Asia

• 29 November 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “People are getting their breath back after the assaults a few days ago” source in Mosul told Fides Baghdad (Fides Service)- “Things are a little quieter thank goodness. Some parts of the city are calm although in other districts fighting continues” Father Nizar Semaan told Fides, after contacting people in the nor ...
• 29 November 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic Bishops focus Advent Messages on Eucharist, Life and the Family Seoul (Fides Service) -Eucharist, Life and the Family were the main focus of Advent Messages issued by Catholic Bishops in Korea, and in view of this special Year of the Eucharist, called by Pope John Paul II, the Bisho ...
• 29 November 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Radio Veritas programmes in Urdu are a point of reference and encounter for peaceful co-existence in Pakistan Lahore (Fides Service) -Radio Veritas programmes in Urdu broadcast in Pakistan are a highly appreciated source of information on the Catholic Church in Pakistan and its services to promote peace, respect for human rights ...
• 27 November 2004
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe addresses Thai Bishop: “As we are at the beginning of the Third Millennium, I can only remind that the Church in Thailand is called to a new missionary momentum” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Addressing the Bishops of Thailand on Friday 26 November in Bangkok, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, assured them of the Pope’s wa ...
• 27 November 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Interreligious Forum gives impulse to Anti-Death Penalty activity Seoul (Fides Service) - Religions in Korea have launched a camping to promote awareness and support for the abolition of the death penalty. A forum of 7 religious communities, including the local Catholic Church, some pr ...
• 27 November 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - More than 10,000 pilgrims visit Bom Jesus basilica every day to venerate relics of St Francis Xavier Goa (Fides Service) - Every day more than 10,000 pilgrims, far more than expected, flock to venerate the relics of Saint Francis Xavier on show at the Bom Jesus Basilica in God. The exposition of the relics of this great ...
• 26 November 2004
  ASIA/KOREA - “The Family, a place of love and life” is the title of a pastoral letter issued by the Catholic Bishops for Advent 2004 Seoul (Fides Service) - Advent is a time to sanctify and evangelise the family, the Korean Bishops say in a pastoral letter for Advent with the title The Family, Place of love and Life. The letter with 83 paragraphs took ...
• 26 November 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Salesians open new Don Bosco Institute in Assam; government closes Catholic school in Kashmir New Delhi (Fides Service) - Catholic education in India is highly appreciated by Christians, Hindus, Muslims, civil authorities, intellectuals, men of the world of culture. It is always at the centre of attention sometim ...
• 26 November 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Poverty new plague in Moluccas: after years of civil war reconstruction and development is slow Ambon (Fides Service) - Poverty is the sad heritage of years of civil war 1999-2002 which ravaged the Moluccas Islands in the east of the archipelago of Indonesia. According to a report from the Amboina Diocese Crisis Ce ...
• 25 November 2004
  ASIA/TURKEY - Celebrations for the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s visit: former President gives main address Ankara (Fides Service) - Former President Suleyman Demirel, the 9th president in the history of the Republic of Turkey, gave the main speech at a ceremony today 25th November to commemorate Pope John Paul II’s visit to ...
• 25 November 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Federation of Asian Bishops Conference discusses< Communicating through inter-religious dialogue Bali (Fides Service) - About 30 bishops and 40 priests and lay persons, Delegates of Bishops Commissions for social communications and Commissions for inter-religious dialogue from all over Asia, are meeting in Bali, Ind ...
• 25 November 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Love, Hope and Faith in Family Health Care: International Federation of Catholic Doctors holds 13th Congress Taipei (Fides Service) - The 13th Congress of the International Federation of Catholic Doctors is starting its 13th Congress today, 26 - 27 November to reflect on the theme, Love, Hope and Faith in Family Health Care to ...
• 24 November 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Here in Iraq things are improving for religious minorities. Everyone looks forward with optimism to the elections and a future of peace” a Chaldean monk told Fides Mosul (Fides Service) - After recent episodes of anti-Christian violence in the capital Baghdad and in the third largest city Mosul, the situation for religious minorities appears to be improving a Chaldean monk in Mosul ...
• 24 November 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Seminars, prayers, marches to increase awareness during “Peace Week” in Mindanao 25 November to 1 December Manila (Fides Service) - “A reconciled family is an agent of reconciliation” is the theme of a Peace Week organised in Mindanao 25 November 1 December, launched by the Bishops Ulama Forum comprising Catholic and Prot ...
• 24 November 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Stop the political feud which is bloodying the country: essential condition for re-launching peace process Colombo (Fides Service) - It is necessary to stop the long series of political homicides in order to give new impulse to peace talks in Sri Lanka, local Church sources told Fides. Although the cease fire is respected, m ...