Asia

• 10 February 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Paul Shan issues Message for Lunar New Year Taipei (Fides Service) - In a message of good wishes for Lunar New Year dated 9 February Cardinal Paul Shan, President of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference, said among other things: “At the beginning of a new ...
• 10 February 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop Joseph Zen of Hong Kong issues pastoral Letter for Lent: “Love life and treasure divine grace” Hong Kong (Fides Service) - ““Love life and treasure divine grace”, was the title of a Lenten Message published by Bishop Joseph Zen of Hong Kong. In the message the Bishop remarks on the present day situation in H ...
• 10 February 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fighting in Jolo, peace threatened in southern Philippines- some fear that different guerrilla groups will join forces Manila (Fides Service) - “Peace in southern Philippines is threatened”, a mission in Mindanao told Fides. There have been reports of violent clashes on the island of Jolo, part of the small archipelago of Sulu, in t ...
• 9 February 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Archdiocese of Seoul launches mission to America: priests, religious and lay people on mission for new evangelisation Seoul (Fides Service) - The Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul has set up a new office Catholic Seoul Mission to promote evangelisation in America. In addition to the Korean Foreign Mission Society, established by the Korean ...
• 9 February 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Young people begin to sign up for pilgrimages to Germany for Word Youth Day 2005 Taipei (Fides Service) - Young people in Taiwan anxious to take part in the World Youth day celebrations in August in Cologne, Germany, may enrol from 30 January to 28 February for a place on one of 8 pilgrimages. The 8 ...
• 9 February 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Christians and Muslims will work together to care for “tsunami orphans”: running new Children’s Home in Aceh Aceh (Fides Service) - In Indonesia a mission sent by the Youth Off the Streets Association based in Sydney, which provides assistance and education for abandoned children, has reached an agreement with one of the main I ...
• 8 February 2005
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - “We are witnessing a renewed involvement of the international community. We thank God for this”: Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem issues Lenten Message 2005 Jerusalem (Fides Service) - “We are witnessing a renewed involvement of the international community. We thank God for this. We ask him to strengthen the leaders in their new visions” Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Mi ...
• 8 February 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics all over the world hope for a new year of peace and prosperity: Lunar New Year celebrated in mainland China and Chinese speaking communities overseas Beijing (Fides Service) - Lunar New Year will be celebrated by Chinese speaking people all over the world in the modern society of many cultures and ethnic groups and in the era of globalisation. February 9 is the first ...
• 8 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - New direction in Gujarat: Good Friday restored as a public holiday Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - Catholics in the west Indian state of Gujarat are happy that Good Friday has been declared once again a public holiday this year. Last year it was removed from the list of public state holida ...
• 7 February 2005
  ASIA/JAPAN - ‘World Youth Day spreads very good atmosphere throughout the whole Church’ says Japanese Bishop: young Japanese Catholics prepare to take part in this universal Church even in Germany in August Tokyo (Fides Service) - Preparations for Japanese participation in World Youth Day 2005 WYD, in Cologne Germany August 9-25 have begun. According to Archbishop Okada Takeo of Tokyo, appointed WYD co-ordinator by the Cath ...
• 7 February 2005
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Celebration, proclamation and testimony of young Catholics for the feast day of St John Bosco Bosco Ulan Bator (Fides Service) - The little Catholic community in Mongolia celebrated the feast of St John Bosco in a worthy manner involving also non Christian children, with a special Mass and festivities which turned out ...
• 7 February 2005
  ASIA - UN High Commission for Refugees continues to assist tsunami victims in isolated areas Jakarta (Fides Service) - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR continues to assist victims of the December 26 tsunami in south east Asian countries. At present UNHCR is providing emergency lodging and ba ...
• 4 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “The Church’s mission is to promote peace and reconciliation”: intervention by Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao of Goa on “National Day for Peace” commemoration of Mahatma Gandhi Goa (Fides Service) - The challenge of peace is a fundamental point of the Church’s mission and should be taken up with enthusiasm by the Catholic community in India. Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao of Goa said this in ...
• 4 February 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Solemn celebration of the Eucharist with Cardinals Ennio Antonelli and Silvano Piovanelli, in the presence of members of the Church in Korea, in a church in Empoli: a side chapel dedicated to Korea’s first Catholic priest Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, martyred in 1846 at the age of 25 Florence(Fides Service) - A piece of the history of the Church in Korea and Korean spirituality has found a place in the parish church of S. Jacopo in Avane, Empoli diocese of Florence where a side chapel was recently de ...
• 3 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - In the footsteps of Don Bosco in the Far East: Don Bosco old pupils of Asia and Australia committed to mission in society and the world of work Calcutta (Fides Service) - Some 460 delegates, former pupils of Don Bosco schools in Asia and Oceania, are meeting today 3 February in Calcutta. This is a gathering of adults and young people including many professionals ...