Asia

• 1 December 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Kottar diocese in Tamil Nadu builds 2,600 new homes for tsunami survivors Pondicherry (Fides Service) - Kottar diocese in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has built 2,600 new homes for fisherfolk and other people who lost everything in the tremendous sea quake on 26 December 2004. The w ...
• 1 December 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Chinese Dominican nuns commemorate founder, Dominican Mgr Theodore Labrador on 25th anniversary of his death. Kaohsiung (Fides Service) - “Today I would like to thank Mgr Theodore Labrador OP rather than commemorate him. To thank him because through the working of the Holy Spirit he founded a congregation of Chinese Dominican ...
• 30 November 2005
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholics in Myanmar hold first National Pastoral Meeting as part of celebrations for 50th anniversary of the institution of the hierarchy Yangon (Fides Service) - The year 1995, Year of the Eucharist, has been very special Jubilee for Catholics in Vietnam, besides celebrating the 50th anniversary of the institution of the local hierarchy in 1955 they held ...
• 30 November 2005
  ASIA/MYANMAR - “Abide in me”: Vision and Mission statement of the Church in Myanmar on the occasion of 1st National Pastoral Assembly Yangon (Fides) - In a message at the end of the 1st National Pastoral Assembly of the Catholic Church in Myanmar the Bishops say the way forward is to be ‘Church as Communion through Reconciliation’ a people of the E ...
• 30 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Alarm in earthquake affected areas: first deaths due to cold weather Lahore (Fides Service) - With the arrival of Winter conditions in camps for earthquake victims in Kashmir since the major quake on October 8 become more critical. The first deaths due to cold have been reported and these ...
• 29 November 2005
  ASIA/CINA - Catholic Sisters from Liao Ning visit clinic in Hebei run by other Catholic Sisters and share pastoral experience Beijing (Fides Service) - A group of Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus from the north eastern Chinese province of Liao Ning paid a visit to the Missionaries of Mary Mediatri ...
• 29 November 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Tension among government and Tamil community following presidential elections Colombo (Fides Service) - After presidential elections there is uncertainty in Sri Lanka with regards to the future. The new president Mahinda Rajapakse, has said he intends to revise the cease fire agreement signed in F ...
• 29 November 2005
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Visit to North Korea by German Catholic aid workers rare occasion for Mass in Pyongyang attended by 80 local Catholics Pyongyang (Fides Service) - Mass is a rare event in Pyongyang which only happens when Catholic priests or other church personnel come here from South Korea or other countries. Recently a visit to north Korea by German Ca ...
• 28 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics offer earthquake victims material and spiritual solidarity Jiu Jiang (Fides Service) - During a 5.7 Richter scale earthquake on 26 November 13 people were killed, 8,000 injured and 600,000 lost their homes, 18,000 buildings were destroyed and 150,000 were seriously damaged in th ...
• 28 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Bandits attack Catholic convent, some nuns seriously injured, arrival of police helps avoid a higher toll, authorities investigating to bring culprits to justice Xi An (Fides Service) - On 23 November in the diocese Xi An in Central China bandits broke into a convent of a diocesan congregation of the Sacred Heart and attacked the nuns injuring some of the Sisters. When the police ...
• 25 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Qi Zuang parishioners in Xian Xian diocese lively evangelisers with 300 baptisms in two years Cang Zhou (Fides Service) -“Our people evangelise with great joy and this attracts many new people to embrace the faith and to want share it with others” said Fr Li Guang Qi, parish priest in Qi Zhuang, in the dioces ...
• 24 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic school pupils help earthquake victims Lahore (Fides Service) - Although they cannot take concrete aid to people in disaster sites Catholic school children in Pakistan are showing great solidarity with earthquake victims in Kashmir. In Lahore pupils at Franci ...
• 24 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - “Living the Word of God with social service” course for over 120 young Catholics San Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - “Christians are called to live the Gospel and through social service take part in the Church’s mission to spread the Good News” said Fr Zhang Hong Shun, parish priest at Hu Jia Zhai pari ...
• 24 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Italian aid volunteers keep up the good work Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo Islamabad (Fides Service)- For almost two months Salesian Fathers and volunteers have been working to assemble and equip tent camps for earthquake victims in Pakistan: Abbodabad camp 180 tents has been completed and work ...
• 23 November 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Bishops’ Conference launches “Beatitudes Credit Card” to expand Christian charity work and social services Taipei (Fides Service) - Would you like to be “a little angel of the Beatitudes”? Ask your bank for a “Beatitudes Credit Card”. This call was launched by the Catholic Bishops of Taiwan to Catholics and all men an ...