Asia

• 23 November 2009
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Jubilee Year of the Church in Vietnam recalls faith and martyrdom in story of two Apostolic Vicariates of Tonkin and Cochinchina Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church celebrates tomorrow, 24 November, the Solemnity of the 117 Vietnamese martyrs canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1988, beatified in four groups: 64 in 1900 by Leo XIII, 8 in 190 ...
• 21 November 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Church of Taiwan, arise and walk! A new stage in your history is about to begin! The stage of the new evangelization!”: exhortation of Cardinal Tomko at closing celebrations for the 150th Anniversary of the Evangelization of Taiwan Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - “Closing the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the evnaglization of Taiwan on the Feast of Christ the King has a special significance for you. It is a new call to continue and rekindle t ...
• 21 November 2009
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Vietnam-Vatican: signs of hope with the visit of Vietnamese President to Italy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I hope that President Nguyen Minh Triet, who will be in Italy in December, will meet the Holy Father." This is what Agenzia Fides was told be Cardinal Jean Baptiste Pham Minh Man, Archbi ...
• 21 November 2009
  ASIA/VIETNAM - “The Jubilee Year is a time of grace for the Church in Vietnam and for her mission,” Cardinal Pham Minh Man tells Agenzia Fides Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In this Jubilee Year, as the People of God, we want to remember the grace that God has given us over many centuries. We want to thank him and thank the missionary martyrs who gave their li ...
• 21 November 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - Social work, sustainable transformation, activities with children - responses to National Seminar on Human Rights of Children and Youth New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - National Seminar on "Human Rights of Children and Youth" organized by the Salesian Inspectorate "Jesus the Good Shepherd" in India-New Dehli (INN) recetnly ended in the city of New Delhi. The ...
• 20 November 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the evangelization of Taiwan have led local Church "to a greater awareness of their missionary identity” National Director of PMS, Fr. Felice Chech, tells Fides; Saturday 21st scheduled closing presided by Cardinal Tomko Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Saturday, November 21, Solemnity of Christ the King, Special Envoy of Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of P ...
• 20 November 2009
  ASIA / TAIWAN - Brief Overview of the Church and Celebrations for the 150th Anniversary of the Evangelization Tai Nan (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Taiwan: Population: 22,675,000: 299,000 Catholics; ecclesiastical circumscriptions: 8, 493 parishes, 59 mission stations, 17 bishops, 250 diocesan priests, 443 religious p ...
• 20 November 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Asian Youth Day opens with young people from 22 nations, to give Asia a brighter future. Interview with Bishop Joel Baylon, President of the Bishops' Commission for Youth and organizer of AYD Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The youth are “agents of true change and transformation before their respective church communities, families and friends...” hope for the Church's evangelization and for the future of Asia. ...
• 20 November 2009
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Diocese of Hakha celebrates ordination of 18 new priests in Year for Priests Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - “In this Year for Priests, the Diocese of Hakha is celebrating the historic even of a celebration of the ordination of 18 new priests. It is really a moment of grace and joy for all. May the Lor ...
• 19 November 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Korea needs to build bridges not walls,” Archbishop of Kwangju tells Fides, in wake of Obama visit Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Korea needs bridges, not walls: there is an urgent need to work for “reconciliation with our brethren of the North,” to end the “Cold War and the 'Iron Curtain', remnants of the las ...
• 19 November 2009
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - “The crucifix on the shirt pocket, an instrument of mission among non-believers” - the experience of a Xaverian missionary in Bangladesh Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - "For me, Bangladesh is the land of the Suffering Servant. Showing people the crucifix does not only imply a sign of faith, but a plausible answer to the big question of human suffering," said Xave ...
• 18 November 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - "A new era of evangelization begins, we put out into the deep, we become the hands and feet of Christ," says Bishop of Tai Chung at the close of 150th anniversary of evangelization in Taiwan Tai Chung (Agenzia Fides) - “In the year of grace” in which we recall the 150th anniversary of the evangelization of the island of Taiwan, “how can we forget and not thank foreign missionaries, especially the first ...
• 17 November 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - At the close of celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the evangelization, Bishop of Kaohsiung calls everyone to “open wide the missionary doors” Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - "After 150 years of effort, we have had a crop equal to 1.3 percent, and looking ahead there is the flood of 23 million compatriots to satiate Christ's hunger .... So we must be 'firm in one s ...
• 17 November 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Letter of Cardinal Bertone to Chinese Priests Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Letter that His Eminence Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, has sent to all priests of the Catholic Church in the People's Republic of China, is situated within the contex ...
• 17 November 2009
  ASIA/NEPAL - Pro-Vicar Apostolic of Nepal tells Fides: “The people are tired of the politicians.” Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – "The situation could take a turn for the worse, given the nature of our political leaders. The population is tired of politicians who seem interested only in power, and ignore the real needs ...