Asia

• 19 November 2008
  ASIA/JAPAN - Beatification of 188 Japanese martyrs: example for the lay faithful and opportunity to show the importance of the woman's role in the Church Nagasaki (Agenzia Fides) – It is a great event of testimonies that will bear fruits of evangelization and increase awareness among the lay faithful: the November 24th celebration in Nagasaki of the Beatification of 188 ...
• 19 November 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “Would you like to learn about the Catholic Church?”: the fruits of the evangelization campaign run in leading Chinese publications, organized by Catholics in Tian Jin Tian Jin (Agenzia Fides) - “Would you like to learn about the Catholic Church? You're invited to the Cathedral of Xi Kai.” This is the text of the advertisement placed in the leading publications of the city of Tian ...
• 19 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic students gather in a Northeast India to call for peace and harmony Guwahati (Agenzia Fides) – A silent and non-violent protest to call for peace and social harmony, where civil coexistence reigns, along with respect for others, and peace...this is what Catholic students have organized ...
• 18 November 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Diocese of Taichung committed to “Protecting Catholic cultural resources” Taichung (Agenzia Fides) - “Christians should learn to treasure and appreciate their origins, by protecting them.” This was how Bishop Martin Su Yao-wen of the Diocese of Tai Chung began his talk during a seminar on ...
• 18 November 2008
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Youth on missions in Oecussi, the Timor district located on Indonesian territory Dili (Agenzia Fides) – A small part of the land on East Timor, on the western part of the island, is under the national sovereignty of Indonesia. Its name is Oecussi, a coastal district where Timor's citizens can arriv ...
• 17 November 2008
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - “The window to reconciliation between the North and South is being opened,” the General Minister of the Order of Friars Minor tells Agenzia Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “It is a cause for great joy for the Order of Friars Minor and for the entire Church, that a Franciscan friar is able to live and work in a Center in North Korea, at the service of the poor. It i ...
• 14 November 2008
  ASIA/IRAQ - Babel College returns to the Chaldean Church: hope for suffering Iraqi Catholics Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – In the midst of so much suffering, pain, denied rights, and discrimination, the Catholic Church in Iraq has good news: on November 6, 2008, the Baghdad headquarters of Babel College, the only ...
• 14 November 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Testimony and evangelization in the family. The Church celebrates the “Day of the Laity” on November 16 Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The laity are essential in the Church's mission and for this reason, the Church in Korea will celebrate the “Day of the Laity,” to be held in all the dioceses and parishes on November 16, wh ...
• 13 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Saint Paul awakening interests in Tamil Nadu Dharmapuri (Agenzia Fides) – The faithful of Tamil Nadu are taking active interest in the history, person, and spirituality of Saint Paul, says Fr. Adiruben Nolase, Director of the Diocesan Pastoral Center of the Dioce ...
• 13 November 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic Catechetical Institute, serving the faithful for 50 years Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Explain the Catholic doctrine to the faithful in terms of moral, social, liturgical, and pastoral formation; provide funding for catechetical activity in parishes, schools, movements, and associ ...
• 13 November 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Youth Pastoral Commission committed to the formation of the youth in launching the evangelization effort in universities Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Formation Training Camp organized October 25-26 in Hong Kong, for youth group leaders had two main goals: to respond to the Lord's call and to promote evangelization in the university wo ...
• 12 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - “Never grow tired of doing good,” says Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, echoing the words of Saint Paul New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Reconciliation and peace go hand in hand, never tiring of doing good. This is what Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati (in the state of Assam, northeastern India) said in his recentl ...
• 12 November 2008
  ASIA/IRAQ - Hope for the return of Christian refugees to Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - A new, fragile hope is coming to thousands of Christian refugees who have fled their hometown in past months, due to attacks, threats, and violence carried out by Islamic fundamentalist groups. Th ...
• 12 November 2008
  ASIA/TURKEY - Antioch hosts the inauguration of the “St. Paul Cultural Center” in the Year of St. Paul Antioch (Agenzia Fides) – A library specializing in Saint Paul, with a study center for experts, religious, laity, and all wishing to deepen in their knowledge of the Apostle of the Gentiles...this is what is being off ...
• 11 November 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Archbishop Emeritus Pio Jin Peizian of Mukden passed away November 4: one of his main concerns was the formation of priests, religious, and lay faithful. Mukden (Agenzia Fides) – This past November 4, the Archbishop Emeritus of Mukden (Shenyang), province of Liaoning (mainland China) passed away. He was nearly 84 years of age and for some time his health had been frail ...