Asia

• 9 January 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - For many Chinese Catholics Christmas was an opportunity to meet non Christians and share with them the true significance of the festivity Rome (Fides Service) - Christmas festivities were lived with solemnity among Chinese believers at home and overseas. Many Catholic communities made Christmas an opportunity to meet non Christians: at intervals between li ...
• 9 January 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO- Over 120,000 people displaced by fighting in Katanga. Congo’s civil war the world’s bloodiest conflict in 60 years Kinshasa (Fides Service) - Conditions of civilians displaced by fighting between Mai-Mai militia and the national army in the southern province of Katanga are ever more serious. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanit ...
• 9 January 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The United Nations High Commission for refugees UNHCR has started distributing tents, blankets and heaters to 137,000 earthquake victims in Kashmir Islamabad (Fides Service) - Winter in Pakistan was late in coming but now it is has arrived with a bang. For three days last week heavy snow fell on people already suffering after serious earthquake on 8 October. Tempe ...
• 22 December 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Fu Ren Catholic University organises Christmas Market a moment of Chinese/German cultural exchange Taipei (Fides Service) - In view of Christmas Fu Ren Catholic University in Taipei has inaugurated a special Christmas Market. The occasion is also the 80th anniversary of the foundation the famous University and the pur ...
• 22 December 2005
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - “God created you not to fear or to kill each other but to love each other, to build and to cooperate together””: Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem addresses Christmas Message to all the people of the Holy Land Jerusalem (Fides Service) - The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah sent a message addressed “to all Palestinians and to all Israelis” in which he reiterated the message of the Angels on Christmas day “not ...
• 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 ...