Asia

• 27 July 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic media and press with its own stand at Hong Kong Book Show Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “Fuel for the Heart” was the title of a Catholic stand at the recent Book Show in Hong Kong 20-25 July. The stand was opened and blessed by Mgr Dominic Chang, Vicar general of Hong Kong di ...
• 27 July 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 30,000 young people dedicated to prayer and mission: Jesus Youth International charismatic movement in Kerala Kochi (Fides Service) - Jesus Youth International JYI, a Catholic charismatic movement started in Kerala to serve the mission of the Church and carry Jesus Christ to all young people is involving an increasing number of ...
• 26 July 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Identify and tackle challenges at home and outside, renew consecrated life, reorganise path for future growth” Sisters of the Precious Blood start chapter tomorrow Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Identify and tackle challenges at home and outside, renew consecrated life, reorganise path for future growth of the congregation are the themes to be discussed by the 21st Chaper of the Sist ...
• 26 July 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Archbishop of Taipei encourages Catholics of St Paul’s parish to imitate the Apostle and “grow in spiritual life and mature in the spirit of evangelisation” Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - “Imitate your Patron St Paul the Apostle, grow in your spiritual life and mature your spirit of evangelisation”. This advice was given by Archbishop Joseph Cheng of Taipei to the people of St ...
• 25 July 2005
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - “For the first time we are sending a ‘large’ delegation of 8 young people to World Youth Day” said Fr Carlos Avila, Superior of the Catholic Mission in Tajikistan Dushanbe (Fides Service) - “For the first time young Tajiks will attend World Youth Day events with the Pope and hundreds of thousands of young Christians from all over the world. The Catholic mission in Tajikistan is ...
• 25 July 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - After 2 years of study 105 catechists from 25 parishes receive their diploma at a special Mass presided by the Bishop of Hong Kong Hong Kong (Fides Service) - At the end of a two years course of study 105 new catechists for Hong Kong diocese received their diploma from the Bishop Jospeh Zen and Mgr J. Baptist Tsang Hing Mun of the Diocesan Centre fo ...
• 25 July 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic community joins believers of other faiths to assist flood victims Guang Xi (Fides Service) - Over the past two months various regions of south east China have been affected by serious floods. Local Catholic communities have joined people of other faiths and local authorities to assist ...
• 25 July 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - In addition to war: crime. Alarm for increasing spread of heroine in Iraq. Baghdad (Fides Service)- A drug alarm has been sounded in Iraq. The Iraqi police forces are increasingly concerned for the flow of drugs into the country. “security forces say drug traffickers organise heroine couriers ...
• 23 July 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - “No to the culture of relativism: terrorism is to be condemned it cannot be justified” Baghdad (Fides Service)- “Once again we mourn the death of innocent men and women killed by terrorists: these acts are criminal and nothing can justify them” Fr p. Nizar Semaan, Iraqi Catholic priest in Mosul norther ...
• 23 July 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Presiding Mass for the ordination of four new priests Cardinal Shan encourages them respond generously to the Lord’s command Kaohsiung (Fides Service) - Cardinal Paul Shan Bishop of Kaohsiung recently presided Mass for the ordination of four priests three of whom were born in Taiwan: one diocesan priest of Kaohsiung diocese, one Jesuit and two ...
• 23 July 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - On a visit to her Sisters in several Asian countries superior general of the Missionaries of Charity visits Hong Kong for the first time Hong Kong (Fides Service) - After visiting her Sisters in South Korea and Mongolia on her journey to see Missionaries of Charity communities in various countries of Asia, on 11 July Sr Nirmala Joshi superior general of M ...
• 23 July 2005
  ASIA/MACAO - Macao city centre with its Catholic churches and seminary, Buddhist temple and protestant cemetery declared “world heritage” by UNESCO Macao (Fides Service) - Macao’s old city centre with its Catholic churches and other historic buildings is now “world heritage” for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Monuments li ...
• 23 July 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Evangelisation in Xi Kai Cathedral Tian Jin diocese bears abaundant fruit: rising annual numbers of baptised persons and catechumens, Cathedral opens Faith Information Office Tian Jin (Fides Service) - Between 1986 and 1999 the annual number of baptisms in Xi Kai cathedral Tian Jin diocese was less than a hundred. But since the year 2000 and the beginning of the new millennium the number of p ...
• 23 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Crime and Insecurity in Kenya Must be Halted Now!!!”: statement by Catholic Bishops of Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- We publish a Press statement issued 18 July by the Catholic Bihsops of Kenya with the title “Crime and Insecurity in Kenya Must be Halted Now!!!”, which can be summarised in the five points m ...
• 22 July 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The mission of women to meet the challenges of the 21st century: East Asian Meeting on Women Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The role of women to meet the challenges of the 21st century will be the theme of an East Asian Meeting on Women promoted by the Office of Laity Women’s Desk of the FABC (Federation of Asian ...