Asia

• 2 July 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Happy Chinese Catholics work to propagate Papal Letter Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “Thank you Holy Father for giving us this Manual. Thank you for publishing it in Chinese on-line and in a booklet”. These were the first reactions of Catholics in Beijing when they received ...
• 2 July 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Immaculate Conception parish in Beijing celebrates 262 baptisms on Sunday 1 July, the day after the Papal Letter to the Catholics of China was made public Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - No less than 262 catechumens received the sacraments of Baptism, first Holy Communion and Confirmation at Immaculate Conception parish in Beijing on Sunday 1 July the day after the Papal Letter ...
• 30 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Papal Letter made public: first reaction of a priest in Beijing: “we are immensely grateful to Pope Benedict XVI , his religious teaching will help us walk with confidence on the path of authentic evangelisation” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “I have a sense of immense gratitude to the Pope and relief”: this was the first reaction of a local Catholic priest in Beijing with regard to the Papal Letter addressed to the members of th ...
• 30 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - A priest in Beijing says: “The Papal Letter is a pastoral guide and religious teaching for all …it will serve as a sort of Basic Law of the Faith” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “ The Papal Letter is a pastoral guide and religious teaching for all" said a priest in Beijing in front line for evangelisation who expressed his enthusiasm for the publication of the long aw ...
• 28 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - "The Papal Letter will strengthen communion among Catholics in China where there is profound respect for the words of the Head of the Family" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “The Papal Letter will strengthen communion among Catholics in China where there is profound respect for the words of the Head of the Family” Catholics in Beijing told Fides: “For the peop ...
• 28 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - People's University Beijing hosts 1st Forum on 'Religion and Social Assistance' (Charity work) jointly promoted by religious confessions and civil society Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “The experience of charity work in Chinese religious communities today; the theoretic study of Religion and Charity Work; the legislative study of religious charity work; religious charity wor ...
• 28 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic community offers support to students sitting exams Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - No slogans or banners, just a little sign - “The Catholic community offers free mineral water and good luck for your exams:!” - in different areas of examination centres. Catholics in He Bei ...
• 28 June 2007
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Jesuits have been in Afghanistan since 1581 Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Afghanistan is not new to the Jesuit Fathers. In 1581 Emperor Akbar brought a Jesuit with him from Agra near Delhi, in India to tutor his son. A year later, Brother Bento de Goes, searching for th ...
• 27 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese priests studying overseas anxiously await, like their communities and dioceses, the Papal Letter which they hope will promote unity and pastoral clarity Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “The Papal Letter will strengthen our unity and help clarify certain doubts which assail the Chinese Catholic community”. With this conviction Chinese priests studying overseas anxiously awa ...
• 27 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Vocations, a life of sanctity and evangelisation: principal themes of spiritual retreat for priests in the diocese of Hang Zhou, Zhe Jiang province Hang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - A recent spiritual retreat for priests in Hang Zhou diocese, Zhe Jiang Porvince was articulated in various moments marked by specific themes. “Strengthening our vocation” was the theme of ...
• 27 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - 3.000 participate in celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of the Mount at Tie Ling in the diocese of Liao Ning Liao Ning (Agenzia Fides) - Ten years ago the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of the Mount at Tie Ling, in the diocese of Liao Ning, was opened to the public. Today over 3,000 people gathered for a special 10th anniversary Mas ...
• 26 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Deus Caritas Est theme of 2nd cycle of catechesis in Shang Hai diocese: courses draw double the number of catechumens Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) - The Encyclical Deus Caritas Est is the theme of the 2nd cycle of catechesis in the diocese of Shang Hai. The diocese's web site says the course taking place in Qi Bao parish, 10 June to 23 Mar ...
• 26 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Priests and lay Catholics in Beijing in front line evangelisation anxiously await promised Papal Letter to Chinese Catholics: “Thank you Pope Benedict XVI!” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “For a long time we have been waiting and praying for precise and concrete guidelines from the Holy See. We pray that everyone will realise the great consideration and esteem the Holy Father ...
• 26 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics in He Bei welcome a visit from Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in Hong Kong Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in He Bei welcomed a delegation of 12 members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in Hong Kong, on a visit led by parish priest Rev. Kwok. The Hong Kong Catholics visited the Cat ...
• 26 June 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fifteen days since the Italian missionary Fr Bossi disappeared, still no contact with the kidnappers; torrential rains hinder search efforts Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Government peace negotiators have sent three emissaries to the hideout of the kidnappers of Italian priest Giancarlo Bossi. The team, whose leader was involved in negotiations that led to the rel ...