Asia

• 23 November 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - HanDan diocese welcomes 23 new Sisters of the Holy Spirit and the Mother of God: 1,500 attend celebration Han Dan (Fides Service) - Recently in Han Dan diocese a local congregation of women Religious, Sisters of the Holy Spirit and the Mother of God, welcomed 23 new professed Sisters, celebrating the highest number of perpe ...
• 23 November 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Fight against AIDS, pastoral care for families, free schooling for poor children: Syro-Malabar Synod pinpoints commitments Cochin (Fides Service) - To intensify efforts to fight AIDS, give more attention to family pastoral, continue to offer free schooling for poor children were three priority commitments pinpointed by the Syro Malabar Catho ...
• 22 November 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Christians and Muslims together run New Centre for children in need in southern Philippines Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - Joint efforts of Christians and Muslims in Zamboanga in the southern part of Mindanao in the southern Philippines has led to the opening of a new Centre for poor children and families. The ne ...
• 22 November 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Courageous Catholics in Iraq continue to rebuild destroyed churches” Catholic priest in northern Iraq told Fides Baghdad (Fides Service)- “The week was dramatic and very difficult for everyone here” Father Nizar Semaan, a Catholic priest in the northern city of Mosul, told Fides with regard to violence in over the past few days ...
• 22 November 2004
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catholic media operators and journalists discuss freedom of expression and mass media at the service of peace Dacca (Fides Service) - Freedom of expression as a fundamental right in every society, media at the service of peace and harmony, the importance of sharing of information among countries in Southern Asia were some of the ...
• 16 November 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Security measures intensified for traditional exposition of relics of Saint Francis Xavier starting 21 November Goa (Fides Service) - Last minute preparations are underway for the exposition of the relics of Saint Francis Xavier from 21 November 2004 to 2 January 2005. Security measures are being intensified at Bom Jesus Basilica ...
• 16 November 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Humanitarian situation in Aceh (Northern Sumatra) ever more critical NGOs warn Jakarta (Fides Service) - While the Indonesian government led by the new President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has prolonged the state of civil emergency in Aceh province northern Sumatra, where Jakarta’s troops are figh ...
• 15 November 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Missionaries in Ivory Coast send more testimony: “Bullets whistled over our heads, but despite the danger we will not leave, we will stay with the people” Abidjan (Fides Service)- Missionaries working in Ivory Coast continue to send messages to Fides with regard to the situation there, the most recent came from two Italian Fidei Donum missionaries from Belluno - Feltre dio ...
• 15 November 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Three new priests Mozambique: Korean Foreign Mission Society starts evangelising mission in Africa Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Moved by the situation of millions of sick, poor and abandoned children in Africa, the Korean Foreign Mission Society, KFMS established in 1929, has extended its mission to that continent. In earl ...
• 12 November 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Laity Day Sunday 14 November to foster more involvement of laity as pastoral helpers and focus on the family Seoul (Fides Service) - “Embellishing the family and society” is the slogan chosen by the Catholic Church in Korea for Laity Day on Sunday 14 November. The Laity Commission led by a layman John Bosco Son Byeong-du a ...
• 12 November 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In southern Philippines Christians join Muslims at the end of Ramadan Zamboanga (Fides Service) - While there is hope for the imminent resumption of negotiations between the Philippines government and separatist Muslim movements fighting for independence in Mindanao, at the same time initi ...
• 11 November 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian leaders in Orissa state protest against forced re-conversion campaign by Hindu extremists Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) - Christian leaders in the eastern Indian state of Orissa say steps must be taken to stop the phenomenon of forced “re-conversion” among Tribals who have embraced the Christian faith and ...
• 11 November 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong Catholics share experience of International Eucharistic Congress in Mexico Hong Kong (Fides Service) - A delegation of Catholics from Hong Kong who took part in the 48th International Eucharistic Congress accompanied by Bishop Zen of Hong Kong and Father Fernando Montes, provincial superior of ...
• 10 November 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Bishops in Ninive send best wishes message to Muslims for Ramadan and affirm: “this violence is totally foreign to the Iraqi people” Baghdad (Fides Service)- In a message dated 8 November to Iraqi Muslims for the end of the month of Ramadan, the Christian Bishops of Ninive in northern Iraq issued a call for peace and national unity. Besides sending be ...
• 10 November 2004
  ASIA/JAPAN - Association supports 351 Japanese missionaries involved in pastoral work abroad Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - Some 351 Japanese missionaries engaged in pastoral work abroad are supported by the Japan Catholic Association to Assist Overseas Missionaries. Supported by donors all over the country the Associ ...