Asia

• 11 March 2005
  ASIA/KOREA - 30.000 members of the Korean Catholic Health Association recently instituted with the support of the local Bishops’ Conference Rome (Fides Service) - It was approved in September 2004 during the general assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea under the aegis of the national Caritas and charged with the task of dealing with proble ...
• 11 March 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - White Paper on Religious Minorities: satisfaction for government attention to rights of Christians New Delhi (Fides Service) - Christians in India have welcomed a recent “White Paper on Religious Minorities” approved the Indian government. The paper, which will be published soon, makes a global analysis of the sit ...
• 10 March 2005
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Global Day of Prayer for Burma 13 March promoted by ‘Christians Concerned for Burma’ Brussels (Fides Service) - Many Christians in the world will be praying for Burma or Myanmar on March 13 a Global Day of Prayer for Burma promoted by Christians Concerned for Burma organistaion. They will pray for that t ...
• 10 March 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “You young people have the task of building a better India!” Superior major of the Salesian Fathers present for centenary celebrations in India Guwahati (Fides Service) - “You are the reason for the existence of the Salesians. India offers you much hope and many challenges, you must build a better India” Salesian Superior Major Fr Pascual Chavez told a gathe ...
• 9 March 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Shan Xi Seminary resumes its original name “Seminary Giovanni da Montecorvino”, in memory of a great evangeliser of China Tai Yuan (Fides Service) - The Seminary Shan Xi, where countless Chinese priests prepared for the ministry, has gone back to its original name: “Seminary Giovanni da Montecorvino” (www.shanxixiuyuan.com). In modern t ...
• 8 March 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - “The people of Iraq are the victims of common criminals. Every day ordinary people are kidnapped and families are ruined to pay ransom ” Fr Nizar tells Fides Baghdad (Fides Service)- “The international press gives ample space to non Iraqis taken hostage by terrorists in Iraq” Fr Nizar, a Catholic priest in Mosul told Fides. “This is right because human life is sacred. B ...
• 8 March 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - 8 March: a Catholic Sister works to promote development among tribal farmers in north east India Shillong (Fides Service) -Sister Rose, a Catholic nun, works to promote development among Garo tribals in the north eastern Indian state of Meghalaya. Meghalaya is an area of tension and many small tribal farmers are thr ...
• 8 March 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 8 March: Christians and Muslims unite to promote more respect for women’s rights Lahore (Fides Service) - In Pakistan more attention must be given to ensure that the inalienable rights of women are protected and guaranteed. This call was launched on the occasion of the international Women’s Day by ...
• 8 March 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Peace in the Moluccas: Reconciliation Conference in Australia this Summer Ambon (Fides Service) - “Peace is a mission, not an option” is the theme of a Conference for Peace in the Moluccas being organised in Australia to strengthen the process of peace and rebuild social harmony in the Ind ...
• 7 March 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Over 2.300 catechumens will be baptised at Easter: a happy occasion for Bishops and faithful Hong Kong (Fides Service) - A great effort for mission undertaken by the diocese of Hong Kong is bearing fruit. According to the diocesan bulletin Kong Ko Bao about 2,300 people will be baptised during Easter vigil Masse ...
• 7 March 2005
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Ten years of aid for the most vulnerable, children, pregnant and nursing mothers, the elderly in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea: Caritas feeds the hungry and strives to guarantee food security Pyongyang (Fides Service) - Kathi Zellweger, in charge of international cooperation for Caritas Hong Kong made her first visit to North Korea in 1995 on a humanitarian mission with the permission of the N. Korean author ...
• 5 March 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - “We always pray for the Pope but now that he is in hospital we are praying even harder”: Chinese speaking Catholics in Toronto Canada pray for the Pope Toronto (Fides Service) - “Since we heard the Pope had been admitted to Gemelli hospital we have been praying even more intensely for his intentions and his health and speedy recovery. Special prayers for the Pope’s ...
• 5 March 2005
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - “People in one of the world’s poorest countries are praying for the Holy Father, Muslims too voice sympathy and solidarity”, head of Caritas Bangladesh tells Fides Dacca (Fides Service) - With 70% of its people living below the poverty line Bangladesh is one of the world’s poorest countries: but the poor, the lowly, people living on less than a dollar a day and only a handful of ...
• 4 March 2005
  ASIA/LEBANON - “Even individual Muslims send messages of solidarity with the universal Church at this time of suffering ” say sources at the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites Beirut (Fides Service)- “Lebanese Christians are following with concern and affection this additional trial of the Holy Father and we are all praying for him” sources at the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Maronites t ...
• 4 March 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops’ Commission for Communications promotes plan to increase awareness among the faith in this Year of the Eucharist Seoul (Fides Service) - During a recent meeting to discuss activities in 2005 the Commission for Social Communications of the Korean Catholic Bishops Conference, presided by Bishop Paul Choi Duk-ki of Suwon, agreed to gi ...