Asia

• 12 October 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Series of multimedia products for evangelisation in view of Mission Sunday and the 150th anniversary of the evangelisation of southern Taiwan Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The executive Commission of the Voice of the Catholic Church Association of Taiwan, the Communications office of the Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference, asked Kuangchi Program Service and Guan ...
• 12 October 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - Web site in memory of Chaldean Catholic priest Fr. Raghhed Ganni and three deacons killed recently, and to defend the presence of Iraqi Christians in their homeland Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Iraq's Chaldean Catholic community has announced the imminent opening of a web site in memory of Fr. Raghhed Ganni and three deacons killed by insurgents in Mosul. The web site will also defend ...
• 12 October 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - South Korea is now “de facto” abolitionist of capital punishment, to the satisfaction of Christians and civil rights associations Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Since there have been no executions in South Korea for ten years the Republic is now an abolitionist “de facto”, although officially the death penalty is still part of the country's juridical ...
• 11 October 2007
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - From South America to the Central Asian steppe lands: women religious start new mission in Kazakhstan Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - Three Sisters, Servants of the Lord and the Blessed Virgin Mary of Matara (SSVM) a congregation founded in Argentina, have just opened a new mission in the diocese of Almaty in Kazakhstan, to be ...
• 11 October 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics in Nan An, in Fu Jian province make long 1 October national holiday a great feast in honour of the patron saint of the Missions Nan An (Agenzia Fides) - On the feast day of Saint Therese of Lisieux, patron saint of the missions Fr Lin Yong Quan, parish priest St Therese Catholic parish in Quan Zhou in the province of Fu Jian, in the south east of ...
• 11 October 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Saint Columban Missionaries work despite difficulties and tension to announce and live the Word of God building bridges of peace Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Mission continues despite difficulties, tension and violence and the Good News comforts and changes the lives of many families especially in remote forgotten areas of the country thanks to Saint ...
• 10 October 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - 'Carmel and Asian Mission': Carmelite Mission Congress for Asia and Oceania “ "missions are an integral part of a Carmelite vocation” Mangalore (Fides Service) - 'Carmel and Asian Mission' was the theme of a Mission Congress for Asia and Oceania organised by the Discalced Carmelite Order at Ryshivana, the Institute of Indian Christian Spirituality at R ...
• 10 October 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic Council of India meeting on role of women in the Church and society and the challenges facing the Catholic community in the third millennium Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The role and charisma of women in the Church and in society will be the main theme of a meeting of the Catholic Council of India comprising bishops, clergy, religious and lay people to be hel ...
• 10 October 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Young people in Manila archdiocese in front life to protect creation Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Manila has launched a programme of study and action on the theme “Global Warming and Climate Change”, mainly for young people. In a recent meeting some 500 young people fro ...
• 10 October 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Archbishop Giovanni Battista Liang Xisheng died last month Kaifeng (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Giovanni Battista Liang Xisheng, Archbishop of Kaifeng in Henan province, mainland China, died on 23 September at the age of 84. Archbishop died of kidney failure and cardiac complica ...
• 9 October 2007
  ASIA/JAPAN - Beatification of 188 Japanese martyrs in Nagasaki on 24 November will be presided by Cardinal Saraiva Martins Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Japan is waiting expectantly for the beatification of 188 Martyrs on 24 November. The Mass for the beatification will be presided by the Pope's representative Cardinal Jo ...
• 9 October 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cheongju diocese opens Synod on 50th anniversary of foundation Cheongju (Agenzia Fides) - Cheongju diocese opened a Diocesan Synod with a solemn Mass presided by Bishop Gabriel Chang Bong-hun. The diocese will celebrate the 50th anniversary of foundation in 2008. In a message “Jes ...
• 9 October 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan Family Day part of traditional Chinese Autumn festival brings family members together Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - For the diocese of Hong Kong which has been celebrating 2007 as the Year of the Family, the traditional Autumn Chinese festival dedicated to family unity was also Diocesan Family Day, to stres ...
• 8 October 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Cang Zhou diocese gives joyful welcome 4 new priests and 6 deacons and overtakes the one hundred mark of diocesan priests Cang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Xian Xian (today Cang Zhou) gave a joyful welcome to 4 new priests and 6 deacons ordained in September. According to “Faith” magazine published in He Bei, with these ordinat ...
• 8 October 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - In life and in death Bishop Giovanni Han Dingxiang suffered for the cause of the Gospel Yongnian (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Giovanni Han Dingxiang, of the diocese of Yongnian (Yungnien/Handan) in the mainland China province of Hebei died on September 9 at the age of 68. He was born on 17 May 1939. Ordained a ...