Asia

• 24 January 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Overseas Aid Sunday: Caritas Korea promotes solidarity programmes to fight hunger and malnutrition Seoul (Fides Service) - “If we love God we must also love our neighbour” is the title of a message on the occasion of Overseas Aid Sunday 5 February in Korea organised by the local Church. The message issued by the ...
• 24 January 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Kaohsiung diocese says farewell to Card. Paul Shan with a solemn celebration Taipei (Fides Service) - “A ‘watchman for Jesus’ : 60 years of ministry never for his own interest but for the will of the Lord” said Bishop Joseph Wang referring to Cardinal Paul Shan in his homily during a Mass ...
• 23 January 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Over 100 families in 33 different parishes prepare to host Asian Youth Day participants Hong Kong (Fides Services) - Already 100 families in 33 different parishes in the diocese of Hong Kong have offered to accommodate participants at the next Asian Youth Day to be held in Hong Kong 30 July 5 August 2006 on ...
• 23 January 2006
  Indonesian Embassy to the Holy See Newsletter “Harmony in Diversity” Rome (Fides Service) - “Harmony in Diversity” is the title on the front page of the latest issue of the Newsletter published in English and Italian by the Indonesian Embassy to the Holy See. The title refers to an In ...
• 23 January 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - “Peace is still possible and dialogue is the path” says Claretian missionary in Sri Lanka where a return to civil war is feared Colombo (Fides Service) - “War robs families, all families, Sinhalese and Tamil, of wellbeing, prosperity, hope: it is senseless and must be stopped”, says Sri Lanka born Fr. Cyriac Niìjayarkulam a member of the Cla ...
• 21 January 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - To learn to imitate his missionary zeal and exemplary virtues Taiwan Catholics make pilgrimage to Island of Shang Chuan the place where Spanish missionary St Francis Xavier died Taipei (Fides Service) - To thank God for the exemplary life of the Spanish Jesuit missionary St Francis Xavier and to learn to imitate his missionary zeal and virtues a group of Catholics from Taipei made a pilgrimage t ...
• 21 January 2006
  OCEANIA/WESTERN SAMOA - The Church’s first Polynesian Bishop Cardinal Pius Taofinu’u returns to the House of the Father Apia (Fides Service) - “He was a man of inculturation, a charismatic leader who led the local Churches of Oceania to maturity” said Fr. Jan Hulshof, Prepositer General of the Society of Mary (Marist Fathers), recall ...
• 20 January 2006
  EUROPE/FRANCE - 30 ans ça suffit! 30 years of legalised abortion is enough! Pro-life demonstration in Paris solidarity from Spain Paris (Fides Service) - A pro-life demonstration on Sunday 22 January to demand protection for life from the moment of conception and the abrogation of anti-life laws has been organised by forum 30 ans ça suffit! - whic ...
• 20 January 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic school curriculum will soon include education to critical use of the media Bangalore (Fides Service) - Catholic education institutes are getting ready to include Education to Critical Media Use as a regular subject in the school curriculum. For some time religious and secular bodies involved in ...
• 20 January 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Xian Xian diocese marks 150th anniversary “Now it is our turn to write a new page in the history of the Church in a new century” Beijing (Fides Service) - In 2006 Xian Xian (today Cang Zhou)in Hebei Province cradle of the Catholic community in China will celebrate its 150th anniversary. For the occasion the Bishop Li Lian Hui addressed a pastoral ...
• 19 January 2006
  ASIA/JAPAN - A communion of communities diocese of Yokohama largest in Japan exemplary welcome for immigrants Yokohama (Fides Service) - The diocese of Yokohama, the largest by area of Japan’s 16 Catholic diocese, has a population of 172,000 Catholics, but 70% are non Japanese, they are immigrants come from various different c ...
• 19 January 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Jesuit Provinces in China launch celebrations for St Francis Xavier Jubilee Taipei (Fides Service) - In this Jesuit Jubilee year - to mark the 5th centenary of the birth of St Francis Xavier and Blessed Pedro Fabro (1506), and 450 years since the death of 450 St Ignatius of Loyola (1556) - the ...
• 19 January 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic SAR News concerned that February Hindu rally in Gujarat may turn into an anti-Christian campaign New Delhi (Fides Service) - The news site of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India SAR News has expressed concern that an imminent gathering of Hindu militants in the western state of Gujarat may turn into an anti- ...
• 18 January 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Family and young people, main topics of Korean Bishops first Pastoral Letters and Messages for 2006 Seoul (Fides Service) - For the new year the Catholic Bishops of Korea issued pastoral letters addressed to their respective dioceses to tell the people the themes which will be given special attention in pastoral activi ...
• 18 January 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Diocese of Mangalore new Care Centre for cancer patients aims to help every suffering person experience the love of God Mangalore (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in India has always been known for its service of the poorest of the poor and caring for the sick. One more example of this commitment is a new Palliative Care Centre for n ...