Asia

• 24 October 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - “The life and spirituality of Saint John Bosco” theme of retreat for priests in Tai Yuan diocese Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - “ The life and spirituality of Saint John Bosco” was the theme of a week long retreat for priests organised by Tai Yuan, 8 - 13 October. Saint Don Bosco is well known and loved in China. Sa ...
• 23 October 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Report on violence against Christians in the state of Karnataka Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - It is the state with the sad record of the most violence inflicted on Christian communities: Karanataka State in southern India is known for one of India's the high international level technol ...
• 23 October 2007
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Christian communities build bridges with East Timor after a history of painful wounds Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - It was not without pain that East Timor gained independence from Indonesia with a referendum in 1999. The decision for independence freely expressed by the people of Timor was followed by pro-In ...
• 22 October 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - Release of two Catholic priest hostages in northern Iraq Mosul (Agenzia Fides)- The two Catholic priests of Syro-Catholic rite taken hostage in Mosul, northern Iraq on 13 October (see Fides 15 and 16 October 2007) were released yesterday Sunday 21 October. The priests, Fr. Piu ...
• 22 October 2007
  ASIA/NEPAL - Nepalese Christians concerned for the country's future: instability threatens peace and the democratic process Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Nepal is concerned after the Maoists left the government. There is fear of more instability and chaos. The fact that the convocation of another constituent assembly ...
• 19 October 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Intense preparation in the Chinese world in communion with the universal Church for Mission Sunday Roma (Agenzia Fides) - The whole of the Chinese world is mobilising intensely to celebrate World Mission Sunday with the universal Church. According to reports sent to Fides from the continent, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwa ...
• 19 October 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Salesian world boosts its presence in information and communications from Asia: commitment of ANS news service Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - Boost service of information and communication in order to intensify communion within the Salesian world on one hand, and open ever wider and render visible the charisma of don Bosco in the univers ...
• 18 October 2007
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Sandakan diocese created and first Bishop of ordained Sandakan (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Malaysia recently celebrated an historic event the foundation of a new diocese of Sandakan and the ordination of the first Bishop of Sandakan, Mgr Julius Dusin Gitom. Sandakan, a c ...
• 18 October 2007
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Special anniversary Mass to mark 80th anniversary of Pyongyang diocese: commitment to revivify the Catholic community in North Korea New York (Agenzia Fides) - During a special anniversary Mass celebrated in New York to mark the 80th anniversary of the Catholic diocese of Pyongyang, capital city of North Korea, prayer intentions included a desire to b ...
• 18 October 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - On Mission Sunday in Bei Tang Cathedral five new priests will be ordained by the new Bishop of Beijing Pechino (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 21 October the diocese of Beijing, which will be celebrating the annual Mission Sunday in communion with the universal Church, will mark the date with a great event, the ordination of ...
• 17 October 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Good cuisine promotes evangelisation and family unity Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “The festival of good evangelising cuisine is the best way to promote harmony in the family and to evangelise the world” said a priest of Kow Loon deanery during Mission Sunday celebrated ...
• 16 October 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - Catholic priests taken hostage in Mosul still detained, Pope Benedict XVI calls for their release Mosul (Agenzia Fides)- Fr. Pius Afas and Fr. Mazen Ishoa, the two Syrian-Catholic priests taken hostage in the Mosul, in northern Iraq, are still in the hands of their captors, but they are alive and in good condition th ...
• 16 October 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Study Day: Priests, religious, deacons and seminarians discuss diocesan Social Communications methods, tools and strategies Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of September Catholic priests, men and women religious, deacons and seminarians attended a Study Day on diocesan social communication strategies. The diocesan bulletin Kong Ko Bao s ...
• 16 October 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Second International Congress on Education in Love, Sex and Life aims to stop anti-birth organisations from promoting immoral policies throughout Asia Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Second International Congress on Education in Love, Sex and Life (www.edicongress.com) 19 to 21 November 2007 will bring together in Manila (Philippines), over 700 experts in pedagogy, schola ...
• 15 October 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Ji Ning diocese in Mongolia, celebrates consecration of new Cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary; the diocese hosts the continent's most famous Marian Shrine to Our Lady of the Rosary Ji Ning (Agenzia Fides) - “The Cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary is also a splendid symbol of the city. The church alone is a strong message of evangelisation", the parish priest said about the Ji Ning dio ...