Asia

• 5 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Over 2,500 faithful attend the consecration of the new Cathedral of the Diocese of Nan Ning Nan Ning (Agenzia Fides) - Over 2,500 faithful from the Diocese of Nan Ning, in the province of Guang Xi, gathered from all over continental China -from Hong Kong to Vietnam- to participate in the solemn consecration and ...
• 5 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “An opportunity for the world to rediscover China”: the China Philharmonic Orchestra pays tribute to the Holy Father with a Chinese note Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “It is...a great honor to be able to play for the Holy Father,” the Director of the China Philharmonic Orchestra, Yu Long, told Reuters news agency, as he prepares for the Concert that will ...
• 5 May 2008
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - The faithful of Sibu celebrate their new Auxiliary Bishop Sibu (Agenzia Fides) - In the Diocese of Sibu, on the Island of Borneo in Malaysia, local Catholics are celebrating the gift of their new Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Hii Teck Kwong, ordained a bishop on May 1, at the Cathedr ...
• 2 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - 100 days left until the Olympics: Catholics praying for the success of the Olympic Games; hopes and prayers from the Bishops of Malaysia, Singapore, and Japan Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - From Beijing to Si Chuan (southwest), from Shaan Xi (midwest) to Hei Long Jiang (northeast), from central Mongolia (north) to Yun Nan (south), on April 30, Chinese Catholics celebrated this day ...
• 2 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Heng Shui discusses the quality of its catechumenal formation Heng Shui (Agenzia Fides) - “300 people were baptized at the Easter Vigil, fairly less than in the past. However, we have also wanted to improve the quality of their formation,” said Bishop Feng Xin Mao of Heng Shui ...
• 2 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Li of Beijing receives a visit from representative of the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - On receiving the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury’s personal representative, Bishop Joseph Li Shan, who was consecrated as Bishop of Beijing with Papal approval, on September 21 of last year, ...
• 2 May 2008
  TODAY ON THE INTERNET/D.R.CONGO - Kinshasa: inaugurata la nuova Maison Saint Joseph ...
• 2 May 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Survey on the Catholic laity of Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic laity in Korea is active, dynamic, efficient, and form an essential part in carrying out the pastoral work of the Church. This was what was found in a study promoted by the Committee ...
• 30 April 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - China National Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to Benedict XVI with a performance May 7, at the Vatican Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The China National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO) will pay tribute to the Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 7, in the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall, where they will perform Mozart’s Requiem, in coll ...
• 30 April 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The woman, protagonist in the Church’s pastoral activity Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Women should take an ever more central role in the pastoral activity of the Church, whose task is to promote the value of the “feminine genius” and the human resources that exist in society. T ...
• 29 April 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - In the Diocese of Hwalien, some 2,600 faithful attend the ordination of 3 deacons, presided by Bishop Philip Huang who celebrates 25 years of priesthood Hua Lien (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Hua Lien (Hwalien) joyfully celebrated the ordination of three new deacons on World Vocations Day, during which their Bishop Philip Huang Zhao Ming celebrated his 25th anniversar ...
• 29 April 2008
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Laying of the cornerstone for the Saint Francis Institute for University Studies Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to an agreement signed between the Royal Agricultural University and the Catholic Church in Cambodia, a new Institute for University Studies named after Saint Francis of Assisi has beg ...
• 29 April 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - The mission among the tribes in northeastern India, the Church offers the valuable service of education. Testimony from two Bishops to Agenzia Fides. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - They are small communities, that with very little resources, spread the Gospel with simplicity in remote and hard to reach areas. With silent dedication, priests, religious, missionaries, a ...
• 28 April 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Moving testimony of the life and faith of Cardinal Paul Shan in “A Timeless Dialogue - farewell parting from life (on the earth)” Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “I am like the Lord’s kangaroo, that hops to wherever he is needed,” “the tumor is my second guardian angel that reminds me to cherish every moment I have left in ‘my race,’ as Saint ...
• 28 April 2008
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Youth preparing for WYD Singapore City (Agenzia Fides) - There is a group of about 100 young pilgrims from among Singapore’s Catholic community that will attend World Youth Day in Sydney this year. As they are in need of material and spiritua ...