Asia

• 8 January 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Families and refugees tsunami victims will be protagonists in rebuilding their future Madras (Fides Service) - The Conference of Catholic Religious in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu seriously affected by the December 26 tsunami, has formed a study team to plan how to involve people made homeless by the di ...
• 8 January 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Aid to devastated area of Aceh comes also from the people of the Moluccas Islands still intent on rebuilding after disastrous ethnic clashes Ambon (Fides Service) - Solidarity knows no boundaries and very often the poor are more generous than the rich when it comes to helping those in need. Despite their present post civil conflict situation and struggle to r ...
• 8 January 2005
  ASIA - UN High Commission for Refugees among the organisations assisting tsunami affected people in south east Asia Jakarta (Fides Service) - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees, UNHCR whose mandate is for refugees fleeing persecution and violence immediately responded to the emergency in south east Asia following the Dec ...
• 8 January 2005
  ASIA/THAILAND - Thai Bishop: “We will take aid to places not reached by government organisations” Surat Thani (Fides Service) - At Phang-nga operative centre which co-ordinates aid for homeless tsunami victims in the diocese of Surat Thani, Catholic lay volunteers, and men and women religious and priests are fully e ...
• 7 January 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Believers unite to counter the tsunami tragedy: together Christians and Muslims pray for victims Lahore (Fides Service) - Over the past few days in various parts of Pakistan Christian and Muslim communities came together to pray for all the victims of the recent tsunami disaster, Franciscan Fr Francis Nadeem, secret ...
• 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 ...