Asia

• 17 December 2004
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - New Papal Nuncio visits small Catholic community in Mongolia preparing to celebrate Christmas Ulan Bator (Fides Service) - Catholics, other Christians and non Christians gathered to offer a warm welcome to the new Papal Nuncio to Korea and Mongolia Archbishop Paul Tscherrig, who recently paid a visit to the small ...
• 17 December 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic community grows: three new churches opened in Mangalore diocese Mangalore (Fides Service) - Despite fear of attacks by Hindu extremists on Christians and Christian institutions, the Catholic community in the southern Indian state of Karnataka is growing: the opening of three new chur ...
• 16 December 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Peace process in Southern Philippines must be resumed: dialogue leads rebels away from radical Islamic groups”: missionary’s analysis to Fides Manila (Fides Service) - “The peace process in Southern Philippines needs a boost. No one knows why the government and rebels of the Moro National Liberation Front do not resume negotiations” Father Eliseo Mercato OM ...
• 16 December 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Dalit Christians will denounce discrimination and demand recognition of social and civil rights New Delhi ( Fides Service) - In the coming weeks during four public sessions organised by the All India Catholic Union, AICU, Christian Dalits will speak of their difficulties and the situation of social discrimination ...
• 16 December 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Filipino immigrants celebrate Year of the Eucharist with a pilgrimage to the site of Hong Kong's first Catholic village Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Among many different initiatives organised for the Year of the Eucharist, the Philippines community of immigrants in Hong Kong recently took part in a pilgrimage arranged by Caritas Hong Kong ...
• 15 December 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Christmas of prayer and devotion in Goa, where crowds of pilgrims continue to flock to venerate the relics of St Francis Xavier Goa ( Fides Service) - “Christmas 2004 in Goa will be one of devotion and prayer. Celebrating the mystery of the Incarnation, thousands of pilgrims will demonstrate the place of honour which St Francis Xavier has in th ...
• 15 December 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - “People are free to make an offering as they wish during the Christmas Mass”: parish priest at Nang Tang Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Beijing clarifies misunderstanding Beijing (Fides Service) - People will not have to pay to enter Nan Tang Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Beijing for Christmas Mass. The parish priest said there had been a misunderstanding and that recent media allega ...
• 15 December 2004
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Human rights violated, ethnic minorities persecuted: no change in Burma, says ‘Christian Solidarity Worldwide’ Yangon (Fides Service) - “Burmese ethnic minority refugees camped on the border with Thailand are living a serious humanitarian crisis” says London based Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) organisation which keeps ...
• 14 December 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Support peace and reconciliation after twenty years of war: Caritas starts new programmes Colombo (Fides Service) - Support efforts of peace and reconciliation in a country devastated by twenty years of civil war; educate youth the have confidence in the future, spirit of initiative, a peaceful attitude towar ...
• 14 December 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Park Street in central Calcutta named after Mother Teresa: Christian witness makes its mark in the civil community Calcutta (Fides Service) - “We are thrilled and deeply moved for this act of recognition of the extraordinary mark Mother Teresa left on Indian society though her service to the poorest of the poor” Father Babu Josep ...
• 14 December 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Jesuits mark fifty years at the service of the people of Korea offering valid education Seoul (Fides Service) - The Society of Jesus in Korea is preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its service in Korea in 2005 with academic acts, seminars as well as spiritual initiatives and liturgical celebratio ...
• 13 December 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “At Christmas no festivities but much prayer” says Chaldean Archbishop of Kerkuk -massage for peace in Iraq from Christian leaders Kerkuk (Fides Service) - It will be a Christmas of prayer for Christians in the northern Iraqi city of Kerkuk. There will be no public festivities among Chaldean Catholics concerned for increasing fundamental violence a ...
• 13 December 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - National Meeting of Charismatic Groups: 18,000 people gather to pray and reflect Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - A convention devoted to prayer, reflection, Bible Study brought together members of Charismatic groups from all over India who gathered in Ahmedabad, capital of Gujarat state in west India, ...
• 13 December 2004
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - International AID agencies and volunteers assist refugees from Myanmar and Indonesia Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) - Thousands of refugees, mainly members of ethnic minority groups fleeing persecution in Myanmar and people fleeing secessionist war in Aceh the Indonesian province of north Sumatra, are livi ...
• 10 December 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - National Caritas Day in Korea December 12: “To God through love of neighbour” Seoul (Fides Service) - In a message for National Caritas Day in Korea, 12 December, Bishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik, coadjutor Bishop of Daejeon, President of the Bishops’ Caritas Commission told Catholics that for every ...