Asia

• 23 April 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Internet: instrument for educating the youth and not for “self-destruction” Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Nowadays, words like “internet,” “blog,” “facebook”… are household terms for the youth, even in Hong Kong. This reality presents the need to offer clear instructions to the youth ...
• 23 April 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Missionary Congress in Gujarat, October 31-November 1, 2008 Gandhinagar (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian state of Gujarat (northwest India) is the homeland of Mahatma Gandhi and can once more become an exemplary place of dialogue, pluralism, and tolerance: with this purpose, the Bish ...
• 23 April 2008
  ASIA - Rice crisis: deterring the “silent tsunami,” without commercial barriers Manila (Agenzia Fides) - There is a need to deter the “silent tsunami” that is being provoked by the rise in rice costs and that threatens the lives of 100 million people. This is the call that has been issued by the ...
• 22 April 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocese of Hong Kong’s delegation for WYD raises funds for youth in third-world nations with hopes of going to Sydney Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Some 320 youth in Hong Kong participated in the Walk organized to raise funds for youth living in third-world countries, so that they may have the possibility of participating in World Youth D ...
• 22 April 2008
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Church in Sri Lanka mourns the death of Catholic priest, victim of conflict Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Sri Lanka’s civil conflict has claimed yet another victim. His name is Father M. X. Karunaratnam, a human rights activist and advocate of dialogue and reconciliation. He was killed April 20 in ...
• 21 April 2008
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Church in Kazakhstan officially enters the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) Astana (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Kazakhstan has been officially admitted to form part of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), closing a chapter in their institutionalizatio ...
• 21 April 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - “Catholics are victims of attacks that try to destabilize the Church’s presence in India”: statement from Cardinal Oswald Gracias Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - According to Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, widespread organized attacks in an attempt to upset the Church’s presence in India could form part of an ulterior plan of some Hindu ...
• 21 April 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Care for the Environment”: central theme for the Annual Assembly of the Union of Superior Generals of Religious Institutes in Taiwan Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “Care for the Environment” was the central theme for the 44th Annual Assembly of the Union of Superior Generals of Religious Institutes that took place March 31 to April 3. According to a re ...
• 21 April 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - New Institute begun for psychological and spiritual growth Incheon (Agenzia Fides) - In the area of pastoral ministry, the Korean Church has seen a growth in the number of psychological problems, including people with whom it is very difficult to relate, people that suffer stres ...
• 18 April 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in the United States of America - “I urge you to continue to be a leaven of evangelical hope in American society, striving to bring the light and truth of the Gospel to the task of building an ever more just and free world for generations yet to come.” Washington (Agenzia Fides) - On April 17, the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided the Mass in Nationals Stadium in Washington, DC, at 10:00am local time. In his homily, the Pope recalled the 200th anniversary of the establ ...
• 18 April 2008
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Small Catholic community builds a new site for catechesis and Christian formation in the Diocese of My Tho My Tho (Agenzia Fides) - In the Diocese of My Tho, in South Vietnam, the parishes are fairly poor, located in rural or mountainous areas. Many Catholics live far from a church and must walk several kilometers in order to ...
• 18 April 2008
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Large gathering of Catholics to celebrate the close of the Pastoral Year Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - In the spirit of the Asian Missionary Congress of 2006, “Telling Jesus’ story with our lives” was the theme of the celebrations for the close of the Pastoral Year that recently took pla ...
• 18 April 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Rice crisis: St. Vincent de Paul Society distributes 1,600 kg of rice to poor families of Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Saint Vincent de Paul Society of Hong Kong is distributing 1,600 kg of rice to poor families, through its local parish associations. According to Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese version of the di ...
• 17 April 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - The various events being held for the 400th anniversary of the evangelization of the Diocese of Shang Hai focus on the evangelization of the family. Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) - In honor of the 400th anniversary of the evangelization of the Diocese of Shang Hai, the main theme has focused on a reflection on its history, on the most important figures in its past, in or ...
• 17 April 2008
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Food crisis on the horizon in North Korea Pyongyang (Agenzia Fides) - North Korea is on the verge of a humanitarian crisis: in the country that is already suffering chronic problems of hunger, poverty, underdevelopment, and an especially small harvest in 2008, d ...