Asia

• 11 November 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The diocese prepares for three new priests to be ordained on November 15 Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholics of Hong Kong are joyfully preparing for the ordinations of three new priests. According to a report from the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese version of the diocesan bulletin), three d ...
• 11 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - “We want to celebrate Christmas in peace; the state should see to the return of Christians and the reconstruction of Churches”: letter from the Bishops to the Prime Minister of Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Orissa have recently written a list of considerations they wish to bring to the attention of Prime Minister Shri Naveen Patnaij, who is currently governing the eastern India ...
• 11 November 2008
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Number of children dying from contaminated water is on the rise Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – The missionaries and humanitarian aid organizations stationed in Bangladesh have released an alert saying that over 110,000 children under the age of 5 die each year from diseases related to con ...
• 10 November 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - 97 year-old Bishop Joseph Sun Zhibin, the oldest Chinese bishop, passes away; he was a humble and kind pastor, firm in the faith amidst times of trial in the Catholic Church in China Yidu (Agenzia Fides) – This past October 22, His Excellency Joseph Sun Zhibin, Bishop of the Apostolic Prefecture of Iduhsien (Yiduxian), in the province of Shandong (mainland China), passed away in his hospital room. ...
• 10 November 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “I think, do, and evangelize”: IV Diocesan Missions Day in Hen Shui is a success Hen Shui (Agenzia Fides) - “I think, do, and evangelize” was the slogan and theme for the IV Diocesan Missions Day in the Diocese of Hen Shui, which was held yesterday, November 9, and turned out to be a great succes ...
• 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 ...