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AsiaNews is an official

press agency of the Catholic Church's Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME).[1][2] The editor-in-chief of AsiaNews is Father Bernardo Cervellera,[3] a PIME missionary[1] who also heads Agenzia Fides, the official news agency of the Vatican.[4] Prominent British Bangladeshi journalist and human rights activist William Gomes worked for Asia news.[5][6]

Description

News from AsiaNews is republished by the Catholic press agencies

evangelization, which is the work of God"[2] and as "bolster[ing] the [Roman Catholic] Church's mission in China".[7] The AsiaNews has professional correspondents
from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vatican, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, and Russia, among other countries.

References

  1. ^ a b Fazzini, Gerolamo (2009). The Red Book of Chinese Martyrs: Testimonies and Autobiographical Accounts. Ignatius Press. pp. 341, 349.
  2. ^ a b "Help AsiaNews". AsiaNews.it. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
  3. ^ Pigozzi, Caroline (2008). Pope John Paul II: An Intimate Life: The Pope I Knew So Well. Hachette Book Group. p. 125.
  4. ^ BBC (1999). Summary of World Broadcasts: Asia, Pacific, Issues 3484-3497. BBC Monitoring. p. G-4.
  5. ^ "Christian human rights activist abducted and tortured in Bangladesh".
  6. ^ "Christian convert from Islam and family threatened with death".
  7. ^ a b c d Cervellera, Bernardo (2003-02-04). "www.asianews.it Now Available in English and Chinese". AsiaNews.it. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-19.

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