Asia

• 1 October 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Active participation in diocesan Mission Sunday initiatives on 26 September continue to World Mission Sunday and beyond Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “The celebration of the diocesan Mission Sunday 26 September is moved by the desire to foster active participation of the faithful”. This was said by Italian PIME missionary Fr Renzo Mila ...
• 1 October 2007
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Fr Nicholaspillai Packiyaranjith killed on 26 September was a diocesan priest not a Jesuit Mannar (Agenzia Fides) - Fides was informed by the local Church that Fr Nicholaspillai Packiyaranjith, killed on 26 September in an attack on the diocese of Mannar, (see Fides 27/9/2006), was not a Jesuit as previously r ...
• 1 October 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Progress in North - South dialogue for North Korea's de-nuclearisation: the Church prays for peace and stability Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Korean people, civil associations and Christian Churches welcomed the news of an agreement reached in talks between United States, Russia, China, Japan and the two Koreas with regard to North ...
• 28 September 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Formation of lay missionaries especially young people in Kerala, key to the future of the Church Cochin (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to form Catholic lay persons, young people especially to enable them to play a more active part in the life of the Church in India and be evangelisers in society: this is a priority ...
• 28 September 2007
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Caritas Internationalis launches appeal for peace in Myanmar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Internationalis has called for violence in Myanmar to end, for human rights to be respected and for a peaceful solution to the crisis in that country. In an appeal made yesterday th ...
• 27 September 2007
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Newsroom 68H, first radio station in Indonesian Papua Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - People in Indonesian Papua - also called Irian Jaya province in the far east of the Indonesian archipelago- are welcoming the opening of a new means of communication, a local radio station. In ...
• 27 September 2007
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Diocesan priest involved in humanitarian work killed in civil war Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest is the latest victim of civil war in Sri Lanka: Father Nicholaspillai Packiyaranjith, coordinator of Jesuit Refugee Service in the district of Mannar, was killed when a bomb ex ...
• 27 September 2007
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Myanmar Catholics intensify prayers for peace and national reconciliation Rangoon (Agenzia Fides) - At this difficult time for the nation the small Catholic community in Myanmar turns with trust to God, praying for peace, reconciliation and the safety of the people: this was said in a message ...
• 26 September 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Justice and peace subcontinent of India: experts and theologians discuss social inequality and discrimination Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Social discrimination, economic inequality, cultural exclusion, marginalisation from public life for religious or ideological reasons are some of the debated topics in the subcontinent of Indi ...
• 26 September 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - La Salle University in Manila and Interreligious Dialogue: 2008 National Conference on Interreligious Dialogue Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A college famous for its research and initiatives to promote dialogue between cultures and religions: De La Salle University in Manila, opened by the Congregation of the Brothers of Christian Sch ...
• 25 September 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Franciscans 70 years in Korea to restore primate of the spirit and serve the poor Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - To give a soul to Korea's secularised society, pervaded by new technology which often dehumanises inter-personal relations: this is the vocation and mission of the Franciscans who recently celebr ...
• 25 September 2007
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Young Cambodian Catholics promise common commitment to safeguard Creation at special Synod Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - To acknowledge the paternity of God the Creator and the responsibility of every person for creation: this was the aim of a special Synod of Young Cambodian Catholics, now in its fourth editio ...
• 24 September 2007
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Bringing the Gospel to indigenous Animists: first PIME missionaries reached island of Borneo 150 years ago Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - 1857-2007: 150 years of continual evangelisation in conditions of poverty, itinerant catechesis, caring for the sick, being close to families. This is the experience of Italian missionaries ...
• 24 September 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - “Violence against Christians must be stopped”: India's Christian send open letter to President Pratibha Devisingh Patil New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Make known the plight of India's Christians account of their religious faith and the escalation of violence against them: call for an end to acts of discrimination and threats and a serious in ...
• 21 September 2007
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Exultation and expectation in the local Church for imminent opening of Beatification cause for Cardinal Francois Nguyen Van Thuan Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - There is great joy and exultance in the Church in Vietnam for the imminent opening of the Beatification cause for Cardinal Francois Nguyen Van Thuan, dearly loved apostle and bishop who died on 16 ...