Asia
11 July 2006
ASIA/INDONESIA - Malnutrition pushes up infant mortality rate: Franciscan missionary engaged in courageous fight for children
Banda Aceh (Agenzia Fides) - Growing malnutrition in Indonesia is the cause of a rising infant mortality rate according to a report issued by the UN World Food Programme in collaboration with the Indonesian Institute of ...
10 July 2006
ASIA/TURKEY - Expecting Pope Benedict XVI in Turkey Catholics celebrated Saints Peter and Paul intensifying ecumenical and inter-religious relations
Antioch (Agenzia Fides) - In view of a visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Turkey Catholics are intensifying ecumenical and inter-religious relations. An occasion of this slow but sure movement towards unity- which makes progr ...
10 July 2006
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Seminarians attend first national Patristics Seminar
Seul (Agenzia Fides) - De gratia et libero arbitrio in Sant’Agostino was the theme of a Seminar on Patristics organised by the Korean Patristics Society to foster deeper reflection on Patristics and on the theology of ...
8 July 2006
EUROPE/SPAIN - 5th World Meeting of Families - " One of the main challenges in recent times is an attempt by the secularised society to change laws which for centuries and even millennia recognised God’s plan for marriage and the family as it is presented in the order of Creation and which is the common heritage of humanity governed by natural law”
Valencia (Agenzia Fides) -On Friday 7 July the work of the Theological-Pastoral Congress opened on the theme "Family and Ecumenism", in the presence of representatives of the Orthodox Churches and Lutheran Churches. In h ...
7 July 2006
ASIA/INDIA - French Sisters of St Joseph of Lyons marking 100 years of presence in India are lauded by local Hindu religious leader
Madurai (Agenzia Fides) - A hundred years of mission among the poor and the outcast. A hundred years dedicated to witness and evangelisation. The Sisters of the Joseph of Lyons, a religious congregation founded in France ...
5 July 2006
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - 75 years of tireless service: Pontifical Mission Societies anniversary celebrations
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the Philippines is marking 75 years of service to foster evangelisation, support and encourage missionaries, priests, men and wom ...
5 July 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Jesuits consolidate work of social animation in Delhi
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Jesuit Fathers in Delhi are deeply committed to providing social assistance. Formerly a region of Patna province, Delhi was elevated in December 2005 to Province status. In an effort to consol ...
4 July 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Asia's Families most effective agents of evangelisation: Bishop Agnelo Gracias represents Church in India and Asia at 5th World Meeting of Families in Spain
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Agnelo Gracias, auxiliary Bishop of Bombay and head of the Indian Bishops’ Commission for the Family is representing the Church in India and Asia at the 5th World Meeting of Families ...
4 July 2006
ASIA/CHINA - Catholics from He Bei move to Shang Dong and make their new home a cradle of priestly and religious vocations
Zhou Cun (Agenzia Fides) - Moving home can be an opportunity for evangelisation. This is seen from the experience of a now flourishing Catholic community in Shang Dong. Three hundred years ago a handful of Catholic famil ...
3 July 2006
ASIA/TURKEY - Local Muslims are ready to donate blood for Fr Pierre if necessary
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - “It was the act of a mad man which does no good to the image of Turkey. It was an isolated episode: there is no tension or violence and Christian/Muslim relations are good as usual”: Fr Geo ...
3 July 2006
ASIA/CHINA - From sowing to reaping abundantly: Chinese Catholic community in Brazil celebrates 50th anniversary of the arrival of first Chinese priest to care for immigrants
Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - 50 years ago Fr Chen Qi Ming, of the diocese of Zheng Ding, He Bei province, after taking part in the 36th International Eucharistic Congress, in 1995 landed in Brazil sent by the Holy See. So ...
3 July 2006
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Efforts to reduce world’s highest percentage of minors with serious nutrition deficiency
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Bangladesh has the highest rate of malnourished children under 5 : 48%, according to a recent UNICEF report. It is also the most densely populated country in southern Asia with maximum concentrati ...
30 June 2006
ASIA/CHINA - Zhou Cun diocese starts Summer Pastoral care for children: a holiday of faith, pilgrimage and charity
Zhou Cun (Agenzia Fides) - School holidays start in mid June in China and all over the country Catholic communities are resuming the usual Summer Pastoral activities for young people for various age groups. Zhou Cun dioc ...
26 June 2006
ASIA/CHINA - “Family and marriage pastoral care is our eternal task” says a Beijing priest active in this sensitive field
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “Family and marriage pastoral care is our eternal task because it concerns the future of the Christian community and promotes inculturation” said a priest in Beijing active in the field of p ...
23 June 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Education and healthcare for children in Tamil Nadu
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Madrid based Fontilles Association to Fight Leprosy, Spain has offered 116 boys and 114 girls in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu the chance to go to school and receive an education which will a ...
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