Asia

• 17 March 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian school strike and hunger strike in West Bengal to protest against new School Service Commission Bill 2006 Calcutta (Fides Service) - Christians in West Bengal are planning to join other minority groups in a strike on 7 April to protest against a new recently approved state School Service Commission Bill 2006 which they claim ...
• 17 March 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholics in Cheongju prepare to celebrate diocese’s 50th anniversary with Diocesan Synod Cheongju (Fides Service) - Preparations in Cheongju for a diocesan Synod in 2008 to mark the 50th anniversary of the diocese continue. Recently the local Church published the results of a preparatory survey involving 40, ...
• 17 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Duns Scotus Centre organises initiatives to promote Bible study Taipei (Fides Service) - To encourage the study of the Bible the John Duns Scotus Bible Reading Promotion Centre in Taiwan has started several new initiatives including a daily Mass at lunch time for office worker Cathol ...
• 16 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Profound educational significance of Lenten charity: joint open letter from Caritas and Bishops’ Commission for Social Development Taipei (Fides Service) - The Taiwan Bishops’ Commission for Social Development and Caritas issued a joint open letter for Lent calling Catholics to exercise charity. “During Lent the faithful should be encouraged to ...
• 16 March 2006
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archdiocese Singapore to open new Divine Mercy parish Singapore (Fides Service) - Catholics in the tiny city-state of Singapore (166,000 in a population of 4.5 million) are celebrating the news that a new parish will be opened and it will be dedicated to Divine Mercy. The t ...
• 16 March 2006
  ASIA/NEPAL - Peace ever more urgent for people ever more impoverished: Catholics help refugee families Kathmandu (Fides Service) - “We need lasting peace. We continue to shelter homeless impoverished families in our churches, pastoral centres and schools. We are concerned for the people in the grip of poverty. We suf ...
• 16 March 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Migration in southern Asia : a challenge for society and for the Church Bangalore (Fides Service) - Migration, globalisation, human rights, security and poverty were the main issues discussed at a recent seminar in Bangalore organised by the Indian Social Institute and local branch of the Je ...
• 15 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Prayer deepens our relationship with God; fasting helps us draw closer to Him; charity makes us more like Him” says Archbishop of Taipei in Lenten Pastoral Letter Taipei (Fides Service) - “Prayer deepens our relationship with God; fasting helps us draw closer to Him; charity makes us more like Him”, Archbishop Joseph Cheng of Taipei told his people in a Pastoral Letter for Len ...
• 15 March 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic readers in China appreciate religious publications and want more says Faith bulletin Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics say religious publications are valid channels for pastoral care and evangelisation and they are asking for more. This emerged in a survey made by the most widely read Ch ...
• 15 March 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Wave Studio produces new music cassette for Lent 2006 in Urdu and Punjabi: 11 songs on the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Lahore (Fides Service) - “Lord of Life” is the title of a new religious music cassette produced and circulated for Lent 2006 by WAVE Studios in Lahore directed by Fr John Nadeem. The cassette is a collection of 11 hy ...
• 14 March 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic sister stabbed to death in Moluccas Islands convent Ambon (Agenzia Fides) - A young Catholic nun resident in a convent at Jalan Pattimura near Ambon the main city of the Indonesian province of Moluccas was killed on March 10. The 33 year old Sister, a member of a communit ...
• 14 March 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Be living tabernacles and witnesses of the Lord’s salvation Mgr Dominic Chan tells Catholic Hospital Pastoral workers Hong Kong (Fides Service) -“Be living tabernacles, witnesses in daily life of the Lord’s Salvation. The mission of Hospital pastoral operators is to witness to the presence of Christ and build a relationship of suppo ...
• 14 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Let us pray this community may be ever more mature in its faith and offer a service of evangelisation thanks to active participation of the laity”, says Bishop Wang at celebrations for 50th anniversary of Our Lady of Lourdes parish Taipei (Fides Service) - “We pray this community may be ever more mature in the faith and offer a service of evangelisation thanks to active participation of the laity who are already of great help to the parish pries ...
• 13 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Hundred years of mission in China, an occasion to renew the Salesian spirit and carry on the work of God says Rev. Pascual Chavez, Salesian rector major Taipei (Fides Service) - The Salesian family in Taiwan gave a warm welcome to Salesian rector major Rev Pascual Chavez, accompanied by Rev Savio Hon superior of the Chinese province after his visit to Macao and Hong Kon ...
• 13 March 2006
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Commitment of the Catholic Church in Myanmar in the words and presence of Apostolic Delegate Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio Yangon (Fides Service) - The Church in Myanmar recently celebrated two happy events with the presence in Yangon of Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, Apostolic Delegate for Myanmar. The Archbishop visited Pennacchio Yang ...