Asia

• 30 September 2009
  ASIA/JAPAN - Bishop Joseph Fukahori: a life spent for the Gospel in Japan Takamatsu (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Antonello Iapicca, of the clergy of the Diocese of Takamatsu, sent the following memories of Bishop Joseph Fukahori, Emeritus Bishop of the Diocese, to Agenzia Fides. “He left this wo ...
• 29 September 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - New Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity visits Hong Kong, affirming the desire to carry out service “to the poorest of the poor” on the mainland as well, according to the desires of Mother Teresa Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – During her recent pastoral trip to Hong Kong, which took place September 16-21, Sister Mary Prema, new Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity founded by Blessed Mother Teresa of Cal ...
• 28 September 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Church working on the frontline to help refugees following Typhoon Ondoy Manila (Agenzia Fides) – While the number of victims and homeless continues to rise (over 100 dead and 340,000 homeless), the Church in the Philippines has been working to provide rescue and assistance to the thousands ...
• 28 September 2009
  ASIA/JAPAN - Prayer and mission in the Year for Priests in Tokyo on First Sundays Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of the Year for Priests, the Diocese of Tokyo is dedicating the First Sunday of every month to pray a special prayer for priests and their parish mission. The initiative, Fides was told ...
• 28 September 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - A mission experience concludes with a spiritual retreat of 73 religious from the Congregation of Our Lady's Presentation; 4 sisters sent to work with lepers Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - “A good weekend: enrich our spiritual life in order to always have a heart interested in the nation, the Church, and the mission of evangelization,” was the theme for the spiritual retreat ...
• 25 September 2009
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - The power of Christ's forgiveness Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Recently we celebrated the feast of Saint Matthew the evangelist. In the light of God's infinite mercy, Matthew himself narrates the unforgettable event of his calling to follow Jesus: “A ...
• 25 September 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Shi Jingxian of Diocese of Kweiteh: a person of profound spiritual life, with a steadfast faith and outstanding intelligence Kweiteh (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, September 16, Bishop Nicholas Shi Jingxian, OAR of the Diocese of Kweiteh (Shangqiu), in the Province of Henan (mainland China), passed away. His physical conditions had worsened ...
• 24 September 2009
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A special ministry of evangelization, in the Year for Priests, for two new priests of the Diocese of Banmaw Banmaw (Agenzia Fides) – They have just begun their ministry in the Year for Priests and they could not be happier for this gift of Divine Providence. We are talking about the two new priests from the Diocese of Banmaw ...
• 23 September 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 5,000th priest in 164-year history of the Church in Korea ordained in Year for Priests Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – It is a landmark within the Year for Priests, proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI, and which will serve as an inspiration in the vocational ministry in Korea: the Church's celebration of the ordinat ...
• 23 September 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Religion and Morality course: proposal for a Catholic school for the new school year, to offer an integral education and raise good citizens Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – A course on religion and morality in Catholic schools, to offer an integral education and form good citizens is the proposal of the Catholic schools for the new school year. According to a r ...
• 22 September 2009
  ASIA/LEBANON - Solemn Mass for the beginning of Mission Month and presentation of Pope's Message for World Mission Sunday 2009 Batroun (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies of Lebanon are celebrating, as they do every year, the beginning of Mission Month, in communion with the Universal Church. The Holy Mass opening the Mission Mo ...
• 21 September 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Bartholomew YU Chengti of Hanchung, one of the great witnesses to the freedom of the Church, for which he suffered imprisonment and house arrest, dedicating his entire life to evangelization Hanchung (Agenzia Fides) – His Excellency Bartholomew YU Chengti, Bishop of the Diocese of Hanchung (Hanzhong), in the Province of Shaanxi (China mainland), died on September 14, 2009. His physical conditions were alre ...
• 21 September 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Intercultural/international Character and Vocation” are the themes of the Chapter of the Dominican Province of the Far East, in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “Intercultural/international Character and Vocation” are the two main themes of the Chapter of the Dominican Province “Our Lady of the Rosary,” i.e. the Dominican Province of the Far E ...
• 21 September 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Women and communication in the Church”: a contribution to the lay apostolate Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The apostolate of the laity in Korea should be marked by a unique contribution from women. This is what was recently affirmed in a seminar organized by the Bishops' Commission for the Lay Aposto ...
• 21 September 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Support and solidarity of India's Tamil Nadu Christians with Tamil civilians of Sri Lanka Madurai (Agenzia Fides) – The Christian community of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, in southern India, expressed its support and full solidarity to the civilian population of Tamil origin in Sri Lanka, which was harsh ...