Asia

• 3 March 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “Shalom Television”: new Catholic TV channel in Kerala, southern India Cochin (Fides Service) - “Shalom Television” is the name of a new Catholic TV channel launched on 26 February in Kerala state in southern India. The programmes are in Malayalam and the TV is sponsored by the Syro-Ma ...
• 2 March 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Christians say they too are praying for the Pope's health Baghdad (Fides)- “The Iraqi people are devoted to the Holy Father who has always called for peace in our country. And at this time when he is ill in hospital, we wish to say that despite the difficulties we encounter w ...
• 2 March 2005
  ASIA/NEPAL - Although still traumatised and suffering orphans, former child soldiers and street children cared for in Catholic institutions offer special prayers for the Pope Kathmandu (Fides Service) - The people of Nepal are traumatised by years of guerrilla warfare, the rebels are still strong and control various parts of the country. What is more the nation is still recovering from the la ...
• 2 March 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Two months after the tsunami solidarity effort of Catholic communities in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan continues Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Catholics in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan have not forgotten the victims of the December tsunami disaster and are keeping up their solidarity efforts. In mid February the Kong Ko Bao b ...
• 2 March 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In a Guarani Indian reserve 290 children suffer from acute malnutrition and 35% of those under age six is underfed. The death of six Guarani children brings to the fore the drama of Brazil’s forgotten people Rome (Fides Service) - The deaths of six children caused by hunger in a Guarani Indian reserve bring to the fore the tragedy of Indians peoples in Brazil and the inefficiency of social assistance programmes. In the Dour ...
• 2 March 2005
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - UNHCR in Malaysia to assist refugees: maxi government clamp-down on illegal immigration Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) - Malaysia has at least 400,000 illegal immigrants fleeing from poverty and war and coming mainly from Myanmar, Cambodia and the Aceh province of Indonesia working in highly industrial areas. ...
• 1 March 2005
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - In Mongolia rescued street children at Catholic centre pray every day for the Pope who is a point of reference for their fledging faith Ulan Bator (Fides Service) -Mongolian children rescued by Catholic missionaries from life on the streets and in the sewers of Ulan Bator, pray every day for the Pope. They know him and see him as a “grandfather”, a p ...
• 1 March 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Government ready to launch “direct attack on poverty”: financial law to promote development, attention for disadvantaged sectors of society New Delhi (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in India, other religious minorities missionaries, and social organisations have welcomed the new financial law presented today by the governing Congress Party. The law aim ...
• 28 February 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of ‘good and zealous Bishop Gao Kexian ’ Yantai (Fides Service) - On Monday 24 January Bishop John Gao Kexian of the diocese of Yantai, in Shandong mainland China, who had been ill for some time died at the age of 86. The Bishop was born in 1928 to a family wh ...
• 28 February 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Example of a community in dialogue: Catholic priest receives a doctorate from Buddhist university Seoul (Fides Service) - In South Korea inter-religious dialogue goes ahead also at the cultural and academic level, as it can be seen by the experience of Father Thomas Kwak Sang-hun of Seoul archdiocese recently awarded ...
• 28 February 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Reconciliation between North and South Korea: wish of Archbishop of Seoul in Lenten message Seoul (Fides Service) - Meditation and conversion of heart were the main topics in a Lenten Message issued by Archbishop Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk of Seoul. In the message “A Life of forgiveness and Reconciliation” the ...
• 28 February 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Attention for the Holy Father in mainland China: while Catholics pray for the Pope many more people are beginning to ask “who is John Paul II” Beijing (Fides Service) - “Who is the Pope?” is the question heard every more frequently among young people in China and many address this question to their Catholic friends, one young Catholic in Beijing told Fides. ...
• 28 February 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Ad Aceh tsunami victims, poor people, disabled people pray that Pope John Paul II may make a speedy recovery Banda Aceh (Fides Service) - The poor, the homeless, the suffering, the disabled are praying for Pope John Paul II. And also many Muslims are praying to the All Merciful God for the Pope whose efforts to promote peace in ...
• 28 February 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Missionaries, children, the poorest of the poor living in Manila slums pray for the Pope Manila (Fides Service) - Slum dwellers are praying for the Holy Father. Close to the heart of Manila in Quezon City there is the Payatas refuse dump which extends for 25 hectares, the 45 mt high dump is also called ‘sm ...
• 26 February 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - We are getting calls from Catholics all over China asking about the Pope’s health and promising prayers, says editor of local Catholic newspaper Hebei (Fides Service) - Also Catholics in China are concerned for the health of Pope John Paul II and are praying fervently for his speedy recovery, Rev. Zhang Shi Jiang, editor of a local Catholic newspaper Faith publis ...