Asia

• 16 May 2007
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Voluntary return to Batticaloa Batticaloa (Fides Service) - While civil war continues to produces more violence and victims every day there are timid attempts to help people in Sri Lanka, especially in the north and north east, return to normal life. ...
• 15 May 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - After elections marred by violence with 126 dead, civil society monitors guarantee transparency and prevent fraud in vote-counting Manila (Fides Service) - Violence was present, despite a non-violence campaign launched by civil society and the local Catholic Church - in elections held 14 May throughout the country. Over 45 million voted to elect par ...
• 15 May 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - High institutional tension and social disorder: harsh repression by the army Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Tension is rising in Pakistan, especially in Karachi with days of disorder and protest against President Musharraf' s decision to dismiss supreme court president Iftikkhar Chaudhry known for his ...
• 15 May 2007
  ASIA/THAILAND - Increase in vocations to the religious life among Karen peoples exposed to suffering and deportation Bangkok (Fides Service) - Vocations to the religious life are increasing among Catholic communities of Karen peoples living in north west Thailand and in Myanmar despite a situation of persistent hardship, poverty and di ...
• 14 May 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic Education Week 21 to 27 May Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - “Jesus Christ, true Master" is the title of a message issued by the Catholic Bishops of Korea on the occasion of the 2nd Catholic Education Week to be held 21 to 27 of this month. The message, s ...
• 12 May 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Local Year of the Family: 25 families attend "Parents to Children handing-on the faith" meeting; family building web site opens new page Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “The Family Hands on its Treasure” was the title of a meeting of formation in the faith in the family organised recently at St Benedict parish by Hong Kong's diocesan commission for catech ...
• 10 May 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - “Promoting journalism based on authentic values” Fr Adolf Washington new president of the Indian Catholic Press Association Bangalore (Fides Service) - Journalism which is neither scandalistic nor sensationalistic; which fosters respect for the human person, human dignity and rights, promotes justice and solidarity, fights to eliminate discri ...
• 10 May 2007
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Ramos-Horta will be the new President of East Timor, official elections results still to be announced Dili (Agenzia Fides) - Outgoing Prime Minister, Nobel peace prize winner José Ramos-Horta, will be the new president of the Republic of East Timor. Temporary results of the 8 May election announced with 90% of the votes ...
• 9 May 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Emmanuel Delly says “Iraqi Christians must be guaranteed full rights of citizenship ” Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal in favour of Iraqi Christians was addressed to political and religious authorities in Iraq and the rest of the world by Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Mar Emmanuel III Delly during ...
• 9 May 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Young Catholics in Immaculate Heart of Mary parish call peers to mission: “Come let's proclaim the Gospel!” Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “ Come let's proclaim the Gospel ” is the call launched by young Catholics of Immaculate Heart of Mary parish, in the 7th deanery of Tai Pei archdiocese to their peers during a recent meetin ...
• 8 May 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN - At Miao Li Convent diocese of Hsin Chu Cardinal Shan inaugurates a Holy House of Loreto, the third in the world and the only one in Asia Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) -A special Mass presided by Cardinal Paul Shan to inaugurate a perfect reproduction of the shrine of the "Holy House of Loreto" was attended by more than 2,000 people. About fifty bishops and prie ...
• 4 May 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society protests against 'Talebanisation' and spreading religious fundamentalism Lahore (Fides Service) - To affirm civil society's desire to remain secular, democratic and pluralist associations, movements, unions, religious minority groups staged a street demonstration in Lahore demanding that grow ...
• 2 May 2007
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Apostolic Delegate visits diocese of Kengtung, which has just held diocesan synod Kengtung (Fides Service) - The Catholics of the diocese of Kengtung, east Myanmar recently had the joy of a visit by the Apostolic Delegate Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio. The Delegate was warmly welcomed to the Cathedr ...
• 2 May 2007
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - United Nations emergency alarm for child victims of conflict and violence Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - While world leaders work on peace processes in the Middle East the children of the region suffer hunger, fear and desperation. Children bear the greatest burden of conflicts in the Middle Ea ...
• 30 April 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - Pax Christi appeal for the tragedy of Iraqi Christians: “Enough with war, let us work together for peace ” Baghdad (Fides Service) - Pax Christi, a Catholic Church movement which promotes dialogue between religions, respect for human dignity and human rights, has called for international mobilisation and concrete intervention ...