Asia
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20 December 2004
ASIA/SYRIA - Christmas in Syria: a feast for young people, Christian charity, ecumenism
Damascus (Fides Service) - On the occasion of Christmas 2004, Fides asked for a contribution with regard to celebrations in Syria from His Beatitude Gregorios III Laham, Greek Melchite Patriarch of Antioch and the East ...
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20 December 2004
ASIA/INDONESIA - Threatened attacks on Churches at Christmas: double security measures in the Moluccas Islands
Jakarta (Fides Service) - On Christmas day and all though the Christmas season the Indonesian army will guarantee special protection for all churches in Ambon, capital city in the Moluccas Islands. There is in fact growi ...
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20 December 2004
ASIA/CHINA - Catholics in Beijing organise Christmas Party for children with disabilities at Hui Ling Centre
Beijing (Fides Service) - Christmas is almost here and there is already an atmosphere of joy and goodwill in Catholic community in Beijing. Local sources told Fides that after Mass on the third Sunday of Advent local and ...
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17 December 2004
ASIA/MONGOLIA - New Papal Nuncio visits small Catholic community in Mongolia preparing to celebrate Christmas
Ulan Bator (Fides Service) - Catholics, other Christians and non Christians gathered to offer a warm welcome to the new Papal Nuncio to Korea and Mongolia Archbishop Paul Tscherrig, who recently paid a visit to the small ...
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17 December 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Catholic community grows: three new churches opened in Mangalore diocese
Mangalore (Fides Service) - Despite fear of attacks by Hindu extremists on Christians and Christian institutions, the Catholic community in the southern Indian state of Karnataka is growing: the opening of three new chur ...
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16 December 2004
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Peace process in Southern Philippines must be resumed: dialogue leads rebels away from radical Islamic groups”: missionary’s analysis to Fides
Manila (Fides Service) - “The peace process in Southern Philippines needs a boost. No one knows why the government and rebels of the Moro National Liberation Front do not resume negotiations” Father Eliseo Mercato OM ...
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16 December 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Dalit Christians will denounce discrimination and demand recognition of social and civil rights
New Delhi ( Fides Service) - In the coming weeks during four public sessions organised by the All India Catholic Union, AICU, Christian Dalits will speak of their difficulties and the situation of social discrimination ...
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16 December 2004
ASIA/HONG KONG - Filipino immigrants celebrate Year of the Eucharist with a pilgrimage to the site of Hong Kong's first Catholic village
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Among many different initiatives organised for the Year of the Eucharist, the Philippines community of immigrants in Hong Kong recently took part in a pilgrimage arranged by Caritas Hong Kong ...
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15 December 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Christmas of prayer and devotion in Goa, where crowds of pilgrims continue to flock to venerate the relics of St Francis Xavier
Goa ( Fides Service) - “Christmas 2004 in Goa will be one of devotion and prayer. Celebrating the mystery of the Incarnation, thousands of pilgrims will demonstrate the place of honour which St Francis Xavier has in th ...
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15 December 2004
ASIA/CHINA - “People are free to make an offering as they wish during the Christmas Mass”: parish priest at Nang Tang Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Beijing clarifies misunderstanding
Beijing (Fides Service) - People will not have to pay to enter Nan Tang Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Beijing for Christmas Mass. The parish priest said there had been a misunderstanding and that recent media allega ...
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15 December 2004
ASIA/MYANMAR - Human rights violated, ethnic minorities persecuted: no change in Burma, says ‘Christian Solidarity Worldwide’
Yangon (Fides Service) - “Burmese ethnic minority refugees camped on the border with Thailand are living a serious humanitarian crisis” says London based Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) organisation which keeps ...
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14 December 2004
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Support peace and reconciliation after twenty years of war: Caritas starts new programmes
Colombo (Fides Service) - Support efforts of peace and reconciliation in a country devastated by twenty years of civil war; educate youth the have confidence in the future, spirit of initiative, a peaceful attitude towar ...
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14 December 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Park Street in central Calcutta named after Mother Teresa: Christian witness makes its mark in the civil community
Calcutta (Fides Service) - “We are thrilled and deeply moved for this act of recognition of the extraordinary mark Mother Teresa left on Indian society though her service to the poorest of the poor” Father Babu Josep ...
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14 December 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Jesuits mark fifty years at the service of the people of Korea offering valid education
Seoul (Fides Service) - The Society of Jesus in Korea is preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its service in Korea in 2005 with academic acts, seminars as well as spiritual initiatives and liturgical celebratio ...
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13 December 2004
ASIA/IRAQ - “At Christmas no festivities but much prayer” says Chaldean Archbishop of Kerkuk -massage for peace in Iraq from Christian leaders
Kerkuk (Fides Service) - It will be a Christmas of prayer for Christians in the northern Iraqi city of Kerkuk. There will be no public festivities among Chaldean Catholics concerned for increasing fundamental violence a ...
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