "is uppermost in our thoughts" and the salvation of the woman "is a goal we will work hard on": says to Fides the Catholic Akram Gill, Minister of fede ...
• 18 October 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - More than 4 thousand faithful pay homage to St. Roch in the parish of Shi Pu Xia Men (Agenzia Fides) - More than 4 thousand faithful paid homage with the pilgrimage and the novena to St. Roch, in the parish of Shi Pu dedicated to the Patron Saint of plague victims in the diocese of Xia Men in Fu ...
• 18 October 2011
  ASIA/INDONESIA - In Flores there is "freedom of conversion from Islam to Christianity", notes the Bishop of Ruteng Ruteng (Agenzia Fides) - Compared to other countries of the Islamic world, where conversion from Islam to another religion is punishable even by death "in Flores, the cradle of Christianity in Indonesia, in the diocese o ...
• 17 October 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - "Let us run for all the charitable works that the Church entrusts to us": 52 nuns, 4 priests and 2 seminarians participate in the marathon in Beijing Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us run for the elderly, the poor, the disabled children, the orphans and all the charitable work that the Church has entrusted to us": with this objective 52 nuns, 4 priests and 2 seminaria ...
• 17 October 2011
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A missionary involved in the apostolate among the tribal has been killed in Mindanao Kidapawan (Agenzia Fides) - Father Fausto Tentorio, an Italian missionary of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), pastor of Arakan Valley, on the big island of Mindanao (southern Philippines), was killed ...
• 15 October 2011
  ASIA/THAILAND - The future of the country between reconciliation and amnesty for Thaksin Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - As the North of the country and also the capital city have been hit by powerful floods, what is attracting the attention of the public is the tricky question of national reconciliation and a pos ...
• 15 October 2011
  ASIA/MYANMAR - After 50 years, trade unions are legal again: for Bishops it is "an important step" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In a further move of opening up to more democratic forms of government, the Burmese regime give legitimacy and legality to trade unions, that have been banned since 1962. President Thein Sein si ...
• 14 October 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The solemn procession of the Missionary Cross of the deanery of Central Kowloon opened the Missionary Month Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The solemn procession of the Missionary Cross of the parishes of the deanery of Central Kowloon opened the Month Missionary, Sunday, October 2, waiting for World Mission Day to be held on Oct ...
• 14 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Qadri’s lawyer is the former judge who denied Asia Bibi forgiveness Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The story that binds the lives of Asia Bibi, Salman Taseer and Mumtaz Qadri, is shaking the country, generating a heated debate and protests, while Qadri’s appeal is in progress, the governor o ...
• 13 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-The Minister for Harmony provides "more protection in jail for Asia Bibi" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Federal Ministry for inter-religious harmony – appointed as a delegate for religious minorities - has "intensified all the controls of the case and ordered an internal investigation" to ...
• 13 October 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN-Torture, arbitrary detention, drug crimes: reform of the prison system is urgently needed slamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The tragic story of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy and imprisoned unjustly in Shiekupura (in Punjab), brings the attention back on the old question of degradation ...
• 13 October 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Year of the Laity: the importance of catechetical formation and a practical life of faith Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Catechetical formation and to live faith concretely are two fundamental elements for the growth and the deepening of Christians’ faith, especially in the Year of the Laity, that the diocese ...