Asia

• 4 April 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Catholics brave danger to pray for the Pope says Rev. Pyoss Qasha, parish priest at St Joseph’s church in Baghdad - Pope’s funeral will be broadcast live on television Baghdad (Fides Service) - Iraqi Catholics braved danger to go to church to pray for the Pope, Reverend Father Pyoss Qasha parish priest at St Joseph’s church in Baghdad told Fides. “Despite the difficulty and much da ...
• 4 April 2005
  ASIA/LEBANON - Exchange of condolences on the street, Muslims and Christians comfort one another Beirut (Fides Service) - “People on the streets in Beirut stop to exchange condolences for the death of Pope John Paul II, Christians and Muslims alike, even strangers. We all feel like one family which has lost a very ...
• 3 April 2005
  ASIA/LEBANON - “A great Pope who kept a special place in his heart for Lebanon” Cardinal Pierre Nasrallah Sfeir, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites Beirut (Fides Service)- “A great Pope who always kept a special place in his heart for Lebanon” was how Pope John Paul II was described by Cardinal Pierre Nasrallah Sfeir, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites speaki ...
• 3 April 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Grief and gratitude fill the hearts of Catholics in Korea as Bishops prepare to send a delegation to Rome Seoul (Fides Service) - “We are filled with grief for his death but at the same time we are profoundly grateful for his life” Bishop Andreas Choi Chang mou, secretary of the Korean Catholic Bishops’ Conference told ...
• 3 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “The whole nation is showing sympathy with the Catholic community, this Pope was everyone’s Pope” said Fr Donald De Souza, vice secretary of the Bishops’ Conference. Unprecedented sympathy and affection shown by unending flow of Hindus, Buddhist and Muslims New Delhi (Fides Service) - “The whole country is shaken and shares our grief. This demonstration of solidarity and affection is unprecedented and totally unexpected. The entire nation appears to be in mourning”, sai ...
• 2 April 2005
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Today all the Christians here are praying for him and remembering with gratitude all he has done for us and for our land Jerusalem (Fides Service) - “The atmosphere is one of fervent and confident prayer. The Christian communities in the Holy Land are in heart and mind with the Pope who loves this Land and has done and prayed so much to ...
• 2 April 2005
  ASIA/NEPAL - In Nepal many Catholics pray for the Pope throughout the night: Apostolic Pro Prefect told Fides: although they have never seen him in person, the people of Nepal show great affection for the Pope Rome (Fides Service) - “The tiny Catholic community in Nepal is watching anxiously for news of the Pope. Clergy, religious and laity are praying non stop”: Rev. Pius Perumana, Apostolic Pro Prefect of Nepal. “Ca ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Thousands of Catholics especially Manila’s poor and outcast fill churches to pray for ailing Pope Manila (Fides Service) - Thousands of Catholics, mostly the poorest and most neglected citizens are flocking to the capital’s churches to pray for the Pope amidst anguished silence. Manila Cathedral has been crowded si ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - At Xaverian missions the sick, the disabled, volunteers, charismatic Catholics all pray for the Pope Dacca (Fides Service) - From one of the poorest countries in the world there rises a pray to Almighty God for the Holy Father. At the mission run by the Xaverian Fathers in Dacca charismatic Catholics are gathered in pra ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Intense prayer for the Pope all over China, great media attention Beijing (Fides Service) - From Beijing it was confirmed to Fides that all Chinese Catholics are concerned for the health of the Pope and that they are praying intensely for the Holy Father, asking the Lord to “grant li ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - The editor of the main Catholic publication Faith says Catholic communities all over China are praying for the Pope Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - Rev. Zhang Shi Jiang, editor of Faith magazine, the most widely read Catholic publication in China, told Fides that since the news of the Pope ailing condition was released Catholic clerg ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic prisoners in the National Penitentiary in Manila keep vigil for the Pope with fasting, Way of the Cross, non stop prayers Manila (Fides Service) - Catholic prisoners at the National Penitentiary in Manila fasted and took part in a Stations of the Cross liturgy to ask God to comfort the Pope at this time, the Catholic prison chaplain Rev. Ro ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/THAILAND - “His illness, suffering and old age, make him loved and venerated just as he is”, Catholics in Thai hospitals pray for Pope John Paul II Rayong (Fides Service) - Patients and staff in Catholic hospitals in Thailand are praying for the Pope. In this country Catholics care above all for people with AIDS and for AIDS orphans. The sick at the small Camillian ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - The poorest of the poor offer their suffering to God for the Holy Father Calcutta (Fides Service) - At Nirmal Hriday “Home of the Pure in Heart” in Calcutta, opened by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, her Sisters the Missionaries of Charity and the “poorest of the poor” and the dying whom ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Christians and non Christians in China welcome the government’s message of sympathy to the Holy See and open concern for the health of Pope John Paul II Beijing (Fides Service) - Fides sources in Beijing say people welcomed the fact that the Chinese government has openly expressed concern for the health of Pope John Paul II and expressed best wishes for a speedy recovery ...