Asia

• 7 November 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Dialogue and the extraordinary power of love, antidote to violence and hatred: Papal Nuncio visiting conflict torn states in north east India reminds Christians to be builders of peace New Delhi (Fides Service) - “Use the extraordinary power of love to counter violence and hatred”: this advice was offered by Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana Papal Nuncio in India during a recent first visit to the tr ...
• 7 November 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - World Mission Sunday initiatives include a Procession with the Blessed Sacrament, meetings and a concert Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Special initiatives organised by the Catholic diocese of Hong Kong for World Mission Sunday, 23 October, included meetings, a concert and a special Mass followed by a Procession with the Bless ...
• 7 November 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Concern for anti-Christian violence: more than 200 cases in 2005. Catholics say religious minorities deserve more government attention New Delhi (Fides Service) - Life is not easy for India’s Christians. There have been at least 200 cases of anti-Christian violence and intolerance already this year. The government must take urgent measures to improve ...
• 7 November 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Women and young people, builders of peace: Mindanao’s annual Peace Week 24 - 30 November Davao (Fides Service) - The annual Peace Week in Mindanao, the large southern Island of the Philippines which is home to this Catholic nation’s large Muslim community, involves Christians and Muslims, associations and ...
• 5 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - “Catholic Social Doctrine and Social Responsibility ”: Symposium in Beijing Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The study of Christianity is making progress in China sparking growing interesting in both the academic and social field. In this framework recently a Symposium on “Catholic Social Doctrine a ...
• 5 November 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - New first minister of Kashmir state in post-earthquake emergency has full support of Christian community to assist afflicted people New Delhi (Fides Service) - Taking over the government of a state or a region at a time of emergency as the present post-earthquake situation is not easy. In fact Ghulam Nabi Azad, the new first minister of Jammu and K ...
• 4 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics in mainland China ever more involved in social assistance Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - Catholics in mainland China are ever more involved in providing social assistance. According to Hebei Faith Press 15 October 2005 in China Catholics run 55 Homes for the elderly, 167 clin ...
• 4 November 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Over one hundred Catholic organisations will take part in 12 November protest against law which ignores parents’ right to choose the kind of education they want for their children Madrid (Fides Service) - Spain’s National Catholic confederation of parents of families and parents of pupils(CONCAPA) together with 8 other educational organisations has organised a demonstration in Madrid on 12 Nove ...
• 4 November 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Provocateurs behind anti-Christian violence in Sulawesi and Moluccas: Christians resolve to keep the peace Ambon Fides Service) - Police on the alert, army troops presiding public places and buildings, stricter control at road blocks: these are some of the measures adopted by the authorities in the Indonesian province Molucc ...
• 4 November 2005
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Ecumenical prayers for peace and national reconciliation Mandalay (Fides Service) - “Let us love one another” was the theme of a recent series of ecumenical meetings in Mandalay promoted jointly by Catholics and Protestants to promote dialogue and send a message of peace ...
• 3 November 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Mission to the young: an urgent priority for the Church in Korea for the coming years Seoul (Fides Service) - Mission among the young will be a priority for the Catholic Church in Korea for the coming years. This was announced by Bishop John Choi Young-soo president of the Korean Bishops’ Committee for ...
• 3 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Caritas Australia sends earthquake victims in Kashmir one million dollars aid Islamabad (Fides Service) - In the race against time to help earthquake victims in Kashmir, material aid and funds are still arriving. Caritas Australia has sent 1 million dollars for people in the affected areas. The ...
• 3 November 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - A Day of Adoration concludes Year of the Eucharist: new begining for Catholic community in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Fides Service) - To mark the closing of the special Year of the Eucharist Hong Kong diocese organised 24 hours Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. The initiative, 5 and 6 November at the Christ the King Parish ...
• 3 November 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - ‘Misola’ flour of mixed available cereals serves to overcome malnutrition Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - Regular and abundant rain this year is a guarantee for a better harvest to relieve the situation of food crisis in Burkina Faso with a population of 12 million and third last on the list of ...
• 31 October 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic church in the steppe lands of Inner Mongolia rebuilt and re-consecrated for a community of 600 Catholics with almost a century of history Bao Tou (Fides Service) - On 25 October there was great rejoicing in Catholic community in the village of Niu Yao Zi in Tumoteyouqi, diocese of Bao Tou in Inner Mongolia, mainland China, for the inauguration of a new ch ...