Asia

• 10 November 2008
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - A “Peace Services Center” established by the Franciscan Friars of Pyongyang: an historic event in the Korean Church Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – A spark of hope will now be illumined among the people of North Korea: in an unprecedented event, the Franciscan Friars of South Korea have established a “Peace Services Center” in the North ...
• 7 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop Andrew Marak, first Bishop of the “Garo” tribe, tells Fides about the evangelization effort in northeastern India Tura (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Andrew Marak of Tura (the Indian state of Meghalaya) was born, lives, and exercises his ministry in northeastern India, in a mountainous area that is covered with forests, which are inhabi ...
• 7 November 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Consecrated life at the service of the person and the mission: religious Daughter of the Cross celebrate the anniversary of their arrival in the country Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Evangelizing and witnessing to the Christian faith in Pakistan is not always easy. Those who profess faith in Christ are often discriminated against or targeted by Islamic fundamentalist group ...
• 7 November 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - All Souls' Day especially dedicated to the memory of deceased missionaries and priests who dedicated their lives to the mission in China Zi Bo (Agenzia Fides) – In communion with the Universal Church, Catholics in China celebrated All Souls' Day. In many parishes, the traditional Mass for the Dead has been an opportunity for the Chinese world to relaunc ...
• 6 November 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “The Emperor Kang Xi and the Jesuit Mission in China”: Seminar on the 300th anniversary of the death of Fr. Tomas Pereira, SJ to take place in Lisbon Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The International Symposium entitled, “The Emperor Kang Xi and the Jesuit Mission in China,” in honor of the 300th anniversary of the death of Fr. Tomas Pereira, SJ (1645-1708), will take pla ...
• 6 November 2008
  ASIA/LAOS - Canonization process opened for 15 missionary martyrs of Laos Nantes (Agenzia Fides) – The history of evangelization in Laos holds various martyrs who gave their lives to make the seed of the faith grow in the small southeastern Asian nation. Today, the canonization process of 1 ...
• 6 November 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence continues on the Northwest Frontier Province: a Catholic girls' school is attacked and destroyed Swat (Agenzia Fides) – For the Christians living in the Northwest Frontier Province, fear is a part of everyday life. Threats, as well as physical and verbal aggressions continue, while Islamic fundamentalist groups, t ...
• 5 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - The Word of God brings new hopes to Orissa: campaign to distribute 1,000 Bibles Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) – Hundreds of Bibles have been burned, destroyed, or damaged in the wave of anti-Christian violence that has struck Orissa. Thus, Indian Christians have launched a campaign to collect 1,000 ...
• 5 November 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Two pilgrimages led by the Third Order Canossians, on the 200th anniversary of the Order, and in honor of the Year of St. Paul Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Two pilgrimages, in Italy and Hong Kong, are at the center of the celebrations being held by the Third Order Canossians, in honor of the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Daughters of ...
• 5 November 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic women in Asia and Oceania working for the family, society, immigrants, and equal opportunity Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic women in eastern Asia and the Pacific are making an effort to work in society, in defense of the family, of immigrants' rights, equal opportunity, to fight marginalization and pove ...
• 4 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Pastoral Letter from the Bishops of Orissa, offering hope to persecuted Christians Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops from the Indian state of Orissa have written a letter of encouragement to all the faithful, offering hope to Christians there and thanking the international organizations that ...
• 4 November 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - PMS Seminar on “Creative Evangelization,” to renew hope in the Church of Taiwan Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – The living rooms become catechism classroom, the parish church hosts the children's choir, mathematics and literature can become instruments of evangelization as well...This is how Catholics i ...
• 4 November 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Lay movement tied to Mother Teresa begins in the Philippines Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The Lay Missionaries of Charity, the lay movement of the spiritual family begun by Mother Teresa of Calcutta has begun in the Philippines. They have been started by the Philippines Province of ...
• 3 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - “In the wake of the Gujarat Mission Congress, the Church looks towards the future, with Saint Paul as our model,” Bishop Thomas Macwan of Ahmedabad tells Fides. Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - “The Gujarat Mission Congress has been a significant event as it has allowed us to reflect on our past and to plan for the future of the mission,” says Bishop Thomas Macwan of Ahmedabad, i ...
• 3 November 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - All Saints’ Parish in Qing Cun, in the Diocese of Shang Hai, celebrates their feast day following the church’s restoration, with an exposition on the Bible Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) – The parish church of Qing Cun, dedicated to All Saints, located in the region of Pu Nan in Shang Hai, celebrated its feast on November 1 with a missionary spirit like that of Saint Paul, wit ...