Asia

• 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 ...
• 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 ...