AsiaNews is an officialpress agency of theCatholic Church'sPontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME).[1][2] Theeditor-in-chief of AsiaNews isFather Bernardo Cervellera,[3] a PIMEmissionary[1] who also headsAgenzia Fides, the official news agency of theVatican.[4] Prominent British Bangladeshi journalist and human rights activist William Gomes worked for Asia news.[5][6]
News from AsiaNews is republished by the Catholic press agenciesMISNA andZenit.[7] Originally available in theItalian language, the website has since expanded into English and Chinese in 2003 to enhance the "missionary aspect of our news agency".[7] AsiaNews's intended audience isChinese university students, who it believes are "curi[ous] about Christianity" and may save China from being "a soulless market or ... dictatorship". It describes its presence as "urgent" because of what it calls the "empowerment" ofatheism in Chinese schools and the "persecution" ofChristians in China.[7] AsiaNews describes itself as "a great accomplishment inevangelization, which is the work of God"[2] and as "bolster[ing] the [Roman Catholic] Church's mission in China".[7] The AsiaNews has professionalcorrespondents from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vatican, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, and Russia, among other countries.
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