Asia

• 7 March 2006
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - New inter-confessional Bible in Tagalog: the Word of God for remote communities with little schooling Manila (Fides Service) - A warm welcome has been given to new inter-confessional Bible in Tagalog, the official national language of the Republic of the Philippines where English is also used in public administration. T ...
• 7 March 2006
  ASIA/THAILAND - Tensions and protests in electoral campaign in view of 2 April vote; local Catholic Church calls for calm Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Street protests in Thailand continue: for four weeks in a row thousands of demonstrators in the streets of Bangkok have been calling for Premier Thaksin Shinawatra to resign. It is feared that t ...
• 6 March 2006
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Charity, antidote to individualism and fanaticism: Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem issues Lenten Message Jerusalem (Fides Service) - In his Message for Lent 2006 the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah underlined that despite the difficulties and suffering they experience Christians in the Holy Land must realise that ...
• 6 March 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu fundamentalist ideology: an analysis by Indian Redemptorist Fr. Desmond de Sousa Goa (Fides Service) - Crisis In Hindutva: Growth or Decline? Will Hindu fundamentalism continue to threaten other religious groups? Will its capillary diffusion or political links succeed in influencing the social and po ...
• 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 ...