Asia

• 23 May 2005
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Kuala Lumpur diocese celebrates 50th anniversary: “Harmony through reconciliation” Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) - Today is an important day for Catholics in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, the community is celebrating two major events, the 50th anniversary of the diocese established 25 February 1955 ...
• 21 May 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - More than 50,000 gather to celebrate the raising of the head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church Archbishop Cyril Mar Baselios to the dignity of Major Archbishop New Delhi (Fides Service) - More than 50,000 people including cardinals, bishops, priests, men and women religious and civil authorities attended a ceremony to celebrate the raising of the head of the Syro-Malankara Cat ...
• 21 May 2005
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Independence three years on: East Timor faces challenge of reconciliation and economic development Dili (Fides Service) - Today 20 May it is three years since East Timor proclaimed its independence from Indonesia. This tiny Asian country continues its toil to achieve national reconciliation and a future of prosperity. ...
• 20 May 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Catholic Bishops and Religious Superiors hold Spring Meeting Taipei (Fides Service) - According to Christian Life Weekly publication issued by the archdiocese of Taipei, recently the Catholic Bishops and Superiors of Religious Institutes of Taiwan gathered for their Spring Meeti ...
• 19 May 2005
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - 7 attempts to answer one question: What really happened in Uzbekistan? Tashkent (Fides Service) -What really happened on May 13 in the town of Andijan in eastern Uzbekistan? Pending the international enquiry requested by the United Nations and the European Union we offer the following set ...
• 19 May 2005
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - More than 10,000 local people, including many Muslims, attend ordination of the new Catholic Bishop of Khulna Khulna (Fides Service) - Crowds of at least 10,000 including many Muslims attended the ordination of the new Bishop of Khulna in Bangladesh, Bishop Bejoy D’Cruze OMI. The retired Bishop Michael Rosario, the papal nunci ...
• 18 May 2005
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Salesians celebrate 14 years at the service of young Cambodians offering education, and caring for street children and those with HIV/AIDS Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - This year on 24 May the Salesian community in Cambodia will celebrate fourteen years of service to promote the human, cultural and spiritual growth of young Cambodians. According to the Sales ...
• 18 May 2005
  ASIA/SYRIA - Ecumenical reflection and experience in Aleppo: how long must we wait before all Christians celebrate Easter together on the same date? Aleppo (Fides Service) - There is an air of ecumenism and brotherhood in Syria. Recently the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo invited Catholic Bishop Luigi Padovese vicar apostolic of Anatolia to Aleppo to give a conf ...
• 18 May 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan will stay on the political scene even after 2007 Islamabad (Fides) - President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan will stand for re-election when his mandate expires in 2007, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed announced. “He will remain after 2007 because Pakistan ne ...
• 17 May 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “Christians must be barred from public administration” say Hindu extremists: “this goes against the country’s Constitution and human rights” Indian Christians reply New Delhi (Fides Service) - Hindu extremists have launched another fierce anti-Christian campaign the eastern Indian state of Orissa. Member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) calling on the state governm ...
• 17 May 2005
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - UN High Commission for Refugees assists Uzbekistan people fleeing violence Bishkek (Fides Service) - While tension is still high in eastern Uzbekistan and clashes between insurrectionists and government troops continue, more civilians fleeing the fighting are heading for the border with Kyrgy ...
• 17 May 2005
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - “Social malcontent and poverty are at the root of local protests”, says Franciscan Fr. Krzysztof Kukulka missionary in Uzbekistan Vatican City (Fides Service) - “We are grieving for the death of so many people. Uzbeks are a friendly peace loving people. These protests arise from malcontent and poverty. Unless economic and social reforms are start ...
• 16 May 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Popular theatre in Rajasthan to promote and spread the values of the Kingdom of God New Delhi (Fides Children) - Children of all ages in the Indian state of Rajasthan enjoy puppet shows, the traditional means to pass on popular traditions and myths. But instead of telling the usual tales and stories, th ...
• 16 May 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - “The violence used by Al Qaida reveals weakness not power. What has all this got to do with religion” asks a Catholic priest in Iraq Rome (Fides Service)- “Terrorists, Al Qaida, are already defeated because they are unable to propose a credible model of society. All they can do is to kill” Fr Nizar Semaan a Catholic priest in the northern Iraqi to ...
• 14 May 2005
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Info Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tension in Uzbekistan is still high. To offer a picture of the situation in the central Asia republic Fides publishes this background note on Uzbekistan. area: 447.400 sq. km - populatio ...