Asia

• 19 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Missionary month as a sign of charity and pilgrimage Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In addition to the consecration of churches, deaconate ordinations, and perpetual and temporal vows of religious, which we reported on in recent days (see Fides 16/10/2009), charitable works and ...
• 19 October 2009
  ASIA/INDONESIA - On Mission Sunday, first Camillian priest ordained: start of Camillian missionary's presence in Indonesia Maumere (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 18, the 83rd World Mission Sunday, in Maumere, on the Indonesian island of Flores, the first Indonesian Camillian priest - Fr. Alfons Oles - was ordained. In the same Mass, ...
• 19 October 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Diocese of Miao, northeastern India, continues missionary work among tribes Miao (Agenzia Fides) – The young Diocese of Miao, begun in 2006, in a remote corner of northeastern India, continues its work of evangelization of tribal peoples with great success, as there are many who joyfully embra ...
• 19 October 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Youth and the faith: study reveals importance of the family Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The adolescents and youth of Korea have a great interest in the faith and a desire grow in their relationship with God. In spite of existing analysis and the idea of a young world that is inunda ...
• 16 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - The month of October is a “season for missionary harvest” with the consecration of 9 new churches, diaconate ordinations, vows of religious from various dioceses Rome (Agenzia Fides) – According to information from Agenzia Fides, the various Chines Catholic communities are intensely living this missionary month of October, which also coincides with the month of the Rosary and w ...
• 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 ...