Asia

• 30 May 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Lay Catholics call for government White Paper on conversion data and violence against religious minorities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A lay Catholic group has asked the government to present a white paper on conversion data and violence against religious minorities. In fact various lay associations and movements support the ...
• 30 May 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Seminar “Christian, citizen and public official - Relation between Identities”: necessity of Christian presence in political life Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “The faith demands that Christians fulfil their duties as citizens and promote politics in keeping with social justice and equality” said Jesuit Father John Coleman, professor of theology ...
• 27 May 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Earthquake in Java: Catholic aid network springs into action. Christ the King Catholic church in Yogyakarta among the buildings destroyed Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides) - “I was celebrating Mass this morning when we felt a very strong earth tremor and people rushed out of the church. Now everywhere around us there is destruction, fear, desperation. We are do ...
• 27 May 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Local Church welcomes government decision to admit more lower caste students to state universities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India has welcomed the decision taken by the Indian government to reserve half of places at state universities for students with lower caste or no caste. ...
• 24 May 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Welcome Unborn Child!”: diocesan chancellor buys advertisement space to protect life, foster public awareness and help for the family Hsin Chu (Fides Service) - “Welcome Unborn Child!” is the title of an advertisement seen in the past few days in the Hsin Chu newspaper in Taiwan. The advertisement was put in by Mgr Peter Chang, chancellor of Hsin ...
• 24 May 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “A society which fails to respect life at all its stages is victim of the worst type of underdevelopment, moral underdevelopment”: College of Lawyers says with regard to the legalisation of abortion Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Argentinean College of Lawyers issued a statement signed by Enrique V. de Carril president and Guillermo Lipera secretary calling public attention to the government’s intention to leg ...
• 24 May 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Justice and Peace Commission organises Seminar to promote new strategies for the future: social justice and protection of human rights New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Recently a three day seminar of meetings, reflection, planning was held to elaborate guidelines for the activity of the Indian Bishops’ Commission for Justice and Peace. The seminar held in ...
• 24 May 2006
  ASIA/THAILAND - More Karen refugees arrive from Myanmar where conflict is ever fiercer Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Ever fiercer fighting, growing poverty, continual violation of human rights in Myanmar have caused at least 2,000 more people to cross the frontier into Thailand. They fled the region of Kayin w ...
• 23 May 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic School and Hong Kong Youth Association promote service for the elderly reaping unexpected fruits Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Service, use of talents of young people, promoting in them a sense of community, encouraging a spirit of commitment for society: these are the goals of a Service Project promoted by the Hong K ...
• 23 May 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese and British Catholic academics share religious and cultural views on the theme “The role of faith in a globalised world” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of Chinese academics and religious led by Rev. Peter Zhao, director of the Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture and the Sapientis Press Publishing House recently visi ...
• 23 May 2006
  ASIA/NEPAL - “Hindu Kingdom” turns “secular state”: Nepal is changing. New hopes for the local Catholic community and other religious minorities Kathmandu (Fides Service) - A new page opens in the history of Nepal, a page which is a promise of hope, values of democracy, freedom, human rights. The small Catholic community in Nepal is happy with the fact that this ...
• 23 May 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - www.biblegujarat.org: Church in Gujarat launches web site offering information on Jesus Christ and the Bible Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - A new web site www.biblegujarat.org recently inaugurated by the Church in Gujarat State will serve as a channel of communion for the different Catholic communities, a new means of evangelisati ...
• 22 May 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic School and Hong Kong Youth Association promote service for the elderly reaping unexpected fruits Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Service, use of talents of young people, promoting in them a sense of community, encouraging the spirit of commitment for society: these are the goals of a Service Project promoted by the Hong ...
• 22 May 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Anti-conversion law does not come into force in Rajasthan: Governor sends it back to legislative assembly Jaipur (Fides Service) - A small victory won by the Christian community in Rajasthan opens the door for hope: Mrs Pratibha Patil the state governor refused to sign an anti-conversion Bill sending it back to the state par ...
• 22 May 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Growing numbers of Sri Lankan refugees reach safety in India. Call from religious leaders: “massacre of the innocents must stop” Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Over one thousand people fleeing war in northern Sri Lanka have arrived in the southern Indian region of Tamil Nadu, most of them by boat across the strait which separates the two countries. A w ...