Asia

• 21 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Thousands make the Lenten pilgrimage to the Marian Shrine of Bandel taking part in 400 year old traditional procession Bandel (Fides Service) - In this season of Lent thousands of Catholics are making their way to the Marian Shrine at Bandel, in the Indian state of West Bengal, for the customary annual Lenten pilgrimage in preparation fo ...
• 21 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “Interreligious dialogue is all the more important at times of misunderstanding and inequality”, says Bishop of Mangalore Mangalore (Fides Service) - While fundamentalist Hindu groups in India continue to harass Christians in various ways, Catholics in Mangalore are reflecting on the need to increase interreligious dialogue, also on the bas ...
• 20 February 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “We have a Pope!” Message from Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong; 25 April solemn celebration in Hong Kong Cathedral Hong Kong (Fides Service) -“We have a Pope!” is the title of a message to the diocese issued by the Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong Joseph Zen following the election of Pope Benedict XVI. Kong Ko Bao diocesan bulletin ...
• 20 February 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Showers of congratulations from Catholics and non: “He has taken the name of the Pope who wrote Maximum illud which speaks of mission in China” Beijing (Fides Service) - Showers of congratulations for Benedict XVI are coming from Chinese Catholics everywhere. “Today at Mass we prayed for our Pope Benedict XVI and his mission. We wish him well. Benedict XVI ...
• 20 February 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Theological writings of Pope Ratzinger translated and published in China in 2002 by the Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing Beijing (Fides Service) - Theological writings of Pope Benedict XVI when he was still Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger were translated published in Chinese in 2002, an expert on relations between China and the Holy See told F ...
• 18 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Syro-Malankara Church raised to the rank of Major Archdiocese and Archbishop Cyril Baselios of Trivandrum raised to the rank of Major Archbishop Trivandrum (Fides Service) - The announcement that Pope John Paul II raised the sui uiris Syro-Makankara Metropolitan Church to the rank of Major Archdiocese while at the same time raising Archbishop Cyril Baselios Malan ...
• 18 February 2005
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - underdevelopment and landmines, real problems in certain regions of Cambodia: Caritas Australia assists farming families Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - For Lent 2005 Caritas Australia re-launched its Mercy Programme to guarantee food and water to farming villages in the Kompong Cham area of Cambodia. For the past three years Australia’s Ca ...
• 18 February 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Buddhists join Catholics caring for people with leprosy at St Lazarus Centre, Suwon Seoul (Fides Service) - Recently the Catholic St Lazarus Centre for the care of people with leprosy in Uiwang-si in the South Korean diocese of Suwon celebrated 30 years of friendship with the Buddhists volunteers who ac ...
• 18 February 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 11th Meeting of Japanese-Korean Youth to promote Reconciliation Seoul (Fides Service) - Peace and friendly relations between Japan and Korea, after the horrors of war which sowed hatred between the two countries, need to be built at grass roots and therefore among young people, who a ...
• 18 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - 100 years of Salesian service in India New Delhi (Fides Service) - Salesian Fathers in India are preparing to start celebrations for 100 years of service in education and professional training for young people. Celebrations will begin on 28 February in New De ...
• 17 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Twenty five years of courses on Christianity in a state university help remove objections posed by radicals and fundamentalists of other religions Bangalore (Fides Service) - For 25 years the State University in Mysore, in the south western Indian state of Karnataka, opened in 1980, has offered courses on Christianity, its history and development. The university w ...
• 17 February 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Three days after bomb blasts people still afraid - President Gloria Arroyo may be given special powers Manila (Fides Service) - While there is no let up in guerrilla warfare in the Sulu islands, the rest of the country is on the alert after the three bomb blasts on 14 February. Tension shows no sign of diminishing and fea ...
• 16 February 2005
  ASIA/MYANMAR - More than 80,000 Catholics attend National Eucharistic Congress in Myanmar Yangon (Fides Service) - More than 80,000 Catholics gathered for the 2nd National Eucharistic Congress of Myanmar held for three days, 11-13 February at a Marian Centre in Nyaunglebin, in the diocese of Yangon. Catholic ...
• 16 February 2005
  ASIA/KAZAKSTAN - On mission to “bear witness to the faith and sow the Gospel in the steppe lands of Kazakstan”: Archbishop Jan Pawel Lenga of Karaganda diocese speaks with Fides Vatican City (Fides Service) - “We are a young Church, which is growing. We are on the way, we have the enthusiasm of our young people and we strive to bear witness to the faith and sow seeds of the Word of God in the ...
• 16 February 2005
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Thousands gather at Nyaunglebin Marian shrine for recitation of the rosary and special Mass on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes Yangon (Fides Service) - Thousands of Burmese Catholics made their way to the Marian Shrine in Nyaunglebin, diocese of Yangon for the recitation of the Rosary and a special Mass on February 11, the Feast of Our Lady of L ...