Asia

• 27 October 2009
  ASIA/VIETNAM - “Great Assembly of the People of God in the Holy Year 2010”: Bishops' announcement for the Jubilee Year for the Church in Vietnam Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – A “great assembly of the people of God,” organized “according to the model of the Synod of Bishops” will be a central event of the Holy Year 2010, in which the Church in Vietnam, as the ...
• 26 October 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Turning over a new page in Taiwan's evangelization” and the invitation of the Secretary General of the Taiwan Regional Bishops' Conference Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - “Turning over a new page in Taiwan's evangelization” is the title of the address given by Fr. Chen Ke, Secretary General of the Taiwan Regional Bishops' Conference, at the seminar held for Wo ...
• 26 October 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “The way of life, our way”: campaign for the abolition of the death penalty Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Korea has once again launched the campaign for the abolition of the death penalty in the country, through an awareness campaign entitled: “The way of life, our way,” organized ...
• 26 October 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Mall to replace leprosy clinic: a Catholic institution on its way to closure Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Karnataka, an important state in southern India, whose capital is Bangalore, is very concerned. As Agenzia Fides learns from local Church sources, the old leprosy clin ...
• 24 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - World Mission Sunday, 18 catechumens receive Sacraments of Christian Initiation in parish of Nan She, Diocese of Tai Yuan Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – 18 adult catechumens of the parish of Nan She, in the Diocese of Tai Yuan, Province of Shan Xi, received the Sacraments of Christian Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist) on World ...
• 24 October 2009
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - First Cambodian for Salesian Sisters Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – The growth of vocations to the religious life in Cambodia is a great sign of hope for the local Church. This is being seen, for example, in the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians, the Sa ...
• 22 October 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - “Indian Missionary Congress has been a new Pentecost to renew our commitment to evangelization,” National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Ignaci Siluvai, tells Fides. Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - “The great celebration of the Indian Missionary Congress has been a moment of grace for the Church in India. It has been an historical moment, a new Pentecost for the Catholics of India, who ...
• 22 October 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In this missionary month, Pakistani children pray for the Pope and with the Pope Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – In this missionary month, Pakistani children are praying for and with the Pope. This has been the initiative launched by the Pontifical Mission Societies in Pakistan, in the Holy Childhood Asso ...
• 22 October 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The “indispensable service” of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Hong Kong “improves the quality of life of the elderly.” Bishop addresses order at celebrations for foundress' canonization Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The “indispensable service of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Hong Kong has improved the quality of life of the elderly. I hope that you may be blessed with many more new vocations.” T ...
• 21 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - “Best Evangelizers” awards distributed on Mission Sunday at the parish of Wu An, Diocese of Han Dan; missions mandate conferred in parish of Liu He, Diocese of Tai Yuan Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The awards for the “Best Evangelizers” and the conferring of the missions mandate to transmit the Light of evangelization of the Lord Jesus, were part of the celebrations that marked World Mi ...
• 21 October 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Jubilee of the Holy Cross Congregation in South India: “A mission without borders” Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – For 50 years, the priests of the Holy Cross Congregation have carried out their pastoral and educational services in South India. Information released to Agenzia Fides explains how they cele ...
• 20 October 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop of Pagadian tells Fides: “We ask for prayers from all the faithful of the world and the assistance of men of good will,” for abducted missionary Pagadian (Agenzia Fides) - “We are concerned. We are desperately trying – we hope it will be in a day or two – contact with Fr. Sinnott's abductors. We urgently need to give them the medicine he needs. In the mean ...
• 20 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics celebrate World Mission Sunday: in Tay Yuan, priests, religious, catechists, and faithful distribute flyers, respond to questions of passers-by Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Chinese Catholics have also been celebrating World Mission Sunday (October 18), in communion with the Universal Church and according to the Message of Pope Benedict XVI: “The nations will wa ...
• 20 October 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - “Evangelizing without fear of the obstacles nor the persecutions”: Final Message from the Indian Missionary Congress Bombay (Agenzia Fides) – A great celebration of faith and a strong source of encouragement for the mission, which will continue on “without fear of the obstacles nor the persecutions”: this could be the definition ...
• 19 October 2009
  VATICAN - World Mission Sunday “is a powerful reminder for every ecclesial community and for each Christian of the duty to proclaim and bear witness before all people to the Gospel,” said Benedict XVI in the Angelus, thanking the Pontifical Mission Societies for their services of animation and formation Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 18, the Holy Father Benedict XVI dedicated his address prior to the recitation of the Angelus with pilgrims in Saint Peter's Square, to World Mission Sunday and the Syn ...