Asia

• 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 ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - Despite daily difficulties, Iraqi Catholics close to the Pope in prayer, says Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad Emmanuel Delly Baghdad (Fides Service) - All Iraqi Christians are close to the Pope with prayers. The Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad Emmanuel Delly gave this statement to Fides: “We are deeply saddened by the news with regard to the ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Bishop of Mosul: “First Holy Communion children pray for the Pope”: Bishop Paulos Faraj Rahoo speaks with Fides Mosul (Fides Service) - Also in and around Mosul, in northern Iraq, anxious Catholics are praying for the Pope. Chaldean Catholic Bishop Paulos Faraj Rahho told Fides about the situation: “Yesterday I presided Mass fo ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindus pray for the Pope and express affection and solidarity with anguished Catholics New Delhi (Fides Service) - Catholics in India are deeply concerned for the condition of the Pope. In New Delhi Catholics gathered in the cathedral for a special Mass celebrated by Archbishop Vincent Concessao, who celeb ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese web sites present Dossier on the Pope and words of gratitude from men and women in the street Beijing (Fides Service) - Many popular Chinese Catholic web sites give constant updates on the health of the Pope. For example “Sina” http://news.sina.com.cn/z/jiaohbw/index.shtml provides extensive information on Po ...
• 31 March 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Easter Pastoral Letter from Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong: “Let his joy surprise us once more !” Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “Let his joy surprise us once more !” was the title of an Easter Pastoral Letter issued by Bishop Zen of Hong Kong. In the letter, published in the diocesan bulletin Kong Ko Bao Bishop Zen ...
• 31 March 2005
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christians around the world invited to pray for peace: “A Lamp for peace in the Holy Land” initiative Jerusalem (Fides Service) - Lamp for Peace in the Holy Land is the name of an initiative to unite the Christians of the world in prayer for the Holy Land. The initiative launched by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, t ...
• 31 March 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - From Hawaii to Australia, from the United States to Europe, Chinese Catholics pray for the Pope with lighted candles Rome (Fides Service) - Overseas Chinese Catholic communities on every continent are united in concern and anxiety for the health of the Pope. A woman member of Western Sydney Catholic Chinese Community in Australia, told ...
• 31 March 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholics in Hong Kong and mainland China united in prayer for the Pope - government officials voice great respect and concern for Pope John Paul II Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Catholics in Hong Kong are united with Catholics in mainland China as they pray for the health of the Pope John Paul II, said Auxiliary Bishop John Tong Hon of Hong Kong, just back from a visi ...