Asia

• 7 January 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic Bishops issue message of encouragement: the chain of solidarity must carry on even after the spotlights are turned off Jakarta(Fides) - In response to a message issued by the Indonesian Catholic Bishops’ Conference every Catholic diocese in the vast Indonesian archipelago of 17,000 islands has been mobilised to provide aid for the thou ...
• 7 January 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Believers in India unite to pray for tsunami victims Bangalore (Fides Service)- Members of different religions united to pray for victims of the December 26 seaquake in Bangalore, capital of Karnataka. Several hundred people attende an inter-religious prayer meeting for al ...
• 7 January 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic laity mobilises in solidarity for victims of seaquake Seoul (Fides Service ) - The Catholic Church in Korea is multiplying efforts to help the victims of the December 26 tsunami. Archbishop Andreas Choi Chnag-mou of Kwangju president of the Korean Bishops Conference told Fi ...
• 7 January 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic volunteers in Kottar diocese in front line to assist more than 65,000 refugees including many disoriented children in Tamil Nadu Nagercoil (Fides) - Catholic volunteers in Kottar diocese, Tamil Nadu, are working 24 hours a day to assist local victims of the December 26 seaquake disaster now in refugee camps in the area. The camps are not yet organ ...
• 7 January 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic laity mobilises in solidarity for victims of seaquake Seoul (Fides Service ) - The Catholic Church in Korea is multiplying efforts to help the victims of the December 26 tsunami. Archbishop Andreas Choi Chnag-mou of Kwangju president of the Korean Bishops Conference told Fi ...
• 7 January 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Meeting of Headmasters of Catholic schools at Fu Ren Catholic University Taipei (Fides Service) - The Headmasters of Catholic Schools in Taiwan recently attended a meeting at Fu Ren Catholic University in Taipei. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the challenges of education today in v ...
• 7 January 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - More than 50,000 Catholics attend Christmas Masses in Beijing Beijing (Fides Service) - According to local church sources in Beijing more than 50,000 Catholics attended Midnight Mass in one of the many Catholic churches in the capital; an estimated 11,500 attended Christmas Day Mas ...
• 7 January 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Entertainment Stars from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan unite in sign of solidarity with tsunami disaster victims: charity musical marathon “Charity without frontiers” starts today Hong Kong (Fides) - To meet the emergency caused by the seaquake disaster in south east Asia Chinese speaking people in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and all over the world are united in a great effort of solidarity ...
• 7 January 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate share experience of helping seaquake refugees in northern Sri Lanka Jaffna (Fides Service) - The communities of Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate in Sri Lanka and India, who sad to say lost some of their confreres and family members in the December 26 tsunami disaster, have added ai ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/THAILAND - The local Church and Caritas mobilised for the emergency: new operative humanitarian aid Centre - No alarm over trafficking of disaster orphans Bangkok (Fides Service) - The Thai Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Caritas Thailand, the Catholic diocese of Surath Thani (the most affected area) and Religious Institutes have opened a Humanitarian Aid Centre for organi ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church in front line to help seaquake victims: A Religious Brother in Nagapattinam one of the most affected areas, reports to Fides Manithlayam (Fides Service) -“The local Church, missionaries and NGOs were the first to reach affected areas with material help for the victims of the tsunami”, Brother Victor General, Regional Superior of the Franc ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Ursuline Sisters of St. Jerome in Somasca missionaries in the state of Tamil Nadu plan to open home for homeless children and orphans Pudur Kundukulam (Fides Service) - Ursuline Sisters of St. Jerome in Somasca on mission in the state of Tamil Nadu plan to open a home for orphans for victims of the December 26 tsunami disaster. The Sisters have alre ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Missionary in Sri Lanka told Fides: “Besides material help the Catholic community is working for moral rehabilitation of the population offering consolation and comfort” Colombo (Fides Service) - “Besides material help the Catholic community is offering consolation and comfort”, extremely necessary in these moments for the population victims of the disaster. We are also working for m ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/CINA - Reflection by a Chinese priest: “The path evangelisation is still long. In China there is even more Christmas atmosphere than Paris and New York, but few have heard of the Infant Jesus” Beijing (Fides Service) - The Chinese Catholic community lived Christmas 2004 as a profound experience of faith: the bitter cold of Winter in Beijing was attenuated by a warm Christmas spirit and unity of prayer. At the ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/THAILAND - “Most of the members of the Catholic parish at Phuket survived because they were in church for Sunday Mass, then the seaquake struck, but they lost everything and will have to start life all over again”, says PIME Father Claudio Corti on mission in Thailand Phuket (Fides Service) - Missionaries of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions PIME are sending aid to Thailand through Father Pietro Bancha, parish priest in Phuket, the Thai area most affected by the tsunami. ...