Asia

• 15 July 2010
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Local Catholic Church receives official government recognition Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) – “We have received official recognition as the ‘Catholic Church in Turkmenistan’. We are filled with great joy and great hope”: Fr Andrzej Madej, Superior of the Catholic Mission in T ...
• 15 July 2010
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - “Religious freedom is the nucleus and the foundation of peace”, says the Superior of the Mission Sui Iuris Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) – The theme chosen by the Pope for the next World Day for Peace 2011, “is especially important today when, in so many parts of the world, religious freedom is violated or limited. With great ...
• 15 July 2010
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Angry Muslims stage protest, a hail of stones hits local Catholic church Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) – “About a hundred Islamic militants marched in protest calling for the death of two Christians accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammed. A little Catholic church was battered by a ...
• 15 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - New burial for the earthly remains of a young Belgian missionary and a consecrated lay woman remembering “their missionary example” Bao Tou (Agenzia Fides) – “We have come here today not only to give new burial and to inaugurate this beautiful plaque in memory of Scheut missionary Fr. Jozef Leemans, (CICM), and Yan Francesca Chiara, but also to r ...
• 15 July 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - 'Debt2Health agreement': history making agreement between Australia, Indonesia and the Global Fund to Fight TB Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Australia, Indonesia and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and malaria reached a history making agreement to support health programmes to treat and prevent TB in Indonesia. The 'Debt2 ...
• 14 July 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Gracias: “Fundamentalism and anti-conversion laws are contrary to religious freedom ” Bombay (Agenzia Fides) – “Religious freedom is the only authentic path to peace. The theme is most important for India and for the whole world: a decisive reflection on the world today and respect for basic human rig ...
• 14 July 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “The Pope's message will help dialogue ” says Archbishop of Jakarta Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – “Religious freedom is a fundamental human right. We are grateful to the Holy Father for choosing to offer us some reflections on this question: this will be most useful for Indonesia”: Spe ...
• 14 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Ordination of Bishop of Linhai (Taizhou) mainland China Taizhou (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 10 July Mgr Anthony Xu Jiwei, aged 75, with 25 years of priesthood, was ordained Bishop of Taizhou, in the province Zhejiang (mainland China). Since 1999 he had served as Diocesan Ad ...
• 14 July 2010
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Monsoon floods leave 600,000 people stranded Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - In Bangladesh floods have left 600,000 stranded and submerged thousands of hectares of crops. Torrential rains crossing the Himalayan mountains cause rivers to flow southwards and overflow in Bang ...
• 14 July 2010
  ASIA/INDIA - On line Catholic Bible in Hindi, especially for young people Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Bible in Hindi, a complete edition, can be read on line at www.biblemitr.com a site created by the Catholic archdiocese of Bhopal, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The local Chur ...
• 13 July 2010
  ASIA/THAILAND - Interreligious dialogue at the service of civic communities Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Dialogue among different religions at the service of civic communities, can help avoid conflict and further reconciliation at all levels: this is one of the issues being discussed at a meeting ...
• 13 July 2010
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops: confidence in the new government and respect for life Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in the Philippines is confident about the new government and calls on the new President Aquino to promote policies which “respect the sacredness of human life, human sexua ...
• 13 July 2010
  ASIA/CHINA - Promoting community life in the Church: Kai Feng holds first Diocesan Meeting Kai Feng (Agenzia Fides) – Priestly Ministry and Spirituality, vocations, church administration, evangelisation and the Church's charitable activity were some of the questions discussed at the first Diocesan Meeting of ...
• 12 July 2010
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “In Papua, the real problem is corruption,” says Bishop of Jayapura Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) – Faced with street protests in recent days and requests for a referendum for independence from Indonesia, "we must make it clear that the real problem in Papua is corruption," says Bishop Leo ...
• 12 July 2010
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Children from Hong Kong's parishes visit Seminary Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The 400 children in "Sunday Schools" at the 13 parishes of the Diocese of Hong Kong visited Holy Spirit Seminary on Sunday, July 4, to get to know the lives of those preparing for the priest ...