Asia

• 23 October 2006
  ASIA/THAILAND - Asian Mission Congress conclusions: Now it is up to us to write new pages in the Story of Jesus in Asia Chiang Mai (Fides Service) - The 1st Asian Congress came to a close in an atmosphere of general satisfaction. The final day, Sunday 22 October, Mission Sunday, focused on the last testimonials and the closing Mass presid ...
• 23 October 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil elected chairman of the FABC Office of Evangelisation New Delhi (Fides Service) - Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil has been elected chairman of the Office of Evangelisation of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, FABC, for the third time. Archbishop Menamparampil, ...
• 23 October 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Korean Catholic Encyclopaedia at the service of faith and culture: publishers receive Catholic Academic Award Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The recently published Korean Catholic Encyclopaedia is a mine of valuable information in many areas Catholic theology, history, culture, activities, figures, martyrs and the life of the Catholic ...
• 16 October 2006
  VATICAN - “Overcoming hatred with love” message to Hindus for the Feast of Diwali 2006: Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Overcoming hatred with love” is the title of a message to Hindus for the Feast of Diwali, the Festival of Lights, written by Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council f ...
• 13 October 2006
  ASIA/THAILAND - “The Asian Mission Congress: a challenge for the Churches of Asia”, says Fr. Saturnino Dias, Secretary of the Evangelisation Office of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church is missionary by nature and she received the missionary mandate from the Risen Lord. The essential element of the mandate is the proclamation of the Word”: this is the spirit ...
• 12 October 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “You evangelise”: meetings and catechesis in preparation for Mission Sunday. Children can be “little missionaries” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - “You are a Christian, a missionary, you evangelise. You are called to bear witness to the Gospel all through life” is the theme of meetings organised at the Lahore Catholic Catechetics Centre ...
• 11 October 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - One hundred thousand Dalit (formerly “untouchables”) expected to join Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Sikh and Hindu leaders in “World Religious Freedom Rally” 14 October to promote Religious Freedom in India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The subject of religious freedom is keenly felt in India. Although the principle is guaranteed by the Constitution, several Indian states have approved anti-conversion legislations often inter ...
• 10 October 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Preparations for Mission Sunday Pontifical Mission Societies to celebrate “80 years of generosity, communion and sharing on every continent” New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in India is preparing to celebrate World Mission Sunday 22 October, with prayers and special collections, and also awareness building initiatives. The national office of t ...
• 10 October 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN -Catholic archbishop of Tai Pei issues open letter on the necessity of prayer and imitation of Jesus in social and political life and in times of national crisis Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “Prayer is not passive or impotent! Prayer helps us find the truth. With the country in disorder we Christians must pray and pray above all that the president will repent”: this was part of ...
• 9 October 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Electronic Bibles and Talking Bibles on show in Chennai: latest technology at the service of evangelisation Chennai (Agenzia Fides) - India is known as one of world’s most advanced countries in information technology, with districts of international excellence such as Bangalore. The Church in India is also employing the new ...
• 9 October 2006
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Church and civil society mobilise for World Day Against Death Penalty 10 October Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The World Day Against the Death Penalty on 10 October will be celebrated in the Philippines with widespread mobilisation of human rights groups, Catholic associations and movements, civil society ...
• 6 October 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - “Tamil children must be guaranteed instruction, gateway to the future”: Catholic Bishop of Jaffna Jaffna (Agenzia Fides) - Every effort must be made to guarantee instruction for Tamil children and young people despite the present situation of violence and conflict. Both parties, government troops and Tamil separatist ...
• 4 October 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Ever more mission-minded laity deserve better formation and more space for pastoral collaboration New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - To form lay Catholics in view of cooperation with pastoral work and ever more convincing Christian witness in society the Laity Commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India recent ...
• 4 October 2006
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - United Nations High Commission for Refugees says increasing violence in the south is causing number of internally displaced persons to rise Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - In Afghanistan growing instability and insecurity has brought the problem of refugees and internally displaced persons which troubled the country for years back to the surface. After the fall of t ...
• 4 October 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Belgian missionary sisters dies at the age of 106: 20 years on mission in Mongolia and 26 in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - A Belgian missionary Sister who spent many years of her life caring for Chinese refugees in Mongolia and in Hong Kong has died in her home country at the age of 106. According to Hong Kong dio ...