Asia

• 20 June 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Pro-life Archbishop of Seoul and human cloning scientist face to face Seoul (Fides) - An Archbishop and scientist come face to face. The Communications office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference reported that Archbishop Nicholas Cheong of Seoul committed defender of life from conception ...
• 20 June 2005
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Directory of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land now also in English Jerusalem (Fides Service) - All you want to know about the Catholic Church in the Land of Jesus can be found in the latest edition of the Directory of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land prepared by the office represent ...
• 20 June 2005
  ASIA/TURKEY - Pontifical Antonianum College and Mustafa Kemal University in Turkey meet for 9th ecumenical symposium “Paul the Apostle, from Tarsus to Antioch: Archaeology, history and religion” Antioch (Fides Service) - “Paul the Apostle, from Tarsus to Antioch: Archaeology, history and religion” is the title of an annual Symposium on St Paul held in Turkey promoted jointly by Catholic bodies and pontifical ...
• 20 June 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence on Christians five attacks in a month: Catholic Bishops call on government to protect religious personnel New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of India have called on civil authorities to guarantee minority groups more protection. After five attacks on Christian structures and individuals, representatives of Chri ...
• 18 June 2005
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - “We firmly support the pro-family demonstration in Madrid: this is not only a question of religion, it concerns of the whole of humanity because the aim is to legalise what is contrary to the law of nature” Superior of Catholic Mission in Tajikistan told Fides Dushanbe (Fides Service) - The Catholic community in Tajikistan is deeply concerned that the Spanish government is about to pass a law which would give same sex unions the status of marriage and allows homosexual couples ...
• 18 June 2005
  ASIA/TURKEY - Turkey’s Christians and Muslims are against homosexual ‘families’, local Church voices support for pro-family demonstration in Spain Istanbul (Fides Service) - “The battle to defend natural law, real marriage and the unborn child unites Christian and Muslims in Turkey and the pro-family demonstration in Spain has the full support of Turkish public o ...
• 17 June 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Multan Pastoral Institute : united in prayer with the Church in Spain we defend the rights of the family and the unborn child Lahore (Fides Service) - “I hope and pray that the pro-family demonstration tomorrow in Spain will be a great success” Dominican Fr. James Channan director of Pastoral Institute of Multan in Pakistan told Fides. “ ...
• 17 June 2005
  ASIA/NEPAL - Although extremely poor, families in Nepal have a keen sense of family- Nepal’s Catholics support Spain’s struggle for the family Kathmandu (Fides Service) - “The small Catholic Church in Nepal fully supports her sister Church in Spain of age-old Christian traditions. Human life and the human family are the most important and fundamental values w ...
• 17 June 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Catholics fully support Spain’s pro-family demonstration: the family is sacred for every culture, religion and people! New Delhi (Fides Service) - “Indian Catholics support and proclaim the Church’s teaching on the family and family values and the sacrament of matrimony as a visible sign of unity in human society”, Fr Babu Joseph, ...
• 17 June 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - In the Year of the Eucharist Catholic community in north-east China marks 100th anniversary of foundation Tian Shui (Fides Service) - Catholics in Tian Shui diocese in the north eastern province of Gan Su, in mainland China have the joy of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first missionaries in the area ...
• 16 June 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - “This matter touches the very essence of family life whether Christian or not”: Catholic Church in Sri Lanka assures Spanish Catholics full support in their struggle to protect the family Colombo (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has voiced full support with Catholics in Spain determined to defend the family and life from dangerous legislation. A message from the local Asian Church joins ...
• 16 June 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Night of terror: criminals attack Catholic convent in Rajasthan Ajmer (Fides Service) - After two attacks on Catholic convents in Bihar state on June 9, a third convent was targeted by criminals in the state of Rajasthan on June 12. The convent, the home of the Franciscan Sisters of ...
• 16 June 2005
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - “It is up to the laity to bear witness and reawaken awareness of the beauty of the family”, said Xaverian missionary Fr. Garello fully supportive of pro-family demonstration in Spain Dacca (Fides Service) - “The value of the family is the heritage of each person and it is necessary to reawaken awareness of its importance. The family must be lived, loved and defended as fundamental, the root from wh ...
• 15 June 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “The Church in Korea is with you!” Korean Bishops’ president tells Spanish Bishops Seoul (Fides Service) - In Korea where experiments in human embryo cloning have given rise to concern and a national debate the local Catholic Church is fully committed to using all its influence and energies to defend t ...
• 15 June 2005
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The “small Catholic flock” in Mongolia under the patronage of the Holy Family of Nazareth unites in spiritual solidarity with Spanish families to protect the family where life is nurtured and cherished Ulan Bator (Fides Service) - “We fully support the pro-family demonstration in Spain, Madrid on 18 June. On behalf of the little Church in Mongolia, under the special protection of the Holy Family of Nazareth, I can as ...