Asia

• 7 December 2005
  ASIA/FILIPPINES - President and standing council of Catholic Bishops’ Conference take office Manila (Fides Service) - The new Standing Council of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines began a two year mandate on 1 December with Archbishop Angel Lagdameo of Jaro as president and Bishop Antonio Led ...
• 7 December 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - As rigid Kashmir Winter sets in more mountain people may move to lower valleys Lahore (Fides Service) - The UN High Commission for Refugees which has been operating in Pakistan to assist earthquake victims since the October 8 tragedy, is preparing for a possible exodus of mountain village people to ...
• 7 December 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Good Shepherd Catholic Foundation joins civil foundations to help integration of women immigrants Taipei (Fides Service) - Life is not easy for women immigrants from Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines who marry local Taiwan husbands; they have to learn a new languages, new customs and bring their children up in a way th ...
• 6 December 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Missionaries of Charity, Sisters and Brothers, care for people with AIDS at two Catholic centres in Calcutta Calcutta (Fides Service) - In Calcutta Missionaries of Charity, Sisters and Brothers, spiritual sons and daughters of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta care for people with AIDS at two centres for people with AIDS and of ...
• 6 December 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Fu Ren Catholic University gives new students warm welcome in a spirit of Christian charity and brotherhood Taipei (Fides Service) - Recently Fu Ren Catholic University in Taipei held a ceremony to welcome new students. The ceremony concluded with a blessing by the university chaplain. According to Christian Life Weekly pub ...
• 6 December 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “Voice of Life”: new Catholic weekly in Kerala Kochi (Fides Service) - Jeevanaadam or Voice of Life is the title of a new Catholic weekly in the local Malayalam language launched in Kerala. According to editor Fr. Feranandez the publication aims to promote cultural a ...
• 6 December 2005
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - 450th anniversary of the presence of the Church in Cambodia: pastoral visit by Papal nuncio Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - The first missionary to set foot in Cambodia in 1555 and start evangelising was Dominican missionary Fr. Gaspar De Cruz. To celebrate 450 years of Catholic presence in this small nation in In ...
• 5 December 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Message from Bishop Zen after participation in the Synod on the Eucharist: may the family put the Eucharist at the centre of life Hong Kong (Fides Service) - On his return from Rome where he took part in the Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist, Source and Summit of the Church’s Life and Mission Bishop Joseph Zen Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong shared ...
• 5 December 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - New Catholic Directory of India: valuable aid for Catholic communities and tool for evangelisation New Delhi (Fides Service) - The 2005 edition of the Catholic Directory of India was released recently in New Delhi by Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, archbishop of Ranchi and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of ...
• 2 December 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Salesian Novitiate prepares for new Sumba premises to include a youth centre Sumba (Fides Service) - Salesians, teachers and pupils at Waipengali on the island of Sumba are happy that a first new building for Tigaraksa Novitiate at a new Salesian Centre is almost ready. The building will accommo ...
• 2 December 2005
  ASIA/CINA - Catholic web sites blacked-out after reporting news of attack on nuns in Xi An now visible but no trace of news in question Xi An (Fides Service) - Blacked out for several hours on November 30 for reporting breaking news of attacks on ‘helpless women religious in Xi An’ (to quote the Holy See press office), the most popular Chinese Cathol ...
• 2 December 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Tai Nan diocese holds solemn closing of Year of the Eucharist with special attention for young people Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday November 30, feast of Christ the King and the last Sunday of the Liturgical year the diocese of Tai Nan celebrated the solemn closing of the Year of the Eucharist. According to Chris ...
• 2 December 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Handbook for Mission Groups in Argentina, “elements and guidelines for better organisation and evangelising activity ” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “The Bishops’ Commission for Missions and the Pontifical Mission Societies considering that Mission Groups are a complex reality in the Church in Argentina have issued a handbook, fruit ...
• 1 December 2005
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Church in Myanmar is giving more attention to youth pastoral with the help of religious congregations Yangon (Fides Service) - The Church in Myanmar is giving more attention to youth pastoral: thanks to the presence of Salesians spiritual and pastoral activities involving young people, students and seminarians are multi ...
• 1 December 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle visits Pontifical Mission Societies in Pakistan: “at Sangla Hill. we prayed that from the ashes of the destruction new life would be born” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - From Newcastle to Pakistan: Bishop Kevin Dunn, Catholic Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, recently set out with three priests and a BBC reporter on the same route travelled by many Pakistanis resid ...