Asia

• 5 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics continue working to help earthquake victims, following the Pope’s example Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic relief effort working to meet the needs of the victims from the quake that hit Sichuan continues. In fact, it has begun to intensify following the indications and example of Pope ...
• 5 June 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “There are no foreigners in the Church”: 500 Catholic immigrants from the Philippines and Indonesia express their gratitude for the pastoral care received from their dioceses Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – “Our foreign brothers and sisters, especially the immigrant workers, always remind me that in the Church, there are no foreigners. Everyone has a right to be treated as local parishioners, ...
• 4 June 2008
  ASIA/KOREA - “Religious education within the family”: Study Seminar Daegu (Agenzia Fides) – The Family Pastoral Commission of the Korean Bishops’ Conference has promoted a study seminar on religious education within the family. The event took place at the Catholic University of Daegu ...
• 4 June 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Rise in divorce in Goa; the children always pay the consequences Panaji (Agenzia Fides) – The divorce rate continues to rise in unprecedented proportions in the Indian state of Goa. The situation has been defined as “alarming” bu Fr. Savio Rodrigues, advisor at St. Britto de Map ...
• 3 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Returning from the earthquake zone, the first volunteers and religious sisters share their experience of faith lived in the midst of a desperate people Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – Catholics in He Bei have welcomed their “witnesses to the faith” with arms wide open: the first volunteers, including religious sisters who arrived on the site of the wreckage immed ...
• 3 June 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Biblical formation and pilgrimage in the footsteps of Saint Paul, in preparation for the inauguration of the Pauline Year Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Biblical formation and pilgrimage in the footsteps of Saint Paul, in Asia Minor, are the initiatives being promoted by the Diocese of Hong Kong in anticipation for the upcoming celebrati ...
• 2 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “Evangelizing in the midst of desperate people”: Chinese Catholics touched and encouraged by the Pope, who once again has invited the world to pray for China and has sent a personal donation Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – “We are deeply touched and cannot express our immense gratitude to the Holy Father and the universal Church that he represents, that has been always so near us in prayer and with concrete wo ...
• 2 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Parish of Long Gang offers a Mass and copies of the Bible to students preparing for exams Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – The young students of the parish church of Long Gang, in the Diocese of Wen Zhou, received a Bible as a gift at the end of the Mass celebrated on May 31, for students preparing for their fina ...
• 30 May 2008
  ASIA - Food emergency continues due to an increase in the cost of rice; speculations and natural disasters are among crisis’ causes Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The increase in the cost of basic food items on a worldwide level is having more and more drastic affects on the lives of millions of people. This is the most alarming and dramatic announcement o ...
• 30 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - The death of Archbishop Giacomo Zhao Ziping: firm in his principles, with respect and dialogue for all, working for the formation of the clergy and the promotion of religious life. Tsinan (Agenzia Fides) – On May 18, 2008, at nearly 96 years of age, Archbishop Giacomo Zhao Ziping of Tsinan (Jinan), in the province of Shandong (continental China), passed away. The news of his death came as a surpr ...
• 28 May 2008
  ASIA/MYANMAR - “Let us demonstrate our solidarity with the people affected by Cyclone Nargis with concrete actions,” the President of the Myanmar Bishops’ Conference tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “It has been an authentic disaster. First of all, for the loss of life in the tragedy: there is an extremely high death toll. Then also, for the destruction caused by the cyclone; in addition t ...
• 28 May 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - The incorrect study and interpretation of history has seriously injured society Trichur (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur, Secretary for the Catholic Bishops’ Council of Kerala, has observed that the incorrect study and interpretation of history has seriously injured socie ...
• 27 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - After inspecting the earthquake disaster area, Bishop Li Liangui of the Diocese of Xianxian affirms the Church’s efforts and the importance of religion in psychological support Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Joseph Li Liangui of Xianxian, Vice-President of Jinde Charities (the Chinese Catholic charitable organization) recently visited the earthquake area, where he made an inspection, verifyin ...
• 27 May 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Canossian Sisters of Hong Kong celebrate their 200th anniversary Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The community of Hong Kong of the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity, known as Canossians, recently celebrated the 200th anniversary of their foundation. According to Kong Ko Bao (the Ch ...
• 27 May 2008
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Awaiting international aid; 63 million Euros allotted; population remains in critical condition Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - For Myanmar, these are decisive moments: in the hours to come, international aid should arrive in the country, more needed than ever as the lives of the nation struck by Cyclone Nargis on May 2 c ...