Asia

• 4 January 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Immediate response from Chinese Catholics to help seaquake victims Beijing (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics were quick to respond to provide relief aid for victims of the December 26 seaquake. In collaboration with international charity organisations the Bei Fang Jin De Foundation ha ...
• 4 January 2005
  ASIA/THAILAND - Jesuit in Thailand reports to Fides: “The nation is united. Our Superior is acting as interpreter in hospitals for non Thai seaquake victims” Bangkok (Fides Service) - “I must say that the country is united”, Spanish Jesuit Alfonso de Juan, 40 years on mission in Thailand, told Fides. “Thailand reacted quickly and efficiently”, the missionary said. “ ...
• 4 January 2005
  ASIA/ SRI LANKA - No alarm about children kidnapped for organ trafficking: the Church in Sri Lanka has received no direct reports of missing infants Colombo (Fides Service) - At the moment there have been no reports of children who lost their parents in the seaquake now sadly known as tsunami orphans, being kidnapped or abused or sold as slaves or used for human orga ...
• 4 January 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic community united in grief mourns Father Antonius Lee biblical scholar promoter of the Chinese Bible: Bishop Joseph Zen presides funeral Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Recently Bishop Joseph Zen of Hong Kong presided the funeral of Franciscan Father Antonius Lee who will be for ever remembered for his contribution towards producing a Chinese version of the B ...
• 3 January 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocese collects money for tsunami victims and holds special prayers for the dead and their families Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Besides organising special collections for the peoples affected by the seaquake in southern Asia, Hong Kong diocese also is also holding special prayers in the Cathedral for the people victims ...
• 3 January 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Paul Shan, President of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference makes appeal for seaquake victims Taiwan (Fides Service) - Cardinal Paul Shan, President of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference has launched an appeal for seaquake victims calling on Catholics and all men and women of good will to show solidarity ...
• 3 January 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Sick people and medical helpers among the victims of seaquake in Indonesia: AIFO leprosy service personnel among the dead and missing Jakarta (Fides Service) - The disastrous seaquake in southern Asia did not spare leprosy centres run by the Association of Friends of Raoul Follereau (AIFO) in Indonesia in particular. AIFO rehabilitation Centre in Aceh ...
• 3 January 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Appeal from the Catholic Archbishop of Colombo: “Those who have escaped are just left with only themselves and the clothes they were wearing at the moment of the tragedy” Colombo (Fides Service) - One Sister among the dead, two injured priests, ten churches devastated: this is the first report from the archdiocese of Colombo regarding damage to church personnel and structures. The informa ...
• 3 January 2005
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Inter-religious prayer and solidarity chain for seaquake victims Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) - Although Malaysia was less severely affected by the 26 December tsunami compared to other Asian countries (100 reported dead but many still missing especially on the islands of Peang and Ke ...
• 3 January 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - At least twenty lay Catholics and a nun were swept away by the tsunami as they attended Sunday Mass in church: community mourns Sr Bernadette a school sister much loved and appreciated in the diocese of Galle: Nuncio Archbishop Mario Zenari reports to Fides Colombo (Fides Service) - A nun and at least twenty other worshippers were swept away by the fury of the tsunami as they attended Mass on Sunday 26 December at Our Lady of Victories church in Matara, Sri Lanka. So far Sr ...
• 3 January 2005
  ASIA/THAILAND - Priests, religious and lay Catholics in Surat Thani diocese work with rescue and aid team to help tsunami survivors Bangkok (Fides Service) - The local Church in Thailand has joined rescue and aid workers to help victims of the December 26 disaster. The newly appointed Salesian Bishop of Surat Thani diocese Joseph Prathan has opened a ...
• 29 December 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Jesuit churches and communities offer shelter and assistance to 3,000 seaquake survivors in Batticaloa. In India Jesuit school students join rescue workers Rome (Fides Service) - According to information supplied by the General Curia of the Society of Jesus no Jesuits are reported among the casualties in the south Asia seaquake which affected mainly Sri Lanka, India (Madura ...
• 28 December 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - “This is an enormous tragedy calling for vast international solidarity” says Papal Nuncio in Colombo Archbishop Mario Zenari Colombo (Fides Service) - “This is an immense tragedy, Sri Lanka has never known a disaster of these proportions. The people are shocked and frightened. The provisional death toll is 13,000 and at least one million hom ...
• 28 December 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The help the victims of the tsunami, the local Church works through a network of volunteers in collaboration with other religious groups and civil relief organisations Jakarta (Fides Service) - So far the number of confirmed deaths is 5,000 but according to the local authorities the figure is destined to rise and could be as high as 25,000: this is the situation in Indonesia after the ...
• 28 December 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - “The people have lost everything all that remains is hope, and this they cannot lose” says National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in India Vatican City (Fides Service) - Mgr. Ignaci Siluvai, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in India, sent the following report to Fides a few hours ago. “ Dear Director! While greeting you for Ch ...