Asia

• 12 September 2005
  ASIA/AZERBAIJAN - The laying of the foundation stone for a new church in Baku “is a dream come true for the local Catholic community” said Cardinal Sepe who also blessed building site for a new Home for the Poor to be entrusted to Mother Teresa’s Sisters Baku (Fides Service) - In the afternoon on Sunday 11 September in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, presided a ceremony for the laying o ...
• 12 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - New hope for peace and development in Kashmir as leaders of India and Pakistan prepare to talk Jammu (Fides Service) - “The situation is quite calm and we are pleased and hopeful at the news that India and Pakistan will soon meet again for talks. We are sure this means relations between the counries are really i ...
• 12 September 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Seminarians give up Summer vacation to teach children in need Beijing (Fides Service) - Beijing’s Catholic Seminary is situated in an outlying industrial district where most of the workers commute from rural areas or other towns to the capital. For these working families life is ...
• 12 September 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - TB still not defeated: every year 3 million die. Rising number of cases in Italy, also among minors Rome (Fides Service) - According to the World Health Organisation the most widespread disease in the world is tuberculosis. Every year 8 million new cases and 3 million deaths are registered. TB is the main cause of deat ...
• 12 September 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “Local Church works to defeat terrorism in the Moluccas”, says Fr Carl Bohm in Amboina diocese Ambon (Fides Service) - “Catholics in Moluccas are committed to promoting harmony and reconciliation and making sure terrorism is defeated”, Fr Carl Bohm, in Amboina diocese told Fides. “Life in Ambon - said Fr. ...
• 10 September 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Lay Catholics fully active in the life of the Church thanks to on-going formation and in-depth study in the faith Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - Over 120 lay Catholics actively involved in the life of the Church in the diocese of Shi Jia Zhuang, He Bei province, followed courses of religious formation for laity offered by the loc ...
• 10 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - New Catholic College to be opened in Gujarat state New Delhi (Fides Service) -The local government has granted permission for the opening of a new Catholic College in Gandhinagar in the state of Gujarat, west India. The news was announced by Archbisop Stanislaus Fernand ...
• 10 September 2005
  ASIA/AZERBAIJAN - Small Catholic community comes to life in former Communist country Baku (Fides Service) - Azerbaijan facing the Caspian Sea to the west in the south-west of Asia a former Soviet Union satellite republic has a population of 6.2 million, 84% Muslim mainly Shiite. The is a community of 350 ...
• 10 September 2005
  ASIA/AZERBAIJAN - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe to bless foundation stone for a church in Baku: after decades of persecution little flock of 150 Catholics takes new hope Baku (Fides Service) - “The laying of the foundation stone for a Catholic church in Baku, the first in 70 years of suffering, is an important event for the city and the nation: it is a sign that the Catholic Church her ...
• 9 September 2005
  ASIA/JAPAN - Two Japanese and Korean Catholic dioceses become “sisters” to promote evangelisation and reconciliation Kyoto (Fides Service) - Reconciliation between Korea and Japan is advancing with the help of small gestures of friendship and forgiveness from all sides. The Catholic Church in both countries is fully committed to re-est ...
• 9 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Thousands attend Marian Festival at Vailankanni Shrine “Lourdes of the East” Vailankanni (Fides Service) - Thousands of Catholics and people of other faiths from all over India made the pilgrimage to Vailankanni Marian Shrine on the occasion of the annual Marian Festival at the Basilica of Our La ...
• 9 September 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Reactions to apointment of mainland Chinese bishops as members of Vatican Synod of Bishops in October: “with faith and hope we pray before the Eucharist and hope with all our heart that they bishop may travel to Rome in response to the Pope’s call” Beijing (Fides Service) - Yesterday rumours un China with regard to the presence of Chinese bishops at the October Synod of Bishops in Rome were confirmed when the Holy See press office announced that Pope Benedict XVI h ...
• 8 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - New national monthly religious publication launched by Catholic Religious Conference of India editor Sr Mary Saroja New Delhi (Fides Service) - 'Religious India' is a new religious monthly launched by the Catholic Religious Conference of India. The editor is highly qualified and experienced Sr Mary Saroja of the congregation of the Si ...
• 8 September 2005
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Installation of new Catholic Archbishop of Dhaka in a country in the grip of tension and threat of lurking terrorism Dhaka (Fides Service) - The new Catholic Archbishop of Dhaka Paulinus Costa will be installed in the city’s Cathedral tomorrow 9 September during a solemn Mass in the presence of civil and religious authorities, numero ...
• 8 September 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Priests from mainland China attend Hong Kong academic seminary on Christianity and Chinese Culture Beijing (Fides Service) - About forty philosophers, theologians, scholars and experts on Chinese religion and culture from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, United States, Gt Britain and Jerusalem took part in an academi ...