Asia

• 4 September 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Democratic reforms and economic stability are two extremely important concerns for Pakistan,” the Secretary for the Justice and Peace Commission tells Fides on the eve of presidential elections Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – “The situation is a pretty difficult one. There is a power struggle going on, as the country lies in desperate need of reforms, guarantees, and rights, political and economic stability,” sa ...
• 4 September 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - To challenge lack of respect for human sexuality and human life, Catholic university students strive to live a life of holiness Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – "Total trust in the Lord, obedient to Holy Scripture", a life of holiness in the midst of a secular style of life which has lost all respect for the sacredness of human life. This is the con ...
• 3 September 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Summer camp for university students organized by a small rural Catholic parish is attended by 80 youth, half of them non-Christians Heng Shui (Agenzia Fides) – Although the small rural Catholic community of Wu Qiang, in the Diocese of Jing Xian (present-day Heng Shui) is not one with a great many human and economic resources, it has always been act ...
• 3 September 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Feeling the warmth of the parish”: the Charitable Service Association at Saint Francis Parish has been accompanying the elderly and disabled to Mass for 5 months Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – “Accompanying the elderly and disabled in the Church is a vocation. The volunteers have given of their time and, most of all, their love in this service. Thus, I think that it must be a di ...
• 3 September 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Working together to build peace, through love for God and neighbor”: the Sisilah Dialogue Movement sends out a message on the occasion of Ramadhan Zamboanga City (Agenzia Fides) – Moved by respect and goodwill, the members of the Silsilah Islamic-Christian Dialogue Movement, who have been present in South Philippines for 25 years thanks to the efforts of PIME ...
• 3 September 2008
  ASIA - New document released by Asian Bishops on Social Communications Manila (Agenzia Fides) – A document on communications was recently published by the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), meant to deepen and update the relationship between the Church and communications i ...
• 2 September 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics in the Diocese of Lin Yi help poor students at the start of a new academic year Lin Yi (Agenzia Fides) – In light of the beginning of the new school year, Catholics in the Diocese of Lin Yi (Province of Shan Dong), led by Bishop Fang Xing Yao, have raised 2,000 yuan each for about 20 university an ...
• 2 September 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - After 30 years and nearly a dozen Chinese priests on the job, the Chinese translation of the “Summa Theologica” of Saint Thomas Aquinas is finally published Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – With the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the evangelization of the island of Taiwan, and after 30 years, a team of Chinese priests having been led by the late Director of Studium S. Pi ...
• 2 September 2008
  ASIA/INDONESIA - First encounter of the Charismatic Movement in Asia and Oceania to take place in Bogor Bogor (Agenzia Fides) – The first international encounter of members of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Asia and Oceania will take place in the Diocese of Bogor (Indonesia), September 14-18. The faithful will meet ...
• 2 September 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - “The anti-Christian attacks in Orissa have been the worst in recent years,” the spokesman of the Indian Catholic Bishops’ Conference tells Agenzia Fides; no Catholic priests or religious have been reported dead, although some have been severely wounded New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – “We are extremely concerned. This has been the worse attack on Christians in India in the last few years. The fundamentalists have gone after all the Christian faithful, places, and symbol ...
• 1 September 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - After 100 years without a church, the community of Lu Dong, of the Diocese of Tong Zhou (present-day Wei Nan) joyfully witnesses the consecration of two new churches Wei Nan (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community of Lu Dong, of the Diocese of Tong Zhou (present-day Wei Nan), of the Province of Shaan Xi, has lived its last 100 years without a single church. This era came to an end ...
• 1 September 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Christian Life Weekly” becomes “Catholic Weekly”: a more professional and modern publication on spirituality, evangelization, and service Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – For years now, our readers have accompanied us in following the news pieces taken from “Christian Life Weekly.” Today the Catholic bulletin of the Archdiocese of Tai Pei, after 56 years of ...
• 1 September 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - An initial balance of the victims of anti-Christian violence in Orissa, as the Church in India prepares for a “Day for Fasting and Prayer” on September 7 Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) – The toll of victims of anti-Christian violence in Orissa (Northeastern India) in recent days has reached 26. Hundreds of Christian families were attacked by Hindu fundamentalists who dest ...
• 1 September 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Catholic University in Icheon opens the Diocesan Center of the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Marriage and the Family Incheon (Agenzia Fides) – The John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Marriage and the Family hopes to open a Korean campus, which is why it has recently begun a Diocesan Center in the Catholic University of Incheon. It ...
• 1 August 2008
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “I have seen how God’s presence has truly lit my path”: vocational story of a young Camillian Brother from Indonesia Flores (Agenzia Fides) – Below is a vocation story sent to Agenzia Fides from a young Camillian Brother from Indonesia who is in formation in the Philippines: “Ever since I was a child I always enjoyed participatin ...