Asia

• 6 July 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Over 400 young people from Taiwan prepare to take part in the 20th world Youth Day in Germany Tai Chung (Fides Service) - About 400 young people who will go to the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany 11-21 August, recently took part in a day of preparation for the major Church event. The day focused on vario ...
• 6 July 2005
  ASIA/MYANMAR - With a new mission in Yangon Franciscans intend to bring the Gospel to Myanmar Yangon (Fides Service) - To carry the Gospel in the spirit of St Francis to the people of Myanmar, mountain people in particular, a community of Friars Minor will soon open a new mission in Yangon the capital. The missio ...
• 6 July 2005
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - To legalise homosexual unions “is ridiculous, it offends the family and the children in particular” says Superior of Tajikistan Catholic Mission. “Our people ask how can we explain such an aberation to our children” Dushanbe (Fides Service) - “The Catholic mission in Tajikistan is deeply concerned about the proposal to give homosexual unions the same status as marriage and the right to adopt children. Unfortunately we learn that ...
• 6 July 2005
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - New Catholic primary school opened in Phnom Penh: the local Church ever more committed in the field of education Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in Cambodia is committed to promoting human, cultural and spiritual growth of young Cambodians. According to the Salesian bulletin ANS recently the Daughters of Mary Axil ...
• 6 July 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic Bishops’ Justice and Peace Commission denounces abuse of anti-blasphemy law: Christians and Hindus falsely accused Lahore (Fides Service) - There is concern in Pakistan after recent episodes with regard to a return to the anti blasphemy law. Several religious and human rights organisations including the Catholic Bishops’ Justice an ...
• 5 July 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - 200 years of Christian life: anniversary of Jakarta archdiocese under the banner of social assistance Jakarta (Fides Service) - It was 1807 when Fr Jacobus Nellissenn was appointed Apostolic prefect of Batavia, today Jakarta. The Gospel arrived here in 1500with Portuguese navigators, but two centuries were to pass before ...
• 5 July 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “I will make the university a place where young men and women prepare to face the challenges of modern society and globalisation”, said the new rector of Seoul Catholic University a major reference point for education in South Korea Seoul (Fides Service) - John Bosco Sohn Byeong-du, president of the Korean Lay Apostolate Council, has been appointed rector of the famous Sogang Catholic University in Seoul opened by Jesuit Fathers in 1959. Sohn Byeong ...
• 5 July 2005
  CHINA - Three new Missionary Servants of the Holy Spirit make perpetual professions on the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first members of their community Lan Zhou (Fides Service) - One hundred years ago the first Missionary Servants of the Holy Spirit (Sisters) arrived in China to help the Divine Word Missionary Fathers. Today the congregation continues to offer much appr ...
• 4 July 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Education for tribal communities essential element for improving society New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Education for tribal communities is essential for improving society in India. This is the point of departure for Vishwamndal Sevashram Social Centre in Bombay run by the local Jesuit Fathers w ...
• 28 June 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Continuing violence does not deter Christians from rebuilding churches, publishing Catholic newspapers and even opening Catholic web sites” Fr Nizar Semaan told Fides Baghdad (Fides Service)- “The situation is undoubtedly very difficult. Terrorism appears to be omnipresent and omnipotent with daily reports of bomb blasts in which people are killed and mutilated. This cannot be denie ...
• 28 June 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Spirituality Day for Catechists in the Year of the Eucharist” to encourage deeper spiritual life Hong Kong (Fides Service) - On June 12 more than 250 catechists from different parishes in Hong Kong took part in a Day of Spirituality in the Year of the Eucharist organised by the Diocesan Centre for Catechesis at the ...
• 28 June 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Bihar Centre for inter-religious prayer and dialogue to promote friendship and co-operation among people of different faiths Vatican City (Fides Service) - Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists and Jainists are invited to use the same place of prayer in the state of Bihar, recently the scene of inter-religious violence. This is happening tha ...
• 28 June 2005
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - “The Muslim authorities appreciate the Catholic community very committed in the field of education” Archbishop Paul Tschang In-Nam, papal nuncio in Bangladesh told Fides Vatican City (Fides Service) - The media usually only speak about Bangladesh when there is a natural disaster or for its sad primate in dire poverty and low position on the list of developed countries. But the papal nunc ...
• 27 June 2005
  ASIA/PILIPPINES - Manila prepares for funeral of Cardinal Jaime Sin “We have lost both a brother and a friend” Manila (Fides Service) - Thousands continue to visit Manila Cathedral to pay homage to the late Archbishop emeritus of the capital Cardinal Jaime Sin who died on 21 June. In the cathedral grieving Catholics pray as they ...
• 23 June 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Adoring the Eucharist with Song”: Year of the Eucharist Religious Music Concert in Tainan diocese Tainan (Fides Service) - “Adoring the Eucharist with Song” was the slogan of a singular initiative launched by Bishop Lin of Tainan in this Year of the Eucharist. Since there are many parish choirs in his diocese Bis ...