Asia

• 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 ...
• 26 February 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholics in the Philippines use SMS messages to build chain of prayer across the country to sustain and comfort the Pope in hospitalL “the Holy Father has always shown deep affection for our people” Manila (Fides Service) - Catholics in the Philippines are passing the word to build a chain of prayer to sustain the Pope in hospital. SMS messages, a popular means of communication in the Philippines, are serving to pro ...
• 26 February 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Widespread attention in Solomon Islands for the health of Pope John Paul II: Sunday Masses offered for the Holy Father Honiara (Fides Service) - “The media in Solomon Islands are giving ample space to the health conditions of Pope John Paul II. Local newspapers, radio and television are following the situation at the Gemelli Hospital i ...
• 26 February 2005
  ASIA/THAILAND - “The Holy Father’s difficulty with old age, sickness and suffering makes him all the more loved, just as he is,” says Father Contarin, director of the Camillian Social Centre for HIV/AIDS patients Rayong (Fides Service) - “In our small community at the Camillian Centre we always pray for the Pope and remember that he is lives human suffering, the same suffering which we see and live every day, with an intensity ...
• 25 February 2005
  ASIA/TURKEY - Christians of all confessions are praying for the Pope who is greatly esteemed by all in Turkey: national media give continual updates on the Pontiff’s condition Istanbul (Fides Service) - The people of Turkey, mostly Muslims, but also Christians of various confessions, are anxious about the health condition of Pope John Paul II. Christians gather in prayer and national media kee ...
• 25 February 2005
  ASIA/ SRI LANKA - “The Holy Father is in the hands of God in whom we have total trust and so we go about our pastoral duties” President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka tells Fides Kandy (Fides Service) -Commenting the critical health condition of Pope John Paul II, Bishop Vianney Fernando of Kandy who is also President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka told Fides: “We thank the Lor ...
• 25 February 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “We pray the Lord will sustain the Holy Father at this time of suffering in his person”: says Catholic Bishop in Sumatra Padang (Fides Service) - From Sumatra, affected by the tsunami disaster last December, Bishop Martinus Situmorang, OFM Cap, of Padang shares his thoughts with regard to the Pope’s health: “In our part of the world th ...
• 25 February 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “News that the Pope had been admitted to hospital again spread via SMS messages. We love the Pope and are praying for him non-stop. We can assure you that Catholics on mainland China are praying for the Holy Father too” Bishop John Tang auxiliary of Hong Kong told Fides Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Because the Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong Bishop Joseph Zen was not available Fides asked Auxiliary Bishop John Tong how Catholics in Hong Kong had taken the news of the Pope’s return to hosp ...
• 25 February 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Father Francis King notary for Taipei archdiocese recalls appeal launched by Bishops’ Conference and assures prayers for the health of the Pope Taipei (Fides Service) - In the absence of the Archbishop of Taipei and the president of the Regional Bishops’ Conference Cardinal Paul Shan, both attending a meeting at the Catholic University of Taipei, Father Franc ...