Asia

• 8 June 2007
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Returnee refugee crisis continues: local Church appeals to civil authorities Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis of returnee refugees in East Timor seems nowhere near a solution. “Some 30,000 displaced persons are living in 51 camps in the capital Dili and another 70,000 have moved to districts w ...
• 8 June 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - Save Iraqi Christians: call from Caritas Internationalis and Aid to the Church in Need Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In Iraq violence against Christians continues. The local Church reported that after the murder of Fr Ganni and his three assistants in Mosul, in Baghdad a Chaldean Catholic priest Fr. Hani Abdul ...
• 6 June 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ever more difficult the life of believers in Christ in the land of Iraq Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - For Iraqi Christians life is increasingly difficult due to the never ending war and escalation of confessional violence which culminated earlier this week with the murder in Mosul of a Chaldean ...
• 5 June 2007
  ASIA/JAPAN - Japan's 188 martyrs will be Beatified, the country's Catholics overjoyed Tokyo (Fides Service) - Catholics in Japan are celebrating since Pope Benedict XVI signed a decree on June 1 recognising the martyrdom of 188 priests, religious and lay people killed in Japan between 1603 and 1639. The J ...
• 5 June 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Australia-Philippines agreement to fight terrorism in South East Asia Manila (Fides Service) - To render the area of South East Asia more secure, combat terrorism and piracy, co-operate in intelligence and defence an agreement was signed in Canberra by Australian prime minister John Howard ...
• 4 June 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - A Catholic priest and three deacons assassinated in Iraq Mosul (Fides Service) - Four Chaldean Catholics, a priest and three deacons were brutally assassinated yesterday 3 June in Mosul in front of Holy Spirit Church as they left after Mass. The three men were Fr. Ragheed Aziz ...
• 1 June 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic Bishops Message for Environment Day 2007 Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Safeguard and respect Creation a gift of God: in this spirit the Korean Bishops' Commission of Justice and Peace issued a message for national Environment Day 2007 June 5. The Message invites al ...
• 1 June 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Praying for Peace at “Harmony Centres”: dialogue for peace in the Philippines and in the world Zamboanga City (Fides Service) - Every Sunday in the poor Pitogo district of Zamboanga, in Mindanao, a group of mothers gather with the children for a special prayer meeting based on a passage of the Holy Scriptures and ...
• 1 June 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - New Youth Formation Centre in diocese of Mangalore Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The local Catholic community in India continues to provide education and professional training all over the country. A new Youth Formation Centre was recently opened by Bishop Aloysius D’Sou ...
• 1 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Christian values promote happy marriages and happy family life: Feng Xi parish in diocese of Tai Yuan hosts Meeting for Faith and Life Sharing Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - “Jesus teaching, Christian values help us to life a happy family life and be witnesses of a lived Gospel”. This emerged from a three day Meeting for Faith and Life Sharing organised by Feng ...
• 29 May 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics live month of May with special prayers, pilgrimages, witness of faith and charity work Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Month of May for Chinese Catholics, deeply devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, is always a deeply spiritual time. Favourite feast days include Our Lady Of Fatima, May 13, Our Lady of China o ...
• 29 May 2007
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Civil war is having disastrous effect on children humanitarian organisations warn Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Non declared but real civil war in Sri Lanka - with vast military operations on both sides - is having a disastrous effect on children according to local NGOs and UNICEF. The humanitarian o ...
• 29 May 2007
  ASIA - Global warming and scarcity of water intensify migration and refugee crisis Christian Aid Report London (Agenzia Fides) - At least 1 billion people will be forced from their homes between now and 2050 as the effects of climate change deepen an already burgeoning global migration crisis, according to new report "Huma ...
• 29 May 2007
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - President Josè Ramos Horta installed: the nation hopes for a new start Dili (Fides Service) - East Timor's civil society, the Catholic community as well as international bodes hope the installation of the new president and approaching general elections will mark a new start and a future of ...
• 28 May 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Newly baptised Christians play major role at Pentecost; Pentecost charity party in Tai Pei park Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics received into the Church at Easter played a major part in liturgies on Pentecost Sunday in China, especially in Beijing. During a solemn Mass on Sunday 27 May the newly baptised receiv ...