Asia

• 29 January 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Bishops demand greater effort on the part of the government to stop killings and disappearances and ensure that elections are regular and transparent Manila (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of a recent Plenary session 23-28 January the Catholic bishops of the Philippines have called on the government to make a greater effort to stop hundreds of extrajudicial killings, com ...
• 29 January 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pontifical Mission Societies Formation Seminar for Priests: How can a Priest be a Missionary? Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Ongoing formation for priests is a major concern for the Church in Pakistan. This emerged during a Seminar for Priests organised 22-26 January Lahore by the national office of the Pontifical Miss ...
• 27 January 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - A man of profound humility and deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Death of Bishop Giuseppe Zheng Changcheng, Bishop in Foochow (Fuzhou) Fuzhou (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Giuseppe Zheng Changcheng, Bishop in Foochow (Fuzhou) in the Chinese province of Fujian 1,6000 km south east of Beiejing, died on 18 December 2006 at the age of 94. The elderly Bishop had ...
• 27 January 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Over 400 Christians pray for unity in Hong Kong’s Methodist church in live link with similar ecumenical prayer gathering in Macao Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “An open heart is fundamental on the path of ecumenism. This prayer meeting is a way to express our desire for ecumenism”: this motivation led 400 Catholics, Orthodox Christians, Anglicans ...
• 27 January 2007
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Marist Brothers mission at the service of education of young generations Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - Their mission is education for children and young people as a means of growth of the person and diffusion of Gospel values. The Marist Brothers have worked in Singapore since 1949, but were a ...
• 27 January 2007
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Amidst many difficulties, Burmese Catholics see signs of hope Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Life is a struggle against poverty, suffering, restricted freedom. But with small steps the little Catholic community in Myanmar continues its mission. The Church has gradually grown and develope ...
• 26 January 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Harsh blasphemy laws may be modified: Christians hopeful Lahore (Agenzia Fides) -Pakistan may modify its blasphemy law after the forthcoming national election scheduled for the end of 2007 or early next year. This was announced by Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed secretary of th ...
• 26 January 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Seoul opens School for the Religious Formation of the Laity Seoul(Agenzia Fides) - A School for the Laity, specialised in formation of lay Catholics in theology, Catholic Social Doctrine, catechesis, and a course on the Second Vatican Councilm is the latest project launched by th ...
• 25 January 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Youth Volunteer Service in Cambodia Phnon Penh (Agenzia Fides) - An experience of poverty, suffering, hardship. An experience of profound humanity which revealed the sense of mission. This was how young Koreans described their recent participation in an In ...
• 25 January 2007
  ASIA/FILIPPINES - “Mission essential in formation of clergy”: 1st National Conference of St Peter Apostle Society organised by local Pontifical Mission Societies Naga City (Agenzia Fides) - In the formation of seminarians and clergy orientation to mission is most important. This emerged during the 1st National Conference of St Peter Apostle Society held in Naga City in the dioces ...
• 23 January 2007
  ASIA/ SRI LANKA - Conflict spirals, thousands more flee for their lives, surge of civilian suffering Colombo (Agenzia Fides) -Recrudescent civil strife in Sri Lanka is causing widespread suffering among the local people. For weeks the regular army has been trying to flush out from their bases Liberation Tigers of Tamil ...
• 23 January 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Electoral motives prompt approval of anti-conversion law in Himachal Pradesh New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - There are political motives behind the approval of the anti-conversion law in the north west Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. A local Church source told Fides that the local governing Congres ...
• 22 January 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Italian Sisters of Charity of Saint Bartolomea Capitanio and Saint Vincenza Gerosa mark 170 years at the service of the Gospel in India Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian Sisters of Maria Bambina (the Child Mary), or Sisters of Charity of Saint Bartolomea Capitanio and Saint Vincenza Gerosa, the first to evangelise in the Indian state of West Benga ...
• 22 January 2007
  ASIA/NEPAL - New temporary Constitution fails to placate tension and protest. The local Catholic community drafts a new pastoral plan looking ahead with hope Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - “Tension and protests cannot be placated The country is still blocked by a farmers strike in the east of the country. The farmers are protesting against the new constitution which they say ...
• 22 January 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fr. Lucio Bula, Scalabrini missionary who disappeared on 31 December alive and well Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Scalabrini missionary Fr. Lucio Bula who disappeared 31 December 2006 in the area of Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao, has been seen in Manila alive and well, according to local Church sources. The same ...