Asia
2 December 2004
ASIA/INDIA - “The Feast day of St Francis Xavier and the exposition of his relics offer an opportunity to rediscover our great missionary tradition”: Catholic Archbishop of Goa told Fides. Hindus and Muslims join Christians to venerate the Catholic saint
Goa (Fides Service) - “The Feast day of St Francis Xavier at this time when his relics are exposed for veneration is an opportunity to rediscover our great missionary tradition” the Catholic Archbishop of Goa Mgr Fel ...
2 December 2004
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Members of Asian Parliaments unite to rid the continent of poverty, hunger and terrorism
Islamabad (Fides Service) - Representatives from more than 30 countries in Asia, from Turkey to Japan, are taking part in an Assembly of Members of Asian Parliaments in Islamabad, Pakistan, to discuss major challenges fa ...
2 December 2004
ASIA/HONGKONG - Hong Kong Catholic doctors teach health care in Taunggyi diocese in Myanmar
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - A medical team of four Hong Kong doctors and a nurse recently returned from a mission in Myanmar, where, in Taunggyi diocese, one of the poorest in the county, they trained missionaries and lo ...
1 December 2004
ASIA/CAMBODIA -info
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of a visit by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, here is some information ...
1 December 2004
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Typhoon Winnie hits northern Philippines: many killed and missing after flash floods and landslides
Manila (Fides Service) - The death toll caused by typhoon Winnie in northern Philippines continues to rise. Local authorities in Luzon, say that flash floods and landslides left at least 447 persons dead and over 300 mo ...
1 December 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Once again… 36 Tribal Christian converts are sent away from their village
New Delhi (Fides Service) - There is no end to anti-minority discrimination and violence in India. A report from Jagdalpur diocese in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, said that recently the people of the village ...
30 November 2004
ASIA/TURKEY - Catholics and Orthodox give warm welcome to relics of St John Chrysostom and St Gregory Nanzianzen arrived from Rome - Jesuit House returned to Syro-Catholic community
Istanbul (Fides Service) - An ecumenical assembly, including civil authorities and many Catholic Bishops gathered yesterday in the St George’s Orthodox Cathedral to welcome the relics of St Gregory Nazianzen and St Joh ...
30 November 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic Bishops of Korea and Japan committed to regular meetings to re-read painful episodes of history in the light of truth and reconciliation
Seoul (Fides Service) - Recently Catholic Bishops of Japan and Korea met in Cheju, South Korea for their traditional annual meeting to exchange ideas and experience in an atmosphere of friendship.
A total of thirty one ...
29 November 2004
ASIA/IRAQ - “People are getting their breath back after the assaults a few days ago” source in Mosul told Fides
Baghdad (Fides Service)- “Things are a little quieter thank goodness. Some parts of the city are calm although in other districts fighting continues” Father Nizar Semaan told Fides, after contacting people in the nor ...
29 November 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic Bishops focus Advent Messages on Eucharist, Life and the Family
Seoul (Fides Service) -Eucharist, Life and the Family were the main focus of Advent Messages issued by Catholic Bishops in Korea, and in view of this special Year of the Eucharist, called by Pope John Paul II, the Bisho ...
29 November 2004
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Radio Veritas programmes in Urdu are a point of reference and encounter for peaceful co-existence in Pakistan
Lahore (Fides Service) -Radio Veritas programmes in Urdu broadcast in Pakistan are a highly appreciated source of information on the Catholic Church in Pakistan and its services to promote peace, respect for human rights ...
27 November 2004
VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe addresses Thai Bishop: “As we are at the beginning of the Third Millennium, I can only remind that the Church in Thailand is called to a new missionary momentum”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Addressing the Bishops of Thailand on Friday 26 November in Bangkok, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, assured them of the Pope’s wa ...
27 November 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Interreligious Forum gives impulse to Anti-Death Penalty activity
Seoul (Fides Service) - Religions in Korea have launched a camping to promote awareness and support for the abolition of the death penalty. A forum of 7 religious communities, including the local Catholic Church, some pr ...
27 November 2004
ASIA/INDIA - More than 10,000 pilgrims visit Bom Jesus basilica every day to venerate relics of St Francis Xavier
Goa (Fides Service) - Every day more than 10,000 pilgrims, far more than expected, flock to venerate the relics of Saint Francis Xavier on show at the Bom Jesus Basilica in God. The exposition of the relics of this great ...
26 November 2004
ASIA/KOREA - “The Family, a place of love and life” is the title of a pastoral letter issued by the Catholic Bishops for Advent 2004
Seoul (Fides Service) - Advent is a time to sanctify and evangelise the family, the Korean Bishops say in a pastoral letter for Advent with the title The Family, Place of love and Life. The letter with 83 paragraphs took ...
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