Asia
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19 September 2006
ASIA/LAOS - An Oblate ordained to the priesthood in Laos, the first in over 30 years
Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in over 30 years, an Oblate has been ordained to the priesthood in Laos.
The details of the Ordination are on the www.omiworld.org, web site run by the OMI office for commu ...
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19 September 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Association of Catholic laity re-elects chairman and confirms loyalty to Pope Benedict XVI
News Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The All India Catholic Union, an association for lay Catholics was formed 87 years ago as a body of committed lay Catholics in a society where Christians are a small minority and where in rec ...
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19 September 2006
ASIA/JAPAN - Local Church grateful to missionaries ready to take its future and the work of evangelisation in its own hands
Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - The missionaries brought the seed of the Gospel to Japan. Today the local Church must stand on its own feet and take its future and the work of evangelisation in its own hands according to Rev. Sh ...
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18 September 2006
ASIA - “We are called to take back to our dioceses the precious indications we are receiving ”, say Asian Bishops taking part in Study-Seminar organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To learn, to absorb precious indications and experiences and then return to the ministry in their own dioceses: with this spirit Asian Bishops are taking part in the Study Seminar for newly ...
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18 September 2006
ASIA/THAILAND - Programme of Asian Mission Congress 18-22 October in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The programme has been released for the First Asian Mission Congress organised by the Office for Evangelisation of the FABC Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences with the support of the Con ...
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16 September 2006
ASIA/SINGAPORE - Re-evangelising Europe: ‘Asia to West’ mission for Franciscan Friar Anthony Cho
Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - “Saint Francis Xavier came as a missionary from Europe to bring the Gospel to the Far East. Today we must go as missionaries from East to West to re-evangelise Europe” says Franciscan Fria ...
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16 September 2006
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Caritas South Korea and north Korean authorities hold first meeting to plan humanitarian AID in 2007
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Members of Caritas South Korea had a first meeting with authorities of North Korea to make contact with regard to the flow of humanitarian aid South-North. The meeting is part of a North Korea Aid ...
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15 September 2006
ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Minute Catholic community in a land of first evangelisation, despite little religious freedom and no place of worship, dreams of building its own church one day soon
Ashgabat (Agenzia Fides) - In a country which is 90% desert land, the Gospel is beginning to flower thanks to the work and prayers of Fr. Andrzej Madej, an Oblate Missionary of Mary Immaculate(OMI), Superior of the Catho ...
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15 September 2006
ASIA/INDONESIA - Muslim religious leaders and intellectuals call for a reprieve for three Indonesian Catholics condemned to death
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Muslim religious leaders and intellectuals who took part in the recent Inter-religious Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi organised by the S. Egidio Community, addressed a letter to the president of ...
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14 September 2006
ASIA/VIETNAM - Vietnam cradle for vocations to the religious life has new Salesian Novitiate
Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - In Vietnam vocations to the priesthood and the consecrated life continue to flourish and seminaries are filled as an increasing number of young people decide to dedicate their lives to ...
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14 September 2006
ASIA/PAKISTAN -Corruption and religious fanaticism must be eradicated: Catholic Bishops’ Justice and Peace Commission seminar
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In the present situation of crisis what Pakistan needs is national solidarity and unity and respect for the founding values of the nation, justice and peace. This emerged from a recent Seminar or ...
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13 September 2006
ASIA - Asian Bishops at Rome Study Seminar organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples share impressions
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Communion among Bishops, closer relations with the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, insight with regard to the Bishop’s identity and ministry: Asian Bishops at Rome Study S ...
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13 September 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Bishops condemn attack on Catholic school in Lucknow; sixteen schools closed
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Another episode of anti-Christian violence has been reported in in India, at Lucknow, in the central northern state of Uttar Pradesh. On 10 September a gang of Hindu nationalist extremists att ...
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12 September 2006
ASIA/LEBANON - Caritas Internationalis delegation assesses needs in view of humanitarian aid and rebuilding
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - In view of humanitarian intervention in Lebanon after 34 days of war against Israel ended with a cease fire agreement reached on 14 August, Caritas Internationalis sent a team comprising a number ...
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11 September 2006
ASIA/LEBANON - “Since the fighting stopped hope has returned”: testimony from Father Fadel Sidarouss SJ, Near East Jesuit Provincial
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - “The cries of the poor and the victims of war reach our hearts, but in Lebanon life has resumed since the fighting stopped: refugees have returned home, schools and markets have opened, rebuild ...
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