Asia

• 23 November 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Rebuilding normality a year after the tsunami: results of efforts by Catholic communities and international bodies in affected areas Colombo (Fides Service) - “We have rebuilt homes and villages, given the people new fishing boats and nets so they can resume normal life and our main concern now is to guarantee education for children who lost their p ...
• 22 November 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Divine Word Missionaries mark 130 years of presence in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Over 500 people wearing ‘I am a SVD Friend’ T shirts took part in celebrations to mark 130 years of presence of the Divine Word Missionaries in Holy Family Catholic parish in Hong Kong. Th ...
• 22 November 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - From Mindanao to all Asia: Archbishop Orlando Quevedo new General of the Federation of Asia Bishops’ Conferences Cotabato (Fides Service) - Archbishop Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato in Mindanao, southern Philippines, has been appointed secretary general (head) of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences. Archbishop Quevedo who ...
• 22 November 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Tighter security measures in view of Christmas: Christians in Moluccas and Sulawesi fear terrorist attacks Ambon (Fides Service) - In the eastern Indonesian provinces of Moluccas and Sulawesi there is rising tension and people fear civil conflict between Muslim communities and Protestant Christian communities may break out ag ...
• 22 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistan is promised more than enough money to rebuild earthquake hit area: donors offer 6 billion more than requested Lahore (Fides Service) - Thanks to international donors Pakistan can start the work of rebuilding after the October 8 earthquake in Kashmir which killed 73,000 and left 3 million people homeless. Donor governments and in ...
• 21 November 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic School of Social Doctrine, ten years of formation to help Catholics take an active and responsible part in social and economic and political matters Seoul (Fides Service) - Christian witness in society, the economy and politics is essential for promoting values and the centrality of the person. In a decade of activity the Catholic School of Social Doctrine in Seoul, ...
• 21 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics petition for a Museum in memory of Italian missionary Matteo Ricci in the grounds of the complex where the great missionary Jesuit is buried Beijing (Fides Service) - The 16th century Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci is recognised by historians, theologians, scholars as a pioneer in cultural and religious exchange between the West and the Far East. The ...
• 21 November 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholics in Orissa take up social challenges: fighting trafficking of tribal women Sambalpur (Fides Service) - In India’s north eastern state of Orissa the local authorities, NGOs and religious communities are working to put an end to the phenomenon of trafficking of tribal women. Catholic dioceses ...
• 19 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Dear volunteers we love you” Muslim children in earthquake affected Kashmir give Caritas helpers warm welcome. Conference on Rebuilding opens today Lahore (Fides Service) - An unforgettable welcome: when Caritas volunteers arrived in the village of Boi about an hour and a half’s drive from Caritas offices in the town of Mansehra North West Frontier Province, they ...
• 19 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Celebrations to close Year of the Eucharist in various Catholic Beijing (Fides Service) - For the Church in China the Eucharist has always been the centre of its life: for Chinese Catholics the Eucharist is an experience of lived faith in Jesus Christ. Catholic communities all over C ...
• 19 November 2005
  ASIA - Jesuit Refugee Service marks 25 years of mission in Asia Bangkok (Fides Service) - In refugee camps on the border between Thailand and Myanmar, in tent camps set up in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, after last year’s tsunami tragedy, and also on the Nepal Bhutan border and in ...
• 19 November 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Lay formation programme in Seoul: bear witness in Korean society to Gospel values and form Basic Church communities Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Trinity leadership Programme to train lay Catholics to be leaders of Basic Church Communities aBCC and agents of new evangelisation, is a new undertaking with which Seoul archdiocese intends to ha ...
• 18 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Over 2,000 Catholics in Hei Long Jiang take part in ordination of 5 new local priests with joy and hope Hei Long Jiang (Fides Service) - There was great rejoicing among Catholics in Hei Long Jiang province in north east mainland China where 5 new priests were recently ordained. Some 2,000 Catholics took part in the solemn ...
• 18 November 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “The freshness of the Word: the living and abiding Word of God”: 2005 Bible Week message Seoul (Fides Service) - “The freshness of the Word: the living and abiding Word of God” was the title of a message issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference for the annual Bible Week in South Korea, held at the e ...
• 18 November 2005
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Salesian Day of Christian witness and socialisation in Vietnam Hanoi (Fides Service) - Every Salesian community in Vietnam, priests, sisters and lay members, volunteers, friends, benefactors and school pupils celebrates an annual Salesian Day with a special theme and initiatives to ...