Asia

• 14 November 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - At the Year of the Eucharist closing Mass Bishop Joseph Zen of Hong Kong said the providential event marked “a new beginning for our diocese” Hong Kong (Fides Service) - During a solemn Mass to close the special Year of the Eucharist, on 6 November in Christ the King parish church, Hong Kong, the Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong Joseph Zen said the year had been a ...
• 14 November 2005
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Word of the Gospel over the air reaches Bangladesh’s poorest of the poor: Radio Veritas Bengali programmes marks 25 years of service Dacca (Fides Service) - Most Bangladeshi Christians are extremely poor like the majority of country’s citizens and live in extremely difficult conditions. In this situation a radio programme can be a ray of hope and a ...
• 14 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Christians feel like foreigners in their own country”, says Catholic Bishop after recent attacks on churches - National Day of Protest and Prayer Lahore (Fides Service) - Pakistani Christians are shocked and frightened after two days of anti-Christian violence in Punjab. On 12 November at 10.30 in the morning at Sangla Hill, about 70 km west of Lahore, a large gan ...
• 14 November 2005
  ASIA/JORDAN - Amman after the suicide bombings: international press review Amman (Fides Service) - Thousands of Jordanians gathered in mosques on Friday to commemorate those killed in three suicide bomb explosions in Amman, on 9 November. People voiced anger and fear that terrorism may have mo ...
• 11 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - “Day for the Elderly” : Special Mass highlights senior citizens’ valuable contribution to Church and society Ji Nan (Fides Service) - Catholics in Ji Nan diocese in the Shan Dong coastal province of mainland China celebrated the annual Day for the Elderly with a special Mass. This year the moveable annual Day was marked on 9 Se ...
• 11 November 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Caritas India opens new internet site entirely dedicated the tsunami disaster a year on: situation, updates, reflections New Delhi (Fides Service) - A year on from the tragic seaquake in southern Asia on 26 December 2004, Caritas India has opened a special web site dedicated entirely to the tsunami http://www.caritastsunamirelief.com. The ...
• 11 November 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Poverty and terrorism: open questions in eastern Indonesia islands Sulawesi and Moluccas - Islamic militants training camps discovered Ambon (Fides Service) - Increasing poverty and the return of the terrorism nightmare are two major problems to which civil and religious authorities in the eastern Indonesian islands of Sulawesi and Moluccas are giving p ...
• 10 November 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Chia Yi diocese starts Sunday School for children Chia Yi (Fides) - Children are the future and Catholic children need sound religious formation with the help of parents, teachers and catechists if they are to fulfil the mission which awaits them. According to Tai Pei d ...
• 10 November 2005
  ASIA/JORDAN - “We are faced with the extension of the attacks perpetrated in Iraq” says Papal Nuncio to Jordan and Iraq Amman (Fides Service)- “We are faced with the extension of the attacks perpetrated in Iraq which now involve other neighbouring countries threatening to disrupt the peaceful existence of these peoples” Archbishop Fer ...
• 9 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - In Beijing a seminar on ‘Catholic Social Doctrine and Modern Society’ highlights contribution of Christianity to present day Chinese society Beijing (Fides Service) - ‘Catholic Social Doctrine and Modern Society’ is the theme of a seminar organised by the Beijing Institute for the Study of Catholicism and Culture to be held in Beijing 5 to 7 December. A s ...
• 9 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - One month after the earthquake aid still coming from all over the world, but more effort needed Islamabad (Fides Service)- One month after the earthquake in Pakistan, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR is preparing to assist the exodus of people from the most remote valleys spurred on by the fact ...
• 8 November 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 40th anniversary of “Nostra Aetate” declaration and its legacy of dialogue and peace Seoul (Fides Service) - In a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the declaration Nostra Aetate issued by the Second Vatican Council the newly elected president of the Korean Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Augustine C ...
• 8 November 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic archbishop mediates to calm ethnic clashes in north east India Guwahati (Fides Service) - According to the local people the Catholic archbishop of Guwahati is admired and respected by all for his work to promote peace and justice. He is a man to whom people listen and has extraordi ...
• 8 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians and Muslims in the context of the Indian subcontinent share witness to God’s primacy: seminar 10 - 15 December Lahore Lahore (Fides Service) - ‘Christians and Muslims: common witness of God’s primacy in the context of the Indian subcontinent’, is the theme of a seminary to be held in Lahore 10 - 15 December. The aim is to foster c ...
• 8 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics commemorate loved ones on 2 November: 4,000 gather for Mass at Beijing Catholic Cemetery Beijing (Fides Service) - On November 2 in communion with the universal Church Catholics in China too prayed for the souls of the faithful departed. Over 4,000 Catholics from all over the city gathered at Beijing’s Ca ...