Asia

• 16 October 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - World Missions Sunday in the wake of the Indian Missionary Congress Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - “World Missions Sunday has an important significance for the Catholic community in India, especially this year, as we will also be celebrating the end of the Indian Missionary Congress, taking ...
• 16 October 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Hope and expectation for the fate of abducted missionary Pagadian (Agenzia Fides) - “The civil-military committee working on the case of the abduction of Fr. Sinnott is working well, thanks to the work of intelligence sources, as well. We are hopeful. There have been positiv ...
• 15 October 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - A month after his passing, Catholics remember Fr. Angelo Giovanni Pastro, Camillian missionary who spent half a century serving the sick and Chinese indigenous peoples Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - “Abba” (Father) is the favorite word the faithful of Taiwan use - especially the children - in referring to their beloved Fr. Angelo Giovanni Pastro, an Italian Camillian Missionary, who died ...
• 15 October 2009
  ASIA/LEBANON - Lebanon's missionary activity for Arabic-speaking countries Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – There has been a wealth of activities in this Month of the Missions and for World Mission Sunday (WMS) in the Catholic community in Lebanon, thanks to the efforts of the Pontifical Mission Soci ...
• 14 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Preparing for World Mission Sunday: permanent formation of the youth responsible for evangelization groups in the Diocese of Han Dan Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) – For the youth leaders of the evangelization groups in the Diocese of Han Dan, in the Province of He Bei, the long vacation for the national holiday was transformed into an occasion for spiritu ...
• 14 October 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In the hope of rescuing Fr. Sinnott, Catholics in Mindanao are living World Mission Sunday in a Muslim environment: testimony from PIME Missionary Fr. Sebastiano D'Ambra Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - “The recent kidnapping of Fr. Sinnott has placed us in a situation of increased tension. The people are afraid as the kidnappings now occur on all levels, although foreigners are the favored ...
• 13 October 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Fr. Sinnott is in urgent need of medicine. We ask for prayers for his safety,” Bishop of Pagadian tells Agenzia Fides Pagadian (Agenzia Fides) - “Fr. Sinnott is a man of peace. We ask that his abductors may release him soon and treat him with compassion, given his precarious health conditions,” Bishop Emmanuel Cabajar of Pagadian to ...
• 13 October 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “We hope Fr. Sinnott may be released within a week, as he may not survive in extreme conditions,” Vicar General of Pagadian tells Agenzia Fides Pagadian (Agenzia Fides) – In commenting on concern for the health conditions of Fr. Michael Sinnott, Missionary of Saint Columban abducted in Pagadian, Monsignor Gilbert Hingone, Vicar General of the Diocese of Pagadi ...
• 13 October 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “The Taiwan Story: The Second Wave of Evangelization” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (formerly known as 'Propaganda Fide') and the Evangelization of Taiwan,” “Historical, Political, and Missionary Context of the Second Perio ...
• 12 October 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Missionary kidnapped in South Philippines; Appeal from Bishops of Mindanao Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – The plague of kidnappings continues to afflict the Catholic community of South Philippines. Yesterday evening, October 11, a missionary from the Society of Saint Columban was kidnapped. No n ...
• 12 October 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Preparations underway for World Mission Sunday, with special appeal to children and laity to get involved in the Church and Korean society Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Children and laity active in the missionary effort: this will be the main goal behind the events being planned for World Mission Sunday (WMS), which is October 18. In a message sent to Agenzia ...
• 12 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Large attendance at perpetual vows of 5 religious from Franciscan Order of the Child Jesus, on the First Sunday of the Missionary Month Yi Chang (Agenzia Fides) – Five religious sisters of the Franciscan Order of the Child Jesus in the Diocese of Yi Chang made their perpetual vows on the First Sunday of the Missionary Month of October. According to inf ...
• 9 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - With the death of Bishop Lin Xili, China not only loses a Bishop, but also a hero and a witness to the truth who worked, suffered, and prayed for the Church in China Wenzhou (Agenzia Fides) – This past October 4, Bishop James David Lin Xili of the Diocese of Yungkia (Wenzhou), in the Province of Zhejiang (mainland China) passed on from this world. The Prelate was born on October 1 ...
• 8 October 2009
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The question of the Tamil refugees influences ethnic reconciliation Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - “Resolving the question of the Tamil refugees, which has remained unresolved since the end the war, is an important and fundamental step for ethnic reconciliation in Sri Lanka.” This is what ...
• 8 October 2009
  ASIA/JAPAN - New Catholic Encyclopedia published in Japanese Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – With great joy and pride, the Church in Japan has recently presented and distributed the New Catholic Encyclopedia in Japanese: four volumes of nearly 1,500 pages each, nearly 30 years in the w ...