Asia

• 4 March 2005
  ASIA/IRAN - Iranian president Mohammad Khatami sends the Pope “best wishes” Teheran (Fides Service) - Public opinion in Iran is showing great interest with regard to the health of Pope John Paul II. From Teheran president Mohammad Khatami sent the Pope “best wishes” speedy recovery and local ...
• 4 March 2005
  ASIA/SYRIA - Catholics, Orthodox and Muslims united in concern and prayers for the Pope Damascus (Fides Service) - In Syria, where the Pope’s landmark visit to the Great Mosque in Damascus (6 May 2001) is still a vivid memory, Orthodox Christians and Muslims are united with Catholics in concern and prayer ...
• 4 March 2005
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Pope’s illness prompts special prayers and gestures of inter-religious friendship: he is truly a great Pontiff, a great ‘bridge-builder’ says Franciscan Custodian of the Holy Land Jerusalem (Fides Service) -Christians, Jews and Muslims in the Holy Land send messages of affection and concern and assure their prayers for Pope John Paul II, Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa OFM superior of the Francisc ...
• 4 March 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Overseas Chinese communities share news of improvement of Pope’s health; official Church reports news about the Pope, Chinese Catholics all over the world pray for the Holy Father Rome (Fides Service) - The Pope’s suffering unites all Catholics in China, those of the official Church and those of the underground Church. The bulletin of the Official Church is giving regular reports on the Pope� ...
• 3 March 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Orphans and abandoned children pray daily Rosary in spiritual communion with the Pope Colombo (Fides Service) - Young inmates at Nochchiyagam Home and Training Centre a home for children in need in the diocese of Anhuradhapura, run by the Salesian Fathers are offering their daily rosary for the Pope: a m ...
• 3 March 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Old people, the sick and children pray for the Pope with the Sisters of St Joseph who ask Fides for latest news about the Pope Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - The Sisters of the congregation of St Joseph and the old people and children and sick people in their care, continue to pray for a speedy recovery for the Pope Superior General Sr Chiara ...
• 3 March 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young Christians and Muslims worked together to prepare for the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Christians in the Moluccas Ambon (Fides Service) - The 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Christians in the Moluccas was not a motive of conflict, it was a time for encounter, friendship, collaboration, the Crisis Centre in the Catholic ...
• 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 ...