Asia

• 14 February 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Dignity, presence, and role of women in the Church and in society: central theme for the Bishops’ Assembly in India Jamshedpur (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time, a group over 50 women, religious and laity among them, are taking active part in the 28th General Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of India (CBCI), that will take plac ...
• 13 February 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Formation course for religious women in the diocese of Hai Men: from community life to evangelisation Hai Men (Agenzia Fides) - Community life, evangelisation, the liturgy, missions, personal formation, and the work of religious life: these are the main themes of the Course in religious formation being sponsored by the s ...
• 13 February 2008
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Marian devotion in Asia: 50,000 faithful attend National Pilgrimage to Nyaunglebin Marian Shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes; Six new priests ordained Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - “This has been a great manifestation of the faith of the people, where once again I have been able to witness the genuine and profound Eucharistic and Marian devotion of the faithful, who have ...
• 12 February 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - New support projects for poor and marginalised children in the tribal dioceses of north-eastern India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - These dioceses see themselves as indebted to the first religious of the Foreign Missions of Paris (MEP), who brought the Gospel to the tribes of north-eastern India, as well as to the “new i ...
• 12 February 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Youth of Tai Yuan respond to the Pope’s call: “Let us live the Pauline Year with an active evangelisation.” Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - “We respond to the Pope’s call to evangelise for the Pauline Year and we commit ourselves to living the Pauline Year in active evangelisation.” This has been the response to the Holy Fath ...
• 8 February 2008
  ASIA/TURKEY - Pauline Year, opportunity for testimony: Turkish Catholics organising celebrations ASIA/TURKEY - Pauline Year, opportunity for testimony: Turkish Catholics organising celebrations Tarsus (Agenzia Fides) - In Tarsus and Antioch, places familiar to the presence and preaching of the Apostle Paul in Tur ...
• 8 February 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Caritas of Korea tells faithful: “Live Lent with the poor” Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Lent is a time in which the Christian is called to open his eyes and lend a hand to his neighbour, towards those brothers who live in difficulty, poverty, and injustice. This is what the message f ...
• 8 February 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Appeal of Jinde Charities for the Chinese victims of snowstorms, in light of the Pope’s Message for Lent Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese Catholic community is in the frontline in the battle against the ice and snow, helping victims of the natural disasters, in the spirit of Pope’s Message for Lent 2008. Included amo ...
• 7 February 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Dreaming a Peaceful Jolo”: Muslims and Christians in Dialogue and Reconciliation” Jolo (Agenzia Fides) - Make the dream of a lasting peace, a reality. This is the desire and the commitment expressed in the recent Islamic-Christian encounter held on the island of Jolo, in the southern most part of the ...
• 6 February 2008
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - “The trail of blood must come to an end”; meanwhile, disasters and civilian victims increase Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - “We must put an end to the trail of blood and hate that is sweeping across the country.” This is the plea that comes from the Catholic religious orders that are working on the frontline prov ...
• 5 February 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Lunar new year and Christian solidarity and evangelisation Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Chinese Catholics were deeply moved by greetings for 'prosperity and wellbeing', pronounced by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday 3 February addressed to all Asian countries celebrating Lunar New Year. Pr ...
• 5 February 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Reform yourselves and believe in the Gospel”: Catholic Bishops' Message on the eve of Lent on the theme of promoting the common good Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Reform yourselves and believe in the Gospel" is the title of a message issued by the Korean Catholic Bishops' Conference on January 27 at the end of their 96th plenary assembly. The message, iss ...
• 4 February 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Church doors open, prayers, fasting, charity work: Chinese Catholics brave snow and ice in the light of the Pope's Lenten Message Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The church doors always open for any snow stranded travellers; prayer and fasting to face difficulties together; offerings of objects and money and participation in rescue work: this activity ha ...
• 1 February 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - With prayers and charity Catholics assist snow stranded people Chang Sha (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in various parts of China are using prayers, charity and almsgiving to help people stranded because of exceptional snow calls. According to Faith bulletin published in He Bei, Catho ...
• 1 February 2008
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Following cyclone Sidr Agire NGO network assists more than 160,000 displaced persons Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - Humanitarian interventions are underway to assist displaced persons, and help with resettlement and reconstruction in areas of Bangladesh affected by cyclone Sidr over two months ago on 15 Novembe ...