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02/10/2012 ITALY - ASIA
"Jesus our contemporary" shakes Asia and Europe
At the International event organized by the Cultural Project of the Italian Bishops Conference, Card. Joseph Zen emphasizes the vitality of the Church in China and Hong Kong. For Card. Bagnasco, in the West there is a "strange reticence" to speaking of Jesus The Pope: many believers face suffering and persecution for Jesus today.
Rome (AsiaNews) - "Jesus is my contemporary through the saints and people who are suffering": this is how Card. Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, summed up his experience speaking at the international conference "Jesus our contemporary" promoted by the Cultural Project of the Italian Bishops...

02/10/2012 TIBET - CHINA
Tibet, Chinese police kill a Buddhist monk and his brother
The two were not protesting, but hidden in a protected place: they had participated in the protests on January 23 against Chinese rule. Tibetan prime minister tells AsiaNews: "We are shocked by such violence. The international community must send inspectors to discover the truth about Tibet. "
02/10/2012 INDIA
Gujarat massacre: government to rebuild more than 500 places of worship
by Nirmala Carvalho
The state’s High Court makes the ruling following a petition by the Islamic Relief Committee of Gujarat. Fr Prakash, director of a Jesuit human rights centre, welcomes the decision. More than a thousand people were killed in the 2002 riots; 523 places were destroyed, including three churches.

02/10/2012 SAUDI ARABIA – MALAYSIA
Saudi committee calls for “harsh punitive measures” against man who insulted Muhammad
Writer and poet Hamza Kashghari is deemed an infidel and apostate. Malaysian police announce his arrest. Under Sharia, anyone who commits a “sacrilegious action” that may make him or her kafir should be given three days to repent, failing which the person is to be beheaded.
02/10/2012 INDONESIA
Double defeat for Yasmin Church: Parliament and Yudhoyono deny them right of worship
by Mathias Hariyadi
In a special session of the Chamber, the delegates of the Christian community are forced to leave the hall. Despite the Supreme Court ruling, faithful denied right hold religious services. For the Indonesian President it is not a matter of "freedom" of worship, but "lack" of a building permit.
02/10/2012 IRAN
Ten Iranian Christians arrested at a prayer meeting
They were meeting at the home of those arrested. The authorities refuse to give the families information about their whereabouts. Police and security services hunt down converts, shut down churches were services are in Farsi.
02/10/2012 MYANMAR
Yangon, freed only a month ago, leader of the Saffron Revolution arrested
Burmese Ashin Gambira in prison serving a sentence of 68 years. Since release, he violated the terms of probation, breaking the seals of three monasteries closed by the authorities.
02/09/2012 VIETNAM
Vietnamese Buddhist dissident nominated for 2012 Nobel Peace Prize
The Venerable Thich Quảng Độ, patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (Cubv), is among the leaders of the struggle for human rights and religious freedom in the communist country. Still lives under house arrest in the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery. In recent months, he has challenged the government, inviting it to rid itself of "the Chinese vice".
02/09/2012 INDIA
Orissa pogrom: Church helps victim (Hindu) to get compensation
by Santosh Digal
Kandhamal Authority will pay the man 50 thousand rupees (about 760 euros). During the anti-Christian violence in 2008, Hindu ultranationalists burned the house of Ashor Kumar Ray, 45. A lawyer for the Archdiocese’ Commission for Justice, Peace and Development assisted the man in bringing his trial to the State High Court.
02/09/2012 MALAYSIA-SAUDI ARABIA
"Blasphemous" Saudi Poet arrested in Malaysia and deported to Jeddah. Risks death
Kashgari Hamza, 23, the day before the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed published a comment on Twitter: " I do not like the halos of divinity around you. I shall not pray for you ". Forced to flee; he was arrested in Malaysia, and will be tried at home for blasphemy. He risks the death penalty.
02/09/2012 EGYPT
Alexandria: forced eviction of 62 Coptic families by the Salafis
Muslims in the area of el-Amerya, with the complicity of police and state authorities, set fire to Christian homes and shops, and forced several families to leave the country, under the threat of further violence.

Altri articoli
02/09/2012 CHINA-TIBET
Monk sets himself on fire against Chinese occupation of Tibet. 21st case since March 2009
02/08/2012 CHINA
Fr Zhang Wenchang, apostolic administrator in Kunming, dies by Wang Zhicheng
02/08/2012 PALESTINE-ISRAEL
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem in favour of Fatah-Hamas agreement
02/08/2012 INDIA
Kerala: the Communist Party paints "its" Last Supper by Nirmala Carvalho
02/08/2012 SYRIA
Battle in Homs. A more "Islamic" revolution; growing violence against Christians
02/08/2012 CHINA-VATICAN
What is the true good of the Church in China by Card. Joseph Zen Ze-kiun
02/07/2012 TIBET – CHINA
Karmapa Lama tells Tibetans not to lose faith, preserve their life by Ogyen Trinley Dorje, XVII Karmapa Lama
02/07/2012 SYRIA – EUROPEAN UNION
Gregorios III Laham appeals to Europe for compromise in Syria by Fady Noun
02/07/2012 INDIA
Cardinal Gracias: the struggle of the Church in India for human development threatens the extremists by Nirmala Carvalho
02/07/2012 PAKISTAN
Pakistani Christians for divorce law that saves women from polygamy by Jibran Khan
02/07/2012 CHINA - GERMANY
Guangzhou: Merkel's visit to Msgr. Gan, a way to support the "living Churches " by Paul Hong
02/07/2012 VIETNAM
In Hải Phòng, Caritas helping AIDS children by J.B. Vu
Editor's choices
CHINA-VATICAN
What is the true good of the Church in China
by Card. Joseph Zen Ze-kiunOn the eve of an important meeting in Rome on "Jesus our contemporary," Card. Zen asks all Catholics to help the Church in China (and especially its legitimate bishops) to emerge from ambiguity, to follow Benedict XVI and "rid" themselves of those organisms that are enemies of the faith (see PA, Bureau of Religious Affairs, etc. .), and that control and stifle the faithful. The Chinese Church is on the verge of a schism caused by "bargaining" between the Catholic faith and political power. The subtitle of this article (wanted by the author) is: "In dialogue with the Community of Saint Egidio and Gianni Valente of 30Days".
CHINA - VATICAN
Msgr. Savio Hon: Freedom for arrested bishops and priests, is also good for China
by Bernardo CervelleraEven if the government does not give answers or to the Holy See, or diplomats, or to friends of the Vatican and China, it is important that "no one forgets about them." The Chinese government's official response when asked is always: "We do not know." "We need to pray first," "but we must also appeal to those who are holding them."
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02/09/2012 EGYPT
Alexandria: forced eviction of 62 Coptic families by the Salafis
02/04/2012 INDONESIA
Central Java, Catholic Church celebrates a boom in vocations
by Mathias Hariyadi
02/08/2012 CHINA-VATICAN
What is the true good of the Church in China
by Card. Joseph Zen Ze-kiun
02/08/2012 PHILIPPINES
Death toll from Negros and Cebu earthquake rises to 48 dead and 92 missing
02/04/2012 PHILIPPINES
Mindanao, Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah leaders killed in a raid
02/04/2012 CHINA - SUDAN
China "ready for anything" to free workers abducted in South Sudan
02/05/2012 VATICAN
Against disease, which is evil’s doing, we must have faith in God’s love, pope says
02/04/2012 CHINA - GERMANY
Beijing vetoes Merkel, a sign of China’s weakness and fear
02/07/2012 SYRIA – EUROPEAN UNION
Gregorios III Laham appeals to Europe for compromise in Syria
by Fady Noun
02/09/2012 MALAYSIA-SAUDI ARABIA
"Blasphemous" Saudi Poet arrested in Malaysia and deported to Jeddah. Risks death

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