Asia

• 15 April 2005
  ASIA/LEBANON - Religious leaders and youth march for peace: “Love, never again civil war” Beirut (Fides Service) - Peace march in Beirut in memory of civil war victims: on 13 April Christian and Muslim leaders and hundreds of young Lebanese stage a peaceful march through the capital to the national monument w ...
• 15 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Shen Yang Seminary renders homage to John Paul II on China’s traditional day for commemorating the dead Shen Yang (Fides Service) - Seminarians and teaching staff at ShenYang seminary in northern China, rendered homage to Pope John Paul II on China’s traditional day of commemoration of the dead, which fell a few days aft ...
• 14 April 2005
  ASIA/TURKEY - John Paul II champion of ecumenism: his teaching will inspire new paths of dialogue and peace Antioch (Fides Service) - The death of Pope John Paul II provoked sadness, sympathy and solidarity among national leaders and ordinary citizens as well as fruits of reconciliation, harmony and unity among the different r ...
• 14 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Time to reflect on how to continue along the path traced by John Paul II Beijing (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics continue to render homage to their beloved Pope John Paul II a local Catholic in Beijing told Fides: “The Holy Father’s life was a witness of love for God and love of neigh ...
• 14 April 2005
  ASIA/JORDAN - Prayers and expectation for the new Pope, confident that he will speak in favour of peace and justice Amman (Fides Service) - Rev. Raymond Moussalli, Catholic Chaldean priest in Jordan told Fides “the faithful are praying, while waiting to see who the new Pope will be, confident he will be a Good Shepherd, filled with ...
• 14 April 2005
  ASIA/LAOS - New hope for Laotian Catholics in the north; new church opened and Catholics await pastoral presence and care of Rev. Banchong Thopahong apostolic administrator Luang Prabang (Fides Service) - There is fresh life and fervour among Catholics in the Vicariate of Luang Prabang where on 11 March a new church the first since 1975 and the communist revolution was blessed and inaugurat ...
• 13 April 2005
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - “Life in Bangladesh is poverty and slavery”: missionary describes the situation Dacca (Fides Service) - Grief and dismay reign in Bangladesh for the collapse of the textile factory near Dacca, on 11 April. Rescue workers continue to search for survivors, as the death toll rises and at least 200 peop ...
• 13 April 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong young Catholics are deeply grateful to unforgettable Pope John Paul II for his words especially Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Young people of Hong Kong are deeply grateful to John Paul II and his tender affection. Living in a highly developed technical society Hong Kong’s youth might seem apparently to be indiffer ...
• 13 April 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - Catholics in Iraq proud to be associated with John Paul II attend solemn public liturgies of commemoration and are filled with new hope for the future Baghdad (Fides Service) - In Iraq commemoration of Pope John Paul II and his great achievements has given Iraqi Catholics firmer faith and hope as they look to the future of their country and the world. The death of the ...
• 13 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Poverty, hardship, early marriage, average life expectancy no more than 65: Testimony of Salesian Sisters Calcutta (Fides Service) - The Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix run three dispensaries in villages far away from the capital where they care for women and children living in poverty and hardship. In rural areas girls marry ...
• 12 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “The memory of Pope John Paul II will inspire India to work for a society which gives more attention to spiritual values”, says Bishop Thomas Dabre of Vasai Mumbai (Fides Service) - “It is no wonder that in this predominant non-Christian country there was a tremendous interest in Pope John Paul II, extensive media coverage of the event and glowing tributes paid to the Bish ...
• 12 April 2005
  ASIA/LEBANON - Pope’s holiness and popularity captures even Lebanon’s Arab media Beirut (Fides Service) - Even Arab media and press in Lebanon continue to give ample space to the figure of John Paul II. This morning Al Anwar daily newspaper in Beirut had a large title “Pope John Paul II perhaps a S ...
• 12 April 2005
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - New radio, Voice of Peace, unites Israelis and Palestinians Jerusalem (Fides Service) - Peace takes to the air in the Holy Land. Two days ago a new radio station, the Voice of Peace, started broadcasting in Hebrew, Arabic and English with the objective of spreading a message of p ...
• 12 April 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Oblate Missionaries in the Philippines say conflict in Mindanao must stop, families must be protected from destruction and evacuation Cotabato (Fides Service) - As a Religious Congregation present for over 65 years in Mindanao, in Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate (OMI) express “surprise” for the new explosion of violen ...
• 11 April 2005
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - North Korean Catholics in Pyongyang attend Mass for repose of the soul of Pope John Paul II Pyongyang (Fides Service) - Catholics in Pyongyang in north Korea attended a requiem Mass for Pope John Paul II according to http://www.zaobao.com/ “Lian He Zao Bao (Union Morning Post)” in Singapore. What is more t ...