Asia

• 17 April 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Elections to take place for 30 days New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – India has now entered the voting booths: citizens of the largest democracy are now voting for 543 members of the 15th legislature of Lokh Saba, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. The ...
• 16 April 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Priests in Shanghai are ready to respond to the Pope’s appeal for the Year of the Priest, with their commitment to spiritual renewal Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) – “The community of priests of Shanghai is ready to respond to the Pope’s appeal for the Year of the Priest, with their commitment to spiritual renewal.” These were the words of Bishop Ig ...
• 16 April 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Islamic law in the Swat Valley causing concern and suffering among Christians Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – A concession made to the fundamentalist Muslims: this is how the Christians of Pakistan have defined the introduction of the sharia in the Swat Valley, officially established with the signin ...
• 15 April 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Easter in Chinese Catholic communities with the administration of the Sacraments of Christian Initiation; 5 priests ordained in Feng Xiang Rome (Agenzia Fides) – According to information sent to Agenzia Fides, Chinese Catholics lived Easter in a sign of communion with the Holy Father and the Universal Church, joyfully witnessing the fruits of evangelizati ...
• 15 April 2009
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Sister Greta Educational Center for deaf children: from a shack to a rehabilitation center Kelaniya (Agenzia Fides) – At 40 km from the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, the Education Center for Hearing Impaired Children has been functioning since 1982, serving children who are hard of hearing. The Center came ...
• 7 April 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics in the earthquake zone of Sichuan are praying from inside their tents for the victims, survivors, and aid workers of the Abruzzo earthquake; Chinese living in Italy also encouraged to be generous “because Italy is our second home” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Jinde Charities, the Chinese Catholic charity association has informed Agenzia Fides that Chinese Catholics, especially those in the area that suffered the terrible earthquake in May 2008, join t ...
• 7 April 2009
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Augustinian Order's mission today, following in the footsteps of the martyrs Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – The mission of the Augustinians in Japan is alive and blossoming. 371 years have passed since the martyrdom of two Blessed Augustinians: Thomas Jihyoe of Saint Augustine and Michael of Saint Jos ...
• 7 April 2009
  ASIA/THAILAND - Healthcare in support of Camillian institutions Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – The Italian healthcare services will be supporting pediatric care services in Thailand, through its support for the Camillian-run institutions for handicapped and HIV-positive children. This i ...
• 6 April 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - “In asking an Indian Prelate to compose the meditations for the Way of the Cross on Good Friday, the Pope expresses his closeness to the persecuted Christians in India,” says Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) – Delegating the meditations for the Way of the Cross celebrated by the Pope on Good Friday to an Indian Archbishop, has great symbolic value as “an expression of the Holy Father's closeness ...
• 6 April 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Remains of the first 5 Bishops of Hong Kong are transferred to the Cathedral's crypt; Bishop John Tong calls it “a call to evangelization” Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “Recalling the precursors and invoking their help, we continue on the path of evangelization.” With these words, Auxiliary Bishop John Tong of Hong Kong encouraged those present at the cer ...
• 6 April 2009
  ASIA/MYANMAR - New formators for evangelization in Myanmar Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – The formation of priests, religious, and laity is essential for the mission of the Church and is very important in proclaiming the Good News. This is why the Myanmar Institute of Formation cont ...
• 3 April 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Persecuted Christians in India “lift their gaze to Jesus crucified,” says Archbishop Emeritus of Bangalore Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Look at Jesus crucified, to find strength and consolation in your life, in the midst of difficulties...This was the message of Archbishop Emeritus Ignatius Pinto of Bangalore, to all the fai ...
• 3 April 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - One of the Abu Sayyaf hostages released, however “the nightmare is not over yet” Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – A ray of hope for the watchful and expectant world, anxiously awaiting word of the other hostages, came with the release of Mary Jean Lacaba, one of the three Red Cross workers kidnapped on ...
• 2 April 2009
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Prime Minister Badawi resigns, as the people await a springtime of unity and prosperity Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) – Today's resignation presented by Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi will not be a cause for the country's instability, but it could mean the dawn of a new age in the political and s ...
• 1 April 2009
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Interreligious solidarity with the people of Gaza Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – A delegation comprised of Jewish rabbis, Catholic priests, and Muslim imams, in recent days visited the Gaza Strip, offering the people a message of peace and hope. Their goal was to bring w ...