Asia

• 19 April 2005
  ASIA/JAPAN - Prayers and catechesis via the Internet: Catholics pray for new Pope at web sites Tokyo (Fides Service) - Japanese Catholics are using the Internet to read the Bible and the lives of the Saints and to pray for the new Pope. Catholic web sites in Japan are flourishing and increasingly popular among Jap ...
• 19 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Giuseppe Zhu Huayu the only bishop in Anhui province dies at the age of 88 Bengbu (Fides Service) - Bishop Joseph Zhu Huayu of Bengbu diocese in the province of Anhui in mainland China died on Saturday 26 February 2005 at the age of 88 after a long illness. He was the only Bishop in the provinc ...
• 19 April 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Annual formation course for priests focuses on the Eucharist in response to call from John Paul II Taipei (Fides Service) - Mane Nobiscum Domine is the theme of the annual formation course promoted by the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference in Taiwan, in response to a call made by Pope John Paul II with regard to t ...
• 19 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - “I hope the new Pope will follow in the footsteps of John Paul II with special concern for peace, the poor and relations between China and the Holy See ” Rome (Fides Service) - A Chinese priest from Beijing presently in Rome studying said this about the election of Pope Benedict XVI : “We are very happy for the election of the new Pope. Speaking as a Chinese Catholic I ...
• 19 April 2005
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Catholics in Mongolia rejoice for Pope Benedict XVI and hope he will visit this little flock in the heart of Asia Ulan Bator (Fides Service) - Mgr Wenceslao Padilla, Prefect Apostolic of Ulan Bator will announce the news of the election of Benedict XVI to the 300 Catholics in Mongolia, at the first mass tomorrow morning at 6.30am. � ...
• 19 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “His leadership will be dynamic, creative and concrete”, spokesman of Indian Bishops’ Conference tells Fides New Delhi (Fides Service) - “The leadership of Pope Ratzinger will be dynamic, creative and concrete. We are truly happy for the election of Benedict XVI. Catholics in India offered prayers to accompany the Conclave at ...
• 19 April 2005
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - “Our hope is already a certainty: this Pope will build bridges and a be prophet of peace for the Holy Land” Franciscan Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Holy Land Custodian told Fides Jerusalem (Fides Service) - “It is no longer a hope, it is a certainty: Pope Benedict XVI will be a builder of bridges and prophet of peace for the Holy Land” Franciscan Father di Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Holy Land ...
• 19 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - From China prayers for the new Pope: “Now we have John Paul II in heaven and Benedict XVI with us on earth ” Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - After the announcement of the election of the new Pope, Benedict XVI , Fr Zhang Shi Jiang, editor of Faith bulletin (a Catholic bulletin published in He Bei), made the following statement ...
• 18 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - During Sunday Mass in every parish special prayers for the election of the new Pope, and that his first apostolic journey may be to Beijing Beijing (Fides) - A Catholic priest in Beijing told Fides that at Sunday Masses yesterday in every parish in the capital special prayers were said for the election of the new Pope with the hope that he may achieve the dr ...
• 16 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Out of danger, vicar general of Patna diocese attacked by common criminal not Hindu fundamentalist Patna (Fides Service) - Out of danger Fr Mathhew Uzhuthal,vicar general of Patna diocese , stabbed on 11 April at his parish offices. “Fr Matthew miraculously survived after being wounded in the neck and the chest. “ ...
• 16 April 2005
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Mongolian Catholics pray intensely on the eve of the Conclave - “People see us as the Pope’s community”: Apostolic Prefect of Ulan Bator tells Fides Ulan Bator (Fides Service) - The small Catholic community in Mongolia, only 300, are praying intensely for the Conclave and the election of the next Pope, while thanking God for the pontificate of John Paul II, Mgr Wence ...
• 16 April 2005
  SOUTH KOREA - National day for people with a disability: Church calls on Catholics to practice charity Seoul (Fides Service) - On April 20 the Church in Korea marks national Day for People with a Disability. For the occasion Bishop Lucas Kim Woon-hoe auxiliary of Seoul released a message ha “Love creates perfection”. ...
• 15 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic priest vicar general of Patna archdiocese in critical condition after being beaten and stabbed Patna (Fides Service) - The Vicar General of the archdiocese of Patna in the north eastern Indian state of Bihar, Rev. Matthew Uzhuthal, is in critical health conditions after being brutally beaten and stabbed. He was at ...
• 15 April 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Formation and dialogue for Catholics and Muslim students in the southern Philippines in an area of conflict Zamboanga (Fides Service) - April is a month of intense activity of formation at Harmony Village, just outside Zamboanga City, in the extreme south of the island of Mindanao, southern Philippines. Harmony Village is th ...
• 15 April 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - New year, an opportunity to forget the past, stop fighting and forgive! Sinhalese new year prompts common call for peace from civil and religious leaders Colombo (Fides Service) - Civil and religious organisations in Sri Lanka voiced the wish that New Year’s Day April 13, (Sinhalese new year), would mark the start of an era of peace and reconciliation. In Sri Lanka ther ...