Asia

• 31 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic Bishops’ Conference condemns bomb attacks in Delhi and calls for maintaining peace New Delhi (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India CBCI condemns the serial blast that took place in Delhi on October 20 killing over 60 people and injuring several others. Cardinal Telesphore Topp ...
• 31 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA -Educate and communicate, two lines of evangelisation: Salesian Sisters work with youth in India New Delhi (Fides Service) - Instruction and communication are two strategic sectors of the modern world and therefore very important fields for evangelisation: said 30 women religious, Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix co-o ...
• 31 October 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Peace and harmony, not inter community conflict: Catholic Bishops issue open letter in view of presidential elections Colombo (Fides Service) - No to a climate of conflict and intolerance; yes to a process of peace which includes all political and social subjects and guarantees the good of the whole nation: this appeal was launched by t ...
• 29 October 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Churches shelter earthquake victims in Abbottabad, race against time to reach isolated survivors before the Winter sets in Islamabad (Fides Service) - Twenty homeless families have found shelter at a Catholic parish in the town of Abbottabad in Kashmir where the local Catholic community has opened churches, institutes and schools to people w ...
• 29 October 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Family domestic church”: Symposium in Suwon diocese Suwon (Fides Service) - Reaffirm the centrality of the family in the Church’s pastoral care was the aim of a symposium held recently in the diocese of Suwon on “Family domestic Church”. At least a thousand people a ...
• 28 October 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop John Tong presides 100th anniversary celebrations at Rosary Church Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Addressing parishioners at Rosary Church in the central Kowloon district of Hong Kong on the occasion of the parish’s 100th anniversary, Bishop John Tong, auxiliary of Hong Kong, said “Our ...
• 28 October 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Ten days of intense prayer and reflection on the Eucharist: Seoul Archdiocese concludes fruitful Eucharistic Congress Seoul (Fides Service) - The archdiocese of Seoul ended a ten day Eucharistic Congress on Sunday 23 October. Ten days of deep prayer and serious reflection on the Eucharist marked the closing of the special Year of the Eu ...
• 28 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Local Catholics join “Help Kashmir” campaign coordinated by a Hindu leader - inter-religious prayer for earthquake victims New Delhi (Fides Service) - “Help Kashmir” is an aid campaign in aid of victims of the October 8 earthquake launched by religious leaders, churches, NGOs and associations in Bhopal, capital of the Indian state of Mad ...
• 28 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Five Catholic nuns attacked by Hindu fundamentalist in Rajasthan: tension rises New Delhi (Fides Service) - Indian Christians are under shock after yet another episode of anti-Christian violence. On 25 October five Catholics nuns were attacked by Hindu extremists in Bhandaria, Banswara district, Raj ...
• 27 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Muslims welcome with gratitude 7 million dollars donated by Caritas India to rebuild homes in Kashmir destroyed by earthquake. New Delhi (Fides Service) - Catholic aid agency Caritas India has announced a contribution of 7 million dollars for reconstruction in earthquake affected areas of Kashmir. An extraordinary commitment, the concrete expr ...
• 27 October 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Successful “cyber-pastoral”: catechumens follow instruction via the web Seoul (Fides Service) - Learning the principle contents of the faith on the Web and using a home PC to follow an itinerary of catechumenate leading to baptism is possible today in South Korea where the local Catholic co ...
• 26 October 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Caritas warning: “This is a very serious medical emergency”. Caritas volunteers help patients at devastated Leprosy Centre in the earthquake affected area of Kashmir Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - True to its mission the local Catholic aid agency Caritas is helping people most in need after the devastating earthquake in Kashmir. A Caritas Pakistan team led by Dr Andreas Fabricius sent ...
• 26 October 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - New President of Korean Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Augustune Cheong Myeng-cho presents plans Seoul (Fides Service) - The Church in Korea will continue to give serious attention to the mission of evangelisation, to promoting the good of the nation, to keeping the Church ‘young and dynamic and working for nation ...
• 25 October 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Proclamation, witness and sharing, young Salesians in Daejeong Daejeong (Fides Service) - Two thousands people contacted, met, evangelised: this was the fruit of activities of festivity and proclamation connected with the Feast of Saint John Bosco, recently by pupils at Salesian sch ...
• 25 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Protests and rising tension in Kerala after attack on Catholic Bishop’s residence Cochin (Fides Service) - While the police have arrested 8 suspects with regard to the recent attack on the residence of the Catholic Bishop of Neyyatinkara actions of protest are being organised by the civil community . ...