Asia

• 28 August 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Assessing fruits of Summer catechetical courses in Catholic communities all over the country Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - To strengthen children in the faith and lead other children to the faith; to include elements of Chinese culture in the teaching of Christianity to make it more easy to understand; to educate to ...
• 28 August 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocese focuses on formation to help the laity live the faith in daily life Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Aware that lay Christians need proper formation in the faith in order to live their faith in Jesus Christ in daily life, Hong Kong diocese has made formation of the laity a major priority. The ...
• 28 July 2006
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - “Think Big!”: Catholic Bishop of Auckland encourages his people to take part in World Youth Day in Sydney in 2008 Auckland (Agenzia Fides) - “Think big and be very generous!” is the call launched by New Zealand Bishop Patrick Dunn of the diocese of Auckland, to young people and people of all ages as Catholics in that part of th ...
• 28 July 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - 4th Asian Youth Day: Participants arrive in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Participants are arriving in Hong Kong for the 4th Asian Youth Day. On Saturday 29 July assisted by 350 young volunteer helpers the young visitors will be introduced to Hong Kong culture in th ...
• 28 July 2006
  ASIA/JAPAN - In Nagasaki in 2007 the local Church will celebrate beatification of 188 Christian martyrs Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - With great joy the Catholic community in Japan prepares to celebrate in 2007 the beatification of 188 Japanese martyrs who died for their faith in Christ. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference has ap ...
• 27 July 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Day for Evangelisation and Prayer: St Benedict’s Catholic Parish celebrates patron saint Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - St Benedict Catholic Parish in Hong Kong held a special day to honour its patron saint on 16 July with new commitment for mission and evangelisation and a Religious Book Fair. According to the ...
• 27 July 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Madhya Pradesh adopts harsher anti-conversion law: Christians and other religious minorities protest Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - The state government of Madhya Pradesh despite objections from opposition parties has approved amendments to render more harsh an anti-conversion law already in force, causing widespread protests ...
• 27 July 2006
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Questions, studies and publications on the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Guadalupe: Guadalupe Congress 475 years since the apparitions Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Event of Guadalupe and Recent Publication is the subject of the 4th Guadalupe Congress 26- 31 July organised as part of celebrations for the 475th anniversary of the apparitions of the B ...
• 26 July 2006
  ASIA/LEBANON - “Prayer Chain for Peace in the Middle East”: Australia's Jewish, Muslim and Baha’i students urge believers of the world to unite in prayer Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic student group has joined with Jewish, Muslim and Baha’i students in calling for an interfaith “Prayer Chain for Peace in the Middle East”. The Australisian of Jewish Students, th ...
• 26 July 2006
  ASIA/ISRAEL - St John of God Brothers in Nazareth give emergency treatment to victims of rocket attacks, two dead and seventy one wounded Rome (Agenzia Fides) - St John of God Catholic Hospital in Nazareth was the first to give emergency treatment to victims of an attack on the town a week ago in the present conflict. At about 5pm on Wednesday 19 July, re- ...
• 26 July 2006
  ASIA/ EAST TIMOR - A sign of hope in difficult times: ready to serve the Church and the common good of the whole community two new Salesians make their profession Dili (Agenzia Fides) - If more young men ask to serve the Lord and consecrate their lives to service of the Church and the people in East Timor, there is still hope for the youngest democracy in Asia, despite conditions ...
• 26 July 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Mary and Asian-Oceania Religious: importance of prayer and contemplative life to face pastoral challenges in the region Zhang Hua (Agenzia Fides) - Marian spirituality, theology of contemplation in the light of a relationship with Mary, a Marian theological reflection “Blessed are women of faith: women religious of Asia-Oceania called t ...
• 25 July 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Media conference today in Beijing: hepatitis B vaccine for 11 million children. It is hoped this will prevent 200.000 deaths caused by possible chronic consequences Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Eleven million children in China are being vaccinated against Hepatitis B thanks to a campaign launched by GAVI Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation in collaboration with the Chinese gover ...
• 24 July 2006
  ASIA/LEBANON - “The situation is extremely difficult. There is destruction everywhere. People are frightened and demoralised”, says local Superior of the Paulist Fathers Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Superior of the Society of Saint Paul in Lebanon, Paulist Father Elias Aghaei told Fides about the situation in Beirut: “Things are very difficult. There is destruction everywhere. The peop ...
• 24 July 2006
  ASIA/LEBANON - “We have refugees sheltering in our schools”: Catholic Brothers in Lebanon care for homeless civilians Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Lebanon are helping to assist some of the hundreds of thousands of families forced to flee their homes to escape the bombing Brother Georges Absi, Superior in Lebanon community of th ...