Asia

• 14 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "United as sisters in Christ": a letter from a cloistered nun to Asia Bibi Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "I feel very close to Asia Bibi, to her suffering, as a sister in Christ" writes Sister Mary Immaculate Perez to Fides, abbess of the nuns from the Franciscan Monastery Conception of Escalona ...
• 13 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian girls, victims of forced conversions to Islam, rapes and forced marriages Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – In Pakistan forced conversions to Islam, rapes and forced marriages are on the rise. The victims are mostly Hindu and Christian girls, belonging to religious minorities, complain Fides local s ...
• 13 April 2011
  ASIA/INDIA - Good Friday march and prayer for the victims of the rising anti-Christian attacks Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) – On Good Friday, 22 April, there will be a silent pilgrimage, accompanied by fasting and prayer on the streets of Mumbai for more than 20,000 Indian Christians of all denominations. The initiati ...
• 12 April 2011
  ASIA/JAPAN - Religious awakening in Japan, wounded by the disaster: impact on society for the future Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – In Japan, wounded by the terrible natural events and struck by the nuclear disaster, we can see signs of a religious awakening: reports Fr Olmes Milani, CS, Scalabrinian missionary living in Tok ...
• 12 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Case of blasphemy in Faisalabad: lawyers of Arif demand his immediate release Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – “Immediate release”: this is the request made by Arif Masih's legal team, the 40 year old Christian arrested in Faisalabad for blasphemy. Thanks to the intervention by the Masihi Foundation ...
• 12 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Thanks for the Day of Prayer on 20 April” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Asia Bibi, the woman condemned to death for blasphemy, behind bars in the Sheikupura prison, thanks the Masih Foundation and all those who will pray for her on the “Special Day of Prayer” o ...
• 12 April 2011
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Only Japanese priest in Taiwan thanks the Taiwanese for their support to earthquake-shaken Japanese Chia Yi (Agenzia Fides) – The only Japanese priest in Taiwan, Fr Michael Shintate, thanked the Taiwanese for their support to earthquake-shaken Japanese during the Mass recently celebrated in the Cathedral of the Dioce ...
• 11 April 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - Course dedicated to Sacred Scripture in Chinese State High Schools in Xi Shi Chong Qing (Agenzia Fides) - “The greatest of all is love”: this Pauline teaching on love was the theme of the first class on 7 April, of the course on Sacred Scripture in a Chinese State High School. According to i ...
• 11 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Day of Prayer for Asia Bibi and for victims of the blasphemy law Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Around the world people will be in prayer for Asia Bibi, the woman unjustly condemned to death for blasphemy. On 20 April, Wednesday of Holy Week, a “Special Day of Prayer for Asia Bibi and f ...
• 11 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Arif is in danger: among those accused of blasphemy in Punjab, 43 killed out of 45 cases Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Arif Masih, Christian of 40 years, from the village of Chak Jhumra, in Faisalabad, who was arrested on 5 April for blasphemy “needs protection because his life is in serious danger,” says t ...
• 9 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New case of Christian falsely accused of blasphemy Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – A Christian by the name of Arif Masih, 40 years old, from the village of Chak Jhumra, in Faisalabad, was arrested on 5 April by local police accused of blasphemy. This was communicated to F ...
• 9 April 2011
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Blasphemy: a moratorium urgently needed Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – The new case of Christian Arif Masih, falsely accused victim of blasphemy, relaunches the proposal for a moratorium on the application of the blasphemy law in Pakistan. Paul Bhatti, Specia ...
• 9 April 2011
  ASIA/CHINA - First course of continuous formation for priests of Beijing Beijing Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) – 14 March, diocesan Bishop Giuseppe Li Shan of Beijing, inaugurated the first course of continuous formation for the priests of Beijing. It will go from March to June and then from Sep ...
• 9 April 2011
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Catholic lawyer and member of the Justice and Peace Commission in jail in Vinh Vinh (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic lawyer and member of the Justice and Peace Commission, Le Quoc Quan, was arrested by police, together with Doctor Pham Hong Son. The two were arrested on 7 April for participating in the ...
• 8 April 2011
  ASIA/HONG KONG Catholic Mongols on pilgrimage to Hong Kong in the footsteps of St John Bosco Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Eight Catholic Mongols, led by Salesian Father Liang Gan Chao, went on pilgrimage to Hong Kong and Macao in the footsteps of St John Bosco. Since the end of March the relics of Don Bosco hav ...