Asia

• 14 July 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic papers and books useful for hospital pastoral care Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The Hong Kong diocese Kong Ko Bao says that Sr. Antonietta d’Onofrio,coordinator of the pastoral department at the Northern District Catholic Hospital in Hong Kong finds Catholics newpapers ...
• 14 July 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Government and Aceh rebel separatists start peace talks Helsinki (Fides Service) - Representatives of the Indonesian government and separatist rebels from the province of Aceh, Sumatra are meeting in Helsinki, Finland to establish a set of shared principles on which to elabor ...
• 14 July 2005
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - “Come and see” new springtime of faith: the Church in Mongolia calls local young people and adults Ulanbator (Fides Service) - The little Church in Mongolia is growing fast. When the first Missionaries arrived in 1992 following the dark years of communist atheism, there were no Catholics in the country and they starte ...
• 14 July 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Formation for laity and families urgently needed to bear witness to Gospel values in Korean society Seoul (Fides Service) - The new millennium puts new challenges to the family which is the cradle of life and must be protected from attacks by a materialist and rationalist culture which wants to manipolate it and subjec ...
• 13 July 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - “It is possible to guarantee security while respecting both the freedom of individuals and the principles of democracy” Fr Nizar Semaan tells Fides Baghdad (Fides Service) - “It is possible guarantee security while respecting both the freedom of individuals and the principles of democracy” said Fr. Nizar Semaan, in Mosul northern Iraq, commenting discussion in E ...
• 13 July 2005
  ASIA/JAPAN - Catholic schools at the service of evangelisation in Japan Tokyo (Fides Service) -Catholic schools are a channel for evangelising in Japan. This emerged after a meeting of 190 Catholic educators who gathered in Tokyo for the 18th general meeting of the Commission for Catholic Sc ...
• 13 July 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Prayer and reciprocal respect to bring Christians and Muslims closer in Pakistan and the rest of the world Lahore (Fides Service) - “We must respect people whose faith is different from our own. We were created by God with differences and he appreciates differences which are always a resource” said Pakistani Muslim leader ...
• 12 July 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Administrative elections and voters’ rights: minority groups say “No” to discrimination on religious grounds Lahore (Fides Service) - The Lahore Commission for Peace and Development which promotes respect for the rights of minority groups in Pakistan has criticised the government for allowing discrimination in the upcoming elec ...
• 12 July 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians decide to unite to produce a “Dictionary of Christianity in Southern Asia” to eradicate religious fundamentalism and restore traditional harmony New Delhi (Fides Service) - Christians in India have united to produce a ‘Dictionary of Christianity in Southern Asia’ which they hope will help people today realise the role played by the Christian faith in the last ...
• 12 July 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Precious contribution offered by the Prado Institute for the formation of priests and religious in China underlined during a recent visit by Superior General Rev. Robert Daviaud Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - “I think we and the Church in China are building a relationship of reciprocal trust, understanding and acceptance and ever deeper esteem” said Rev. Robert Daviaud, Superior General of ...
• 11 July 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Queen Paola of Belgium visits Catholic community in Xi An Xi An (Fides Service) - During a recent official visit to China with her husband, Queen Paola of Belgium took time to pay a visit to a local Catholic community. The devout Catholic Queen was taken to visit the most activ ...
• 11 July 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In a statement on the political and social crisis in the country the Catholic Bishops of the Philippines call for transparency, justice and prayers Manila (Fides Service) - Rejection of violent solutions; call for serious discernment, based on criteria of transparency and justice; prayer that the common good may prevail in politics. The requests were contained in a ...
• 11 July 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong diocesan Justice and Peace Commission on-line radio programme tackles questions of Faith and politics Hong Kong (Fides Service) - ‘The voice of the Justice and Peace Commission’ is a new on-line radio programme promoted by the Hong Kong diocesean Commission for Justice and Peace. According to the diocesan bulletin Ko ...
• 9 July 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Believers of different faiths form Civil Alliance to promote respect for life and the family Seoul (Fides Service) - Believers of different faiths in Korea have united to form a Civil Alliance to protect life from natural beginning to end, protect the family and encourage couples to have more children, and to gu ...
• 9 July 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Missionaries of Charity pray for the victims of the terrorist attacks on London: at the burial place of Mother Teresa Indians and visitors of all faiths pray for Londoners New Delhi (Fides Service) - The July 7 bomb attacks in London caused deep shock and grief among the Missionaries of Charity at the general house in Calcutta who gathered immediately to pray in silence at the tomb of Bles ...