Asia

• 5 December 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - After recent episodes of violence, normal pastoral activity continues but Catholics demand more state protection New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A lay Catholic killed in Kashmir; a Catholic school sacked in Tamil Nadu: in recent days various attacks on Indian Catholics have caused tension and fear. “However we continue our pastoral a ...
• 5 December 2006
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Missionaries of Charity open new professional training centre for girls Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of Mother Teresa, the Missionaries of Charity have opened a new professional training centre for girls in Tajikistan, a mainly Muslim country. The community, two Indian sisters, one ...
• 5 December 2006
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Typhoon Durian: “God’s messages in natural disasters”, Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, president of Bishops’ Conference Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Typhoon Durian was a message from God “a warning about what happens when natural resources are misused and maltreated by human negligence”. Archbishop Angel Lagdameo of the diocese of Jaro, p ...
• 4 December 2006
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - At least 3,000 Catholics attend closing celebrations for 450 years presence of the Catholic Church in Cambodia; Apostolic Blessing from the Pope and Message from Card. Dias Kompong Cham (Agenzia Fides) - At least 3,000 Catholics from all over the country gathered in central Cambodia on Sunday 3 December to celebrate with joy the closing of Jubilee celebrations to commemorate 450 years of th ...
• 4 December 2006
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Jesuit mission helping the poor, the disabled, the marginalised Phnom Pen (Agenzia fides) - Assisting families, disadvantaged communities; assisting war victims, people mutilated by mines, and the disabled: there are the goals of the Jesuit Social Service in Cambodia, sponsored by th ...
• 4 December 2006
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Typhoon Durian, east Philippines, at least 1000 lives lost Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas and other Catholic aid organisations are in front line to assist the victims of typhoon Durian which recently hit east Philippines in the area of the Mayon volcano. The International Red ...
• 2 December 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - On Sunday 3 December in Ollur beatification of Sr Eufrasia Eluvethingal “the Mother who prays” Ollur (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 3 December there will be the beatification of Sr Eufrasia Eluvethingal, (nee Rosa Eluvethingal), of the Sisters of the Mother of Mount Carmel. Born in the Indian diocese of Trichur in 1877, ...
• 1 December 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Turkey - Divine Liturgy on the Feast of Saint Andrew: “Our efforts to build closer ties between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches are a part of this missionary task” Istanbul (Fides Service) - On the feast day of Saint Andrew the Apostle, patron saint of the Church of Constantinople, Thursday 30 November, Pope Benedict XVI was invited by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to atte ...
• 29 November 2006
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Sunday 3 December Cambodian Catholics close year of celebrations to mark 450 years of the Church's presence: Apostolic Nuncio to preside special Mass Kompong Cham (Agenzia Fides) - For the past year Cambodian Catholics have been celebrating 450 years since the arrival of the Good News of Jesus Christ in their land. Various anniversary initiatives presenting the histor ...
• 29 November 2006
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Chronology of the Catholic Church in Cambodia Rome (Fides Service) - We give the main events in the history of the development of Catholic Church in Cambodia 1554 Fernando Mendez Pinto, Jesuit visits Cambodia. 1555 Gaspar de Cruz, Dominican lives at Court. XVI ...
• 27 November 2006
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - General elections set for 21 January, while public protest continues Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - Tension in Bangladesh is still high even after the government set a date for general elections 21 January 2007. The statement issued by the Electoral Commission also established 10 December as th ...
• 27 November 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Christian Directory 2006 New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Christian Directory 2006, a sort of encyclopaedia, gives all sorts of information on the presence in India of Christians of different denominations. The 1,650 page book is publish ...
• 24 November 2006
  VATICAN - TOWARDS THE PRIESTHOOD- “The priest: love for the truth” by Mgr Massimo Camisasca Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A priest, more than other people, must be able to give reasons for his faith, documenting his own experience how life changes when one becomes a disciple of Christ. The task of proclaiming ...
• 23 November 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A point of reference for Korean families, communities, parishes and associations Catholic Publishing House celebrates 120th anniversary of foundation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Publishing House in Seoul, which is celebrating its 120th year of foundation, has helped spread the Word of God and Christian values, as well as offering Korean Catholics a source of ...
• 22 November 2006
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Ordination of first Bishop of Banmaw in Myanmar: over 5,000 faithful in prayer Yangoon (Agenzia Fides) - Days of great joy in the new diocese of Banmaw, (Myanmar), created by Benedict XVI in August 2006. Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio went recently to the new diocese to elevate ...