Asia

• 20 October 2008
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - East Timor says “no” to abortion and proposes an “Accord” with the Catholic Church Dili (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in East Timor has expressed its satisfaction and appreciation for the recent draft bill on the national Penal Code, now awaiting government approval in the next month and a half. The ...
• 17 October 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - A peaceful demonstration on World Mission Sunday, to say “no” to anti-Christian violence Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in India has organized a non-violent public demonstration, with silence and prayer, to say “no” to all forms of violence and highlight its desire to have a say in Indian socie ...
• 17 October 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - The Year of St. Paul, the Synod, and World Mission Sunday all help in “Living and proclaiming the Word of God,” even in the midst of the sufferings at present New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - “Living and proclaiming the Word of God”: this is the theme for World Mission Sunday (October 19) in India. Catholics in India has wished to focus the theme on the proclamation of the Word ...
• 17 October 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Private and community prayer, Rosaries, retreats, pilgrimages, Bible studies, religious professions, and ordinations: Chinese Catholics live the missionary month, in preparation for World Mission Sunday Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Here are some of the activities being carried out by Catholics in China, in preparation for World Mission Sunday: invocation for the help and protection of the Blessed Mother, through the Rosa ...
• 16 October 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Preparations underway for the First Missionary Congress in Pakistan, to be announced on World Mission Day Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – World Mission Day (WMD), which will be celebrated by all the dioceses and local churches, will be an occasion for all the faithful to hear about a great event in the Church: the First Missionar ...
• 16 October 2008
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Dispute over the Preah Vihear temple is worsening the conflict on the border between Cambodia and Thailand Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – There is a great concern on the part of the international community, humanitarian aid organizations, and the countries of the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) for the conflic ...
• 15 October 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church tells the National Integration Council: “There is an urgent need for a law to stop violence against Christians and give more social influence to minorities.” New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Turn all eyes, especially those of cultural and religious minorities in India, issue of the irrational intercommunitarian violence and premeditated attacks against Christians: with this obje ...
• 15 October 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Caritas Hong Kong opens a “lifeline” for helping to overcome the financial crisis, because we should always “love life and not isolate ourselves in the moments of difficulty.” Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas Hong Kong has opened a “lifeline” for helping citizens, Catholic or non, to overcome the present financial crisis. According to a report from the Kong Ko Bao (the diocesan bullet ...
• 14 October 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - In order to live the missionary month and prepare for World Missions Day, the faithful of the parish of Tong Tang make a pilgrimage to the tomb of Fr. Matteo Ricci, with the firm commitment to follow in his footsteps Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Catholics from the parish of Tong Tang, dedicated to St. Joesph, in the Archdiocese of Beijing, took a pilgrimage to the tomb of the great missionary Fr. Matteo Ricci, in honor of this year of ...
• 14 October 2008
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - For World Missions Day, the Church makes a renewed effort to form missionaries and youth according to the example of Saint Paul Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – An encounter for all new missionaries, religious, and laity interested in working or who have been working already in the Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh; the preparation of especially dy ...
• 14 October 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A new era opens for Spiritan missionaries in the Philippines Manila (Agenzia Fides) – For over a decade, the Holy Ghost Fathers have been transmitting their testimony and charism in the Philippines. And the missions have progressed rapidly, thanks to their work, the collaboratio ...
• 13 October 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholics in Hong Kong celebrate the 350th anniversary of the foundation and missions in Asia of the Paris Foreign Missions Society Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Paris Foreign Missions Society (MEP) is celebrating this year its 350th anniversary of foundation of their Asian missions. According to a report from the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese version ...
• 13 October 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church looks towards the new technologies: the Archdiocese of Karachi launches a new Web-TV Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – A TV on the Internet to offer information and formation for the faithful, thanks to modern technological means: this is the project developed by the Archdiocese of Karachi, which will be launc ...
• 10 October 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church rejoices at the canonization of its first Indian saint: Sister Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Amidst a moment of suffering, the Church in India has a great reason to rejoice, as the first Indian saint in the history of the Church is canonized. Her name is Sister Alphonsa of the Immac ...
• 10 October 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Attacks on Christians in India continue; a Jesuit explains Hindu ideology New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The violence has not ended. In spite of international pressure and measures taken by the federal government, in various states of India, Christians are still a target. During the Synod of B ...