Asia

• 23 September 2006
  ASIA - We come from local churches in remote areas of the world and in these three weeks we have heard the beating heart of the universal Church, say participants at the end of the Study Seminar for recently appointed Bishops organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Bishops from different countries in America, Asia, Africa and Oceania shared their impressions with Fides at the end of a three week Study Seminar organised by the Congregation for the Evan ...
• 23 September 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Solemn Mass closes Eucharistic Congress 2006 in archdiocese of Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A solemn Mass celebrated on 16 September at the Catholic University of Korea in Seoul marked the closing of Eucharistic Congress 2006 organised by the archdiocese of Seoul. The Congress, on the th ...
• 23 September 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Radio Veritas Chinese section in Taiwan marks 30 years of service to evangelisation over the radio Taipei (Agenzia Fides) -“Thirty years of sowing and watering have allowed Radio Veritas Chinese section in Taiwan to collect flowers and fruits of evangelisation. Let us ask the Lord to continue to guide our work of ev ...
• 22 September 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Course in journalism for young people dedicated to St Francis Xavier, announcer in Asia of the Good News Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - In the western Indian state of Gujarat, often the scene of Hindu religious nationalism, the Jesuit Fathers are offering a special Course in Communications for young people of all religions ded ...
• 22 September 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - At dawn 22 September 3 Indonesian Catholics executed. Fr. Ismartono: “We must all unite to abolish the death penalty. No to spiral of hatred and violence” Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Fabianus Tibo, Marianus Riwu and Dominggus da Silva, three Indonesian Catholics found guilt of being involved in a massacre of Muslims in Poso in 2000, were executed at 1am 22 September. The loc ...
• 21 September 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishop of Jaffna launches appeal to find priest and lay man who disappeared a month ago Jaffna (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Thomas Savundaranayagam of the diocese of Jaffna, in north of Sri Lanka has launched an appeal for a more thorough investigation into the disappearance of a Catholic priest and lay man las ...
• 21 September 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Another Catholic school comes under attack: Salesian institute in north east India is completely sacked Itanagar (Agenzia Fides) - Another Catholic school in India has come under attack. After the recent attack on a school run by the Loreto Sisters in Luknow, Uttar Pradesh, another episode of violence has been reported to ...
• 21 September 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “Three Catholics to be executed ‘in haste, while 86 more Indonesians have been waiting on death row for years”: Fides spoke with Fr Ismartono, co-ordinator of humanitarian and inter-religious affairs for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - “We are filled with sadness. We have lost all hope of saving the lives of three Catholics. The extremists appear to have won”, Jesuit Father Ignazio Ismartono, co-ordinator of humanitarian a ...
• 20 September 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Three Indonesian Catholics to be executed in 36 hours time, dawn 22 September. The world hopes for a suspension, Indonesia’s Christians immersed in prayer call on President to grant reprieve Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - There is little hope of saving the lives of Fabianus Tibo, Domingus Da Silva, and Marinus Riwu, three Indonesian Catholics facing a death sentence. The execution has been set for dawn on 22 Sept ...
• 20 September 2006
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Local Catholic village community in Kompong Tom province welcomes new church Phnom Pen (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in the village of Preik Sbaw, province of Kompong Tom, in the Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang have a new church. The blessing and inauguration of the new place of worship in Augus ...
• 19 September 2006
  ASIA/LAOS - An Oblate ordained to the priesthood in Laos, the first in over 30 years Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in over 30 years, an Oblate has been ordained to the priesthood in Laos. The details of the Ordination are on the www.omiworld.org, web site run by the OMI office for commu ...
• 19 September 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Association of Catholic laity re-elects chairman and confirms loyalty to Pope Benedict XVI News Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The All India Catholic Union, an association for lay Catholics was formed 87 years ago as a body of committed lay Catholics in a society where Christians are a small minority and where in rec ...
• 19 September 2006
  ASIA/JAPAN - Local Church grateful to missionaries ready to take its future and the work of evangelisation in its own hands Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - The missionaries brought the seed of the Gospel to Japan. Today the local Church must stand on its own feet and take its future and the work of evangelisation in its own hands according to Rev. Sh ...
• 18 September 2006
  ASIA - “We are called to take back to our dioceses the precious indications we are receiving ”, say Asian Bishops taking part in Study-Seminar organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To learn, to absorb precious indications and experiences and then return to the ministry in their own dioceses: with this spirit Asian Bishops are taking part in the Study Seminar for newly ...
• 18 September 2006
  ASIA/THAILAND - Programme of Asian Mission Congress 18-22 October in Chiang Mai, Thailand Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - The programme has been released for the First Asian Mission Congress organised by the Office for Evangelisation of the FABC Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences with the support of the Con ...