Asia

• 6 March 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Ms Yan Jia Yi a member of Hong Kong Association of Lay Missionaries sent on mission to Cambodia Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “I am grateful to the Lord for calling me to be a channel of his grace and I know that going on mission means giving but also receiving” said Ms Yan Jia Yi, a member of the Catholic Assoc ...
• 3 March 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Holy Spirit Study Centre bridge between East and West 25 years at the service of the Church in China Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Holy Spirit Study Centre in Hong Kong, opened in 1980, has served as a bridge between East and West for 25 years. The Centre offers opportunities for research and study and formation in Christ ...
• 3 March 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocesan community of Zhu Ma Dian lives faith with devotion, dynamism and trust in Divine Providence despite difficulties Zhu Ma Dian (Fides Service) - It all started 73 years ago when 20 Chinese priests of Zhu Ma Dian guided by the Apostolic Prefect Mgr Peter Wang overcame the harsh trial of lack of funds and personnel and red tape and ini ...
• 3 March 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Reconciliation with “brothers and sisters in North Korea”, pastoral priority for Archbishop Nicholas Cheong of Seoul Seoul (Fides Service) - Korea’s newly named Cardinal Archbishop Nicholas Cheong of Seoul has urged Catholics to be “salt, light and leaven in society”, to assist poor, excluded and marginalised people and channels ...
• 2 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Taiwan Catholics deeply devoted to St Joseph rejoice for two new churches dedicated to the Saint, a new one in Kaohsiung and a restructured one in Taichung Taipei (Fides Service) - Also Taiwan’s Chinese Catholics are deeply devoted to St Joseph the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ to whom they dedicate the month of March. This year there is specia ...
• 2 March 2006
  ASIA/JAPAN - “Where will Japan’s Church be in a quarter of a century?”: future and challenges facing the Catholic community in the land of the Rising Sun: lay people called to play a leading role Tokyo (Fides Service) - “Where will Japan’s Church be in a quarter of a century? What are the challenges she faces, the priorities for evangelisation?”. With statistics and forecasts concerning population trends in ...
• 2 March 2006
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - All is calm again on the streets of Manila: coup foiled. “The people listened to the Church’s call ”, says a missionary Manila (Fides Service) - “The situation on the streets of Manila is calm. Soldiers patrol some parts of the city but people have gone back to work, public transport is working and all is back to normal. The danger of a ...
• 1 March 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Jesuits launches new Association for Islamic Studies New Delhi (Fides Service) - To promote reciprocal knowledge between Christians and Muslims and Hindus in India, encourage dialogue and build a culture of tolerance, pluralism and inter-religious harmony the Jesuit commu ...
• 1 March 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Many young people among worshippers in church this morning for Ash Wednesday penitential liturgy Beijing (Fides Service) -There were many young people among worshippers in churches in the capital this morning for the Ash Wednesday penitential liturgy which marks the beginning of Lent, says a lay Catholic in Beijing. ...
• 1 March 2006
  ASIA/CAMBOGIA - Inauguration of new Catholic technical training school and comprehensive Care Centre for people with AIDS named after Pope John Paul II Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - To mark the 450th anniversary of its foundation this year, the Catholic community in Cambodia has a new professional Training School and a Centre for AIDS patients both recently inaugurated b ...
• 28 February 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Lay Catholics help prisoners live Lent more intensely and promote evangelisation in prisons Hong Kong (Fides) - “Who is the prisoner”? “What can a prisoner do for others”? “How can prisoners live their sentence united with Christ?”: these questions are part of a course organised for Lent 2006 by a H ...
• 27 February 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Hand in Hand Helping the Poor”: theme of Lenten solidarity campaign 2006 Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “Hand in Hand Helping the Poor” is the theme chosen by Hong Kong diocese for its Lenten solidarity campaign 2006. According to the diocesan bulletin Kong Ko Bao (the Lenten campaign is an ...
• 27 February 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Italian Project Negombo, new centre for children and young people affected by the 2004 tsunami Colombo (Fides Service) - A new centre for children and young people affected by the 2004 tsunami disaster was recently opened in Dungalpitiya not far from Colombo, promoted by Italy’s Civil Protection unit, the Italia ...
• 27 February 2006
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The local Church calls for prudence and calm while the state of emergency continues Manila (Fides Service) - A call for “prudence, sobriety, patience and watchfulness” has been launched by the chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Angelo Lagdameo in the Philippines where there is ...
• 24 February 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics mobilised to help mudslide victims on Philippines Island of Leyte Rome (Fides Service) - On hearing the news of the tragic mudslide in the Philippines last week in the village of Guinsaugon on the island of Leyte, Catholics in China were quick to offer help and prayers. At masses in Ca ...