Asia

• 1 March 2006
  ASIA/CAMBOGIA - Inauguration of new Catholic technical training school and comprehensive Care Centre for people with AIDS named after Pope John Paul II Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - To mark the 450th anniversary of its foundation this year, the Catholic community in Cambodia has a new professional Training School and a Centre for AIDS patients both recently inaugurated b ...
• 28 February 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Lay Catholics help prisoners live Lent more intensely and promote evangelisation in prisons Hong Kong (Fides) - “Who is the prisoner”? “What can a prisoner do for others”? “How can prisoners live their sentence united with Christ?”: these questions are part of a course organised for Lent 2006 by a H ...
• 27 February 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Hand in Hand Helping the Poor”: theme of Lenten solidarity campaign 2006 Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “Hand in Hand Helping the Poor” is the theme chosen by Hong Kong diocese for its Lenten solidarity campaign 2006. According to the diocesan bulletin Kong Ko Bao (the Lenten campaign is an ...
• 27 February 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Italian Project Negombo, new centre for children and young people affected by the 2004 tsunami Colombo (Fides Service) - A new centre for children and young people affected by the 2004 tsunami disaster was recently opened in Dungalpitiya not far from Colombo, promoted by Italy’s Civil Protection unit, the Italia ...
• 27 February 2006
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The local Church calls for prudence and calm while the state of emergency continues Manila (Fides Service) - A call for “prudence, sobriety, patience and watchfulness” has been launched by the chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Angelo Lagdameo in the Philippines where there is ...
• 24 February 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics mobilised to help mudslide victims on Philippines Island of Leyte Rome (Fides Service) - On hearing the news of the tragic mudslide in the Philippines last week in the village of Guinsaugon on the island of Leyte, Catholics in China were quick to offer help and prayers. At masses in Ca ...
• 24 February 2006
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - “I would die for Liberia” says Philippine missionary sister in love with the country and the people Monrovia (Fides Service) - “I would die for Liberia and its people, they have a wonderful way of greeting strangers. A handshake and a click of the fingers mean you are welcome! A series of hellos with a smile made the ...
• 23 February 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - During celebrations for the feast of Charity Parish Archbishop Cheng underlines the pastoral fruits gathered thanks to work of Comboni missionaries Tai Pei (Fides Service) - After five years of presence of the Comboni missionaries Charity parish in the archdiocese of Tai Pei has a Sunday School, a choir, a catechism group and a Bible group and various charity groups ...
• 22 February 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - On the eve of the month dedicated to Saint Joseph final logistic touches to facilitate pilgrimage to Ping Yin Shan national shrine of St Joseph patron of the Church in China Ping Yin Shan (Fides Service) - Saint Joseph is the patron saint of the Catholic Church in China and this year devotees of St Joseph will find it easier to make the tradtional pilgrimage to the Ping Yin Shan national shr ...
• 21 February 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Fr Pascual Chavez, Salesian Rector Major opens Centenary History Museum on a hundred years of Salesian mission in China Hong Kong (Fides Service) - In the spirit of Don Bosco, to commemorate the missionaries and to help young people today know about Salesian missionary work in the past the Salesian Hong Kong Province opened a Centenary Hi ...
• 20 February 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Group leaders of the Hong Kong delegation to Asian Youth Day in August receive mandate in Hong Kong cathedral Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Over 60 group leaders of the Hong Kong delegation of participants to the next Asia Youth Day 30 July 5 August 2006 received a mandate from the Bishop of Hong Kong Bishop Joseph Zen honorary c ...
• 18 February 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Promoting the role of women in the life of the Church: Fei Xiang parish in Hebei organises formation course for women Han Dan (Fides Service) - To help women play their rightful role in the life of the Church and in the Christian family and to be qualified and effective agents of evangelisation Fei Xiang parish in the diocese of Han Dan ...
• 18 February 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Seoul archdiocese announces Eucharistic Congress in September this year on the day of the martyrdom of Saint Andrew Kim first Korean priest and martyr Seoul (Fides Service) - The archdiocese of Seoul has decided to celebrate a diocesan Eucharistic Congress later this year on Saturday 16 September, the date of the martyrdom of Saint Andrew Kim (1821-1846) the first Kore ...
• 18 February 2006
  ASIA/FILIPPINES - Natural disaster in Leyte: Catholic organisations fully involved in relief efforts. The Pope sends a message of sympathy. A local missionary calls for “respect for creation and sustainable development” Manila (Fides Service) - With regard to the recent tragic mudslide in Leyte central Philippines which caused the death a still unknown number of people, Fr . Eliseo Mercado, Oblate Missionary of Immaculate Mary on the te ...
• 17 February 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese priest comments first encyclical by Pope Benedict XVI Deus Caritas Est Beijing (Fides Service) - “If John Paul II led the Church into the third millennium, Benedict XVI is leading her in the modern world with a steady hand and profundity of thought as we see from the Encyclical Deus cari ...