Asia

• 30 September 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic Youth Association launched in a diocese on north east China to help young Chritians live the faith more deeply Qi Qi Ha Er (Fides Service) -The Catholic diocese of Qi Qi Ha Er in north east China has started a Catholic Youth Association to help young Catholics grow to maturity in the faith. This diocese has always given special a ...
• 30 September 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Vatican II and the Church in Korea: international symposium at the Korean Catholic University in Seoul Seoul (Fides Service) - The new impulse which the Second Vatican Council impressed on the life of the Church in the 20th century revived the Catholic community in Korea causing a flourishing of vocations, evangelisation, ...
• 29 September 2005
  ASIA - Camillians open new centre for people with a disability in Taiwan and a nurses training school in the Philippines Rome (Fides Service) - A new Camillian Centre for Centre for People with Disabilities was recently opened in Taipei by the Archbishop of Taipei Mgr Joseph Cheng. Guests included the secretary of the President of Taiwan a ...
• 29 September 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Sisters of St Joseph bear witness the Christ offering free medical check-up for people in Cao Wan village Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - More than 200 people living in Ye Cao Ean dek village in Zan Huang district, Hebei province, recently had a free medical check-up thanks to a visiting group of Sisters of St Joseph dioces ...
• 29 September 2005
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - New opportunity for Palestinian youth: Master’s Degree in International Co-operation and Development at Bethlehem University Bethlehem (Fides Service) -Today, 29 September Bethlehem University inaugurated a new Master’s Degree in International Co-operation and Development with official recognition of the Palestinian Authorities Ministry of E ...
• 28 September 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Bishop Huang of Hua Lien, presides celebration for the missionary sending of 43 Cursillos de Cristianidad Hua Lien (Fides Service) - After an intensive three day course of preparation 43 members of the lay movement Cursillos de Cristianidad in Hua Lien diocese in Taiwan received the missionary mandate from the hands of Bisho ...
• 28 September 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The promotion of moral values and the elimination of corruption is a national priority says Archbishop Oscar Cruz Manila (Fides Service) - The elimination of corruption is a priority for the good of the country. Politicians, associations, the Catholic community, all citizens must work to promote civil and moral growth. At the end of ...
• 28 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Discrimination and threats do not deter Catholic Mission in Orissa haven for lepers and the dying Sambalpur (Agenzia Fides) - In the north east Indian state of Orissa which suffers from stirrings of nationalism and Hindu extremism, threats and discriminatory treatment does not deter Christians from serving the poor a ...
• 27 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Two Indian Catholic nuns on the path towards sainthood New Delhi (Fides Service) - “The more we suffer for our faith in Jesus Christ, the more the Catholic community of India will grow and be edified by our witness”. This conviction was expressed by Poor Clare Sister Mar ...
• 27 September 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - To mark 3rd anniversary of the death of Cardinal Wu diocese publishes a collection of his Pastoral Letters offering general picture of the development of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The diocesan archive of Hong Kong has published a collection of 171 pastoral and open Letters written by the late Cardinal John Baptist Wu who died on 23 September 2002 after being Bishop of H ...
• 27 September 2005
  ASIA - Social Communications and Asian Traditions theme of meeting organised by Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference 3 - 7 October Bangkok (Fides Service) - The challenges of social communications and the situation of the media in Asia in countries with different cultural and political contexts is the theme of a meeting organised by the Federation o ...
• 26 September 2005
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Year of the Eucharist: “Sunday Mass and Eucharistic adoration have a central place in the life of the small Catholic Mission of Tajikistan” said Fr Carlos A. Ávila Dushanbe (Fides Service) - “The centre of the life of the Catholic Mission of Tajikistan is Sunday Mass and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and the meditation of the mysteries of the Rosary” said Fr Carlos Antoni ...
• 26 September 2005
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Hanoi major seminary has permission to accept new students every year Hanoi (Fides Service) - The Catholic community in Vietnam has welcomed the decision of the government to allow Hanoi Major Seminary to accept more new students every year. Prior to this change the college could take in n ...
• 26 September 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Two missionaries from Congo ordained deacons in Hong Kong in the presence of many African immigrants Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Francis Mfesao Bakongo and Jean-Sylvere Mbuela Pfuti from Congo, members of the Congregation of the Immaculate Mary (CICM), were recently ordained Deacons in Hong Kong. According to Hong K ...
• 26 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - High quality education and studies: a tradition at Catholic schools and universities Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - Catholic schools and universities in India must continue to provide high quality education and studies said Archbishop Stanislao Fernandes of Gandhinagar president of the Council of Catholic ...