Asia

• 22 December 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - In Advent the Church holds Day of Charity “Blessed are the merciful” Seoul (Fides Service) - “Blessed are the merciful” is the theme of Advent Charity Day organised by the Catholic community in Korea. Bishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik, President of the Korean Bishops’ Commission for Cari ...
• 21 December 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic Festival at Hong Kong University draws crowds of students, non Christians in particular Hong Kong (Fides Service) - A successful Catholic Festival was recently organised by the Catholic Students Association at Hong Kong City University. The aim was to give non Christian students friends and benefactors an o ...
• 21 December 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pontifical Mission Societies in Pakistan involve Catholic school children in solidarity initiatives to help less fortunate children Lahore (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Pakistan, Holy Childhood office, involves Catholic school children in songs, prayers and festivities to collect funds in aid of the poor. The children sing to ...
• 21 December 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Christmas on television: TV programme in Bengali tells the life and message of Christ New Delhi (Fides Service) - The Life and Message of Christ is being shown on television at Christmas in India as part of a morning meditation programme. ETV Bangla launched a series of 15 episodes in Bengali to explain t ...
• 21 December 2005
  ASIA - Tsunami, one year on: Caritas Internationalis renews long term commitment. Programmes for 450 million dollars in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Caritas tsunami response saved lives, gave hope and helped prevent violence and the outbreak of epidemics. It has been a success but we still have a huge task ahead of us in ensuring th ...
• 20 December 2005
  ASIA/MYANMAR - In memory of PIME missionary Fr Igino Matarucco a great pioneer of mission in Myanmar Yangon (Fides Service) - Another of the great pioneers of evangelisation in Myanmar has gone to the House of the Father leaving a precious legacy of authentic Christian witness. Fr Igino Matarucco, a member of the Pontif ...
• 20 December 2005
  ASIA/JAPAN - Two new Salesian priests in Tokyo: a sign of hope for the Catholic community Tokyo (Fides Service) - Evangelisation continues to bear fruit in the land of the Rising Sun. Recently the local Catholic community in Tokyo had the joy of welcoming two new local priests. The priests, both Salesians of ...
• 20 December 2005
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Caritas Rice Bank alleviates farmers’ poverty Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - A “Rice Bank” to help poor farmers reap a better harvest and so improve their living standard: this is the goal of programmes launched by Caritas Cambodia in the province of Kandal. The ...
• 20 December 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop Joseph Zen praises priests and religious celebrating anniversary of ordination or profession Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Addressing priests and religious marking the anniversary of their ordination or profession Bishop Joseph Zen of Hong Kong congratulated and praised them for letting themselves “be captured b ...
• 20 December 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Catholic high school in Taipei archdiocese organises talks for students on themes connected with respect for life Taipei (Fides Service) - Respect for the life and dignity of every human person; caring for our own life and that of our neighbour; discovering the authentic meaning of life, were some of the themes presented in a series ...
• 19 December 2005
  ASIA/JAPAN - Japan Catholic News published by the Bishops’ Conference to move on-line Tokyo (Fides Service) - Catholic Church news in Japan is about to land on the world wide web. As from January 2006 Japan Catholic News, the newsletter of the Japanese Catholic Bishops’ Conference will be on-line. The b ...
• 19 December 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics in a Beijing parish celebrate Baptisms and organise fund raising events in preparation for Christmas Beijing (Fides Service) - On 18 December Holy Saviour parish or Bei Tang (north parish) celebrated 100 baptisms and gave a warm welcome to the new members of the Church. One of the newly baptised adults said “this yea ...
• 19 December 2005
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Taunggyi archdiocese celebrates ordination of new deacons and priests and archbishop’s 25th anniversary: Papal nuncio Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio visits Marian shrine in Pekhon Pekhon (Fides Service) - In a setting of natural beauty on a hill overlooking Lake Pekhon the Church in Myanmar celebrated important events: the ordination of new deacons and priests and the 25th anniversary of the ordi ...
• 19 December 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - At Sangla Hill Christians still mobilised: 20 December protest prayer organised by the Bishops’ Justice and Peace Commission Lahore (Fides Service) - Christians of different denominations continue to protest against anti-Christian violence at Sangla Hill, near Lahore, where an angry mob of over a thousand Muslim fanatics set fire to three chur ...
• 17 December 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Good Shepherd Friends Foundation holds Charity Evening in aid of women and girls in difficulty Tai Chung (Fides Service) - For over a hundred years the Good Shepherd Friends Foundation has assisted women and girls in difficulty, particularly those trapped in the circle of prostitution of minors, victims of domest ...