Asia
11 October 2007
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Saint Columban Missionaries work despite difficulties and tension to announce and live the Word of God building bridges of peace
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Mission continues despite difficulties, tension and violence and the Good News comforts and changes the lives of many families especially in remote forgotten areas of the country thanks to Saint ...
10 October 2007
ASIA/INDIA - 'Carmel and Asian Mission': Carmelite Mission Congress for Asia and Oceania “ "missions are an integral part of a Carmelite vocation”
Mangalore (Fides Service) - 'Carmel and Asian Mission' was the theme of a Mission Congress for Asia and Oceania organised by the Discalced Carmelite Order at Ryshivana, the Institute of Indian Christian Spirituality at R ...
10 October 2007
ASIA/INDIA - Catholic Council of India meeting on role of women in the Church and society and the challenges facing the Catholic community in the third millennium
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The role and charisma of women in the Church and in society will be the main theme of a meeting of the Catholic Council of India comprising bishops, clergy, religious and lay people to be hel ...
10 October 2007
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Young people in Manila archdiocese in front life to protect creation
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Manila has launched a programme of study and action on the theme “Global Warming and Climate Change”, mainly for young people. In a recent meeting some 500 young people fro ...
10 October 2007
ASIA/CHINA - Archbishop Giovanni Battista Liang Xisheng died last month
Kaifeng (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Giovanni Battista Liang Xisheng, Archbishop of Kaifeng in Henan province, mainland China, died on 23 September at the age of 84. Archbishop died of kidney failure and cardiac complica ...
9 October 2007
ASIA/JAPAN - Beatification of 188 Japanese martyrs in Nagasaki on 24 November will be presided by Cardinal Saraiva Martins
Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Japan is waiting expectantly for the beatification of 188 Martyrs on 24 November. The Mass for the beatification will be presided by the Pope's representative Cardinal Jo ...
9 October 2007
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cheongju diocese opens Synod on 50th anniversary of foundation
Cheongju (Agenzia Fides) - Cheongju diocese opened a Diocesan Synod with a solemn Mass presided by Bishop Gabriel Chang Bong-hun. The diocese will celebrate the 50th anniversary of foundation in 2008. In a message “Jes ...
9 October 2007
ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan Family Day part of traditional Chinese Autumn festival brings family members together
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - For the diocese of Hong Kong which has been celebrating 2007 as the Year of the Family, the traditional Autumn Chinese festival dedicated to family unity was also Diocesan Family Day, to stres ...
8 October 2007
ASIA/CHINA - Cang Zhou diocese gives joyful welcome 4 new priests and 6 deacons and overtakes the one hundred mark of diocesan priests
Cang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Xian Xian (today Cang Zhou) gave a joyful welcome to 4 new priests and 6 deacons ordained in September. According to “Faith” magazine published in He Bei, with these ordinat ...
8 October 2007
ASIA/CHINA - In life and in death Bishop Giovanni Han Dingxiang suffered for the cause of the Gospel
Yongnian (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Giovanni Han Dingxiang, of the diocese of Yongnian (Yungnien/Handan) in the mainland China province of Hebei died on September 9 at the age of 68. He was born on 17 May 1939. Ordained a ...
8 October 2007
ASIA/INDIA - World Mission Sunday 2007: local Pontifical Mission Societies initiatives focus on Fidei donum missionaries
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - For World Mission Sunday 2007 the Catholic Bishops of India will focus attention on the theme of Fidei donum priests and the formation of missionaries to send to other countries. The national ...
8 October 2007
ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholics in India and other Asian countries hold vigils of prayer for peace in Myanmar
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday 7 October Catholics all over India marked a national day of prayer for peace and reconciliation in Myanmar, during which they expressed solidarity with the Burmese people. The day, o ...
5 October 2007
ASIA/MYANMAR - October 6, Day of prayer and action for peace in Myanmar
London (Agenzia Fides) -Prayers, Meetings and Demonstrations will be held on 6 October "Day of global action” for peace in Myanmar, organised by the association Christian Solidarity Worldwide which defends the rights o ...
5 October 2007
ASIA/CHINA - Fidelity to the Pope, simplicity of life and 22 years in prison: Bishop Benedetto Cai Xiufeng of the diocese of Wuzhou, dies at the age of almost ninety
Wuzhou (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 August 2007 Bishop Benedict Cai Xiufeng, of Wuzhou (Wuchow) in the autonomous region of Guangxi of mainland China, died at almost 90 years of age after years of suffering from a heart condi ...
5 October 2007
ASIA/CHINA - Loving and helping the poor a priority for Han Dan diocese
Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) - For many years Han Dan diocese in China has given priority to helping the weaker members of society, the poor, the marginalised. According to the diocesan web site, the Diocesan Centre for Catho ...
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