Asia

• 13 April 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Fire seriously damages Asia’s largest Benedictine monastery at Waegwan Waegwan (Agenzia Fides) - On Holy Thursday 5 April a fire broke out during the night in the largest Benedictine Monastery in Asia situated Waegwan in South Korea. The building was seriously damaged. The disaster was repo ...
• 13 April 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Evangelisation in the light of Deus Caritas Est encyclical: Bishop of Shang Hai issues Easter message Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The teaching of Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI’s Encyclical Deus Caritas Est, the diocesan and social situation, urgency and responsibility in the fields of evangelisation and pastoral care, combat ...
• 12 April 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - At Easter Chaldean Catholic Sacred Heart parish youth group in Erbil prays for peace and looks forward to World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - In preparation for Easter some 80 young Catholics of the Chaldean Catholic Sacred Heart parish in Erbil took part in a spiritual retreat at a Marian Shrine in the same town. Besides special prayer ...
• 11 April 2007
  ASIA/THAILAND - Easter at Rayong Camillian Centre: eight children are baptised, tireless pastoral care and therapy for children with HIV/AIDS Rayong (Fides Service) - Fr. Giovanni Contarin in charge of Rayong Camillian Centre which for the past ten years has provided treatment and pastoral care for children with AIDS, (see Fides 8/1/2007), sent the following E ...
• 11 April 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics in Beijing celebrated Easter with joy and deep emotion. A priest in Beijing says "I like the other priests lost my voice, hearing confessions, preparing and celebrating Mass, but the fruits of evangelisation thanks to the Risen Lord are a great reward". Beijing (Fides Service) - Catholics in Beijing celebrated Easter with joy and deep emotion. "Joy because after so much suffering in his passion Christ is risen and this reflects on our own faith life and gives us new ho ...
• 4 April 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA - The Christian Holy Week by Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 2nd April, the second anniversary of the death of John Paul II, the Gospel of Holy Monday took us to Bethany, a place Jesus loved, the home of his friends Lazarus, Martha and Mary who ac ...
• 3 April 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Appeal for generous Good Friday collection in aid of Christians in the Holy Land Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) -The Holy Land Office in Taiwan has appealed to Catholics to give generously to Good Friday collections which will help Christians in the Holy Land. Tai Pei diocesan bulletin Christian Life Weekl ...
• 2 April 2007
  ASIA/JAPAN - Blogs for evangelisation reaching out to young people ever more popular Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - In Japan the blog is rapidly becoming an ever more popular channel for evangelising, especially among young people. Bishops, priests, religious and lay bloggers are drawing growing interest contac ...
• 31 March 2007
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Relations between Catholic communities in central Asia and the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences must be intensified Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) - Relations between Catholic communities in central Asia and the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences must be intensified. This emerged at a meeting of Catholic Bishops of Asia held in Tashkn ...
• 30 March 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Form the faithful to love and live God’s will, evangelising families with God’s love”: diocesan Laity Council goals for local Year of the Family Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “Form the faithful to love and live God’s will, evangelising families with God’s love” is the goal adopted by Hong Kong diocesan Council for the Laity in the local year for the Family. ...
• 28 March 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Daily 13 hours of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Saints Peter and Paul Catholic parish in Yuan Lang responds to Pope Benedict XVI’s exhortation Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the consecration of a new chapel dedicated to Saint Pio da Pietrelcina, the Catholic parish of Saints Peter and Paul in Yuan Lang, diocese of Hong Kong, inaugurated daily A ...
• 27 March 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Encyclical Deus Caritas Est theme of Summer Catechism for Children: “Teaching children to love at an early age” Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - The Encyclical written by Pope Benedict XVI Deus Caritas Est will be the main theme for Summer Catechism courses this Summer organised by Son of Man Religious Formation Group in Taiwan. Accord ...
• 27 March 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic Archbishop of Delhi calls Sonia Ghandi to cleanse her party of elements of fundamentalism New Delhi (Fides Service) - Congress Party with its centuries old democratic, secular tradition, tolerant, respectful of individual freedom and human rights should cleanse itself of poisonous elements of fundamentalism ...
• 27 March 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Permanent Peoples Tribunal accuse Arroyo government and army of violation of human rights The Hague (Fides Service) - The civil society of the Philippines has reported its government and the army for serious violation of human rights. The report was filed in The Hague during a 21 - 25 March session of the Per ...
• 26 March 2007
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Apostolic Delegate Archbishop Pennacchio visits diocese of Pathein, ordains three deacons and opens new Pastoral Centre named after Pope Benedict XVI Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - A recent pastoral visit by Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, apostolic delegate in Myanmar, to the diocese of Pathein guided by the Bishop Mgr John Hsane Hgyi, was an event of grace, marked by pra ...