Asia

• 9 July 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church will be of great help with pastoral activity and catechesis a Chinese priest told Fides Beijing (Fides Service) - The new Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, made public on June 28 in Rome, has been welcomed by Catholics in mainland China. A priest told Fides the new publication will be of g ...
• 8 July 2005
  ASIA/LEBANON - “East West dialogue is the only way to eliminate the causes of terrorism” Catholic priest in Lebanon tells Fides Beirut (Fides Service)- “The only way to stop terrorism is to eliminate the causes” said Maronite Catholic priest Fr. Maroun Abouzeid parish priest of Notre-Dame de Maamarieh near Sidone, southern Lebanon. “Europe ...
• 8 July 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslims and Christians join in prayer for the victims of London bomb blasts: Fides spoke with the Catholic Bishop of Multan Multan (Fides Service) - “This is a tragedy for humanity. This morning in Multan we prayed for the dead and the injured and their families and I offered mass for them. Christian and Muslims here are still shaker by the ...
• 8 July 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Europe should refuse to accept people who preach violence” said Fr. Nizar Semaan in Mosul commenting the London terrorist attacks Baghdad (Fides Service)- “This is the result of a mistaken interpretation of freedom and democracy: Europe cannot let terrorists enter in the name of freedom and then expect to be imune from attacks” a Catholic pries ...
• 8 July 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “These acts are bad for Islam, they make it ever more associated with terrorism in the eyes of the international public”, missionary Fr D’Ambra told Fides with regard to terrorist attacks on London Manila (Fides Service) - “We deplore and condemn all terrorism and violence. Acts like this only damage Muslims living in western countries increasing suspicion and diffidence in their regard. However care must be take ...
• 7 July 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Man must stop violence, it can never reach goals or carry a message”, says the head of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Oblate Missionaries of Immaculate Mary in the Philippines after bomb blasts in London Manila (Fides Service) - “The bomb blasts in London make us reflect one again on the subject of violence. Although as yet there is no confirmation that these were terrorist attacks, one’s mind immediately returns to ...
• 7 July 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Do not be afraid of new tehcnology!”: the Church in Korea ever more committed to using the media. UTV first Korean TV on the Internet Seoul (Fides Service) - “Do not be afraid of new tehcnology!”: said Pope John Paul II in his letter for Communications Day this year “Rapid development”. The Church in Korea intends to respond to this challenge b ...
• 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 ...