Asia

• 7 April 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “The Names of the Scheut Missionaries in Missionary China” is published Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “The Heroes of the Great Wall.” That is how people refer to the 679 Scheut missionaries (Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, CICM) who dedicated their lives to the mission in China ...
• 4 April 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN -Construction of a museum dedicated to Catholicism under study in Taiwan Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic Life Weekly, the weekly bulletin of the Archdiocese of Tai Pei, reports that local Catholics have felt inspired to construct a museum dedicated to Catholicism in Taiwan. According to th ...
• 4 April 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Suwon diocese in Korea sends first fidei donum missionaries to martyred Sudan Suwon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Korea looks to Africa and has at heart the continent's most martyred regions and peoples. This is why yesterday 3 April three young Korean fidei donum priests departed for S ...
• 4 April 2008
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Church takes measures to save the Marian Shrine of Madhu from the current conflict Mannar (Agenzia Fides) - The Sri Lankan Church has been concerned for the gunshots and violent threats that have arisen in recent weeks around the area surrounding the Shrine to Our Lady of Madhu. In efforts to preserve ...
• 3 April 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Legion of Mary members in Taiwan join in celebrating the country’s 150th anniversary of evangelization Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Over 300 members of the Legion of Mary in Taiwan, especially in Tai Pei, have participated in the annual Congress 2008 that took place on March 15. According to Christian Life Weekly, the weekly ...
• 3 April 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Summer formation courses on dialogue and peace in the Sisilah oasis Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - Learning about oneself, learning about others’ religious beliefs, studying, finding common ground, acting in a certain way in favor of dialogue, reconciliation, peace...these are the objecti ...
• 2 April 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Apostolic Exhortation “Sacramentum Caritatis” is the theme of a permanent formation course in the Diocese of Chia Yi Chia Yi (Agenzia Fides) - “The Apostolic Exhortation “Sacrementum Caritatis” is an excellent theological work on the mystery of the Sacrament of Thanksgiving and for pastoral meditation.” These were the opening w ...
• 2 April 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Living an authentic faith”: a guidebook for catechumens Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The number of Korean adults who take interest in the Catholic faith and begin the journey to Baptism is constantly on the rise. In order to help them, as well as those who simply have a curiosity ...
• 2 April 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - “Christian-phobia” virus still not eradicated Goa (Agenzia Fides) - Repeated episodes on various continents, India especially, would seem to indicate that the virus of Christian-phobia has not yet been eradicated, said Redemptorist priest Fr Desmond de Sousa of Goa, ...
• 1 April 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Preparations underway for the 150 anniversary of the evangelization of Taiwan Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “Commemorate the past, hang on to the past and plan for the future” is the theme for the writing contest, whose winning articles will be published in magazines and newspapers on the 150th an ...
• 1 April 2008
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Chapel of Perpetual Adoration on the Mount of Beatitudes inaugurated during the meeting of European bishops on New Evangelization Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - This past weekend, in the Domus Galilaeae on the Mount of Beatitudes, the monastery situated there inaugurated a perpetual adoration chapel. Domus Galilaeae is a center for formation and retre ...
• 31 March 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - From the Easter Vigil to Divine Mercy Sunday, Chinese Catholics have been welcoming new members of the Church who received the Sacraments Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From Easter Sunday up to the feast of Divine Mercy (March 30, the Second Sunday of Easter), Chinese Catholics have had the joy of welcoming many new members who, following their catechumenate, have ...
• 28 March 2008
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Easter 2008: 23 baptisms of adults in the heart of the small Vietnamese community at Svay Pak, infamous for its prostitution, AIDS victims, drugs, and violence Svay Pak (Agenzia Fides) - The tiny village of Svay Pak, at about 15 kilometers to the north of Phnom Penh, celebrated Holy Week and Easter in the joy of a community blessed with the presence of 23 newly-baptized, all of ...
• 27 March 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Educating the youth in purity of spirit and chastity Kochi (Agenzia Fides) - Offering an alternative to the growing culture marked by the “marketing” and devaluation of sexuality, the Catholic Church of India, in Kerala (the Indian state with the most percentage of Cat ...
• 27 March 2008
  ASIA/BHUTAN - The country elects its first democratic leader in history, however religious freedom is yet to be seen New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - On March 24, in their first democratic elections ever, the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan elected a new government and Prime Minister: Jigmi Thinley, leader of the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPR ...