Asia

• 20 October 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Ethnic minority celebrates ordination of Garo Bishop, new coadjutor of Tura diocese in north east India Tura (Fides Service) - More than 500,0000 people gathered for the ordination of coadjutor Bishop Andrew Marak for Tura diocese in the state of Meghalaya, tormented region of north east India. At the ordination the Bishop ...
• 19 October 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts with initiatives to promote Christian/ Muslim dialogue Zamboanga City (Fides Service) - In the southern Philippines the Muslim month of prayer and fasting Ramadan was marked by initiatives to promote dialogue and peace. Mindanao and surrounding smaller islands are home to th ...
• 19 October 2004
  ASIA/AFRICA/HOLY LAND - Latin Bishops of Arab Regions and the Bishops of Northern Africa call Christians to take part in a Day of prayer and fasting to obtain the gift of peace in the Holy Land Rome (Fides Service) - In a joint message issued at the end of respective assemblies held in Rome 11-16 October the Conference of Latin Bishops in Arab Regions CELRA and the Conference of Bishops of Northern Africa CERNA ...
• 19 October 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “May the Korean Church be a missionary Church!” new papal Nuncio Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig starts his mission Seoul (Fides Service) - On his arrival 6 October to start his mission in Korea, the newly appointed Papal Nuncio Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig assured the local Catholic community in Seoul he wished to help build a miss ...
• 19 October 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Local Catholics give the Year of the Eucharist a warm welcome Beijing (Fides Service) - Since the Tianguang bulletin announced that the Pope had called a special Year of the Eucharist Catholics all over mainland China began to prepare for the event with great enthusiasm. Now that ...
• 19 October 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Taipei Archdiocese organises third Christian Theatre and Culture Review Taipei (Fides Service) - The archdiocese of Taipei has discovered that plays on Bible stories and the history of Christianity are an excellent means of introducing non believers to the Good News of Jesus Christ, Saviou ...
• 18 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Attacks on Christians continue: Iraqi priest Father Nizar Semaan appeals for help to restore peaceful coexistence Baghdad (Fides Service)- “Fundamentalist criminals continue to attack our churches which have always been places of peace and symbols of traditional peaceful co-existence among Christians and Muslims in Iraq. I would m ...
• 18 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Maronite Church voices solidarity with Iraqi Christians “there must be an international awareness campaign to protect Iraqi Christians” and voices concern for attack on Christians all over the Middle East Baghdad (Fides Service) - “We are close to you and we pray for you and we will help you” Maronite Christians assure Iraq’s Christians following attacks on five churches in Baghdad. In a statement issued on behalf ...
• 18 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian minority leaders issue joint statement on the situation Baghdad (Fides) - Following bomb blasts in five churches in Baghdad on 16 October, the Christians in Iraq stated that they would not be intimidated and they would remain in Iraq. In a joint statement the leaders of the ...
• 18 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Long before the first Muslims arrived there were Christians in this region and we intend to stay here. We will not abandon our country”, a member of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad told Fides Baghdad (Fides Service) - “These attacks on churches clearly aim to frighten Christians and make them leave Iraq” a member of the Chaldean Catholic in Baghdad told Fides. The source said Christians are in fact leavin ...
• 16 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - If the massacre continues what future for Iraq’s Christian community? Local community sends Fides “list of horror” with names of local Christians killed by Islamic fanatics Baghdad (Fides Service) - The most recent victim was a little Chaldean Christian girl brutally murdered by a group of Islamic terrorists in Baghdad. The group kidnapped the child and demanded ransom money for her release ...
• 15 October 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Religious communities work to promote reconciliation and peace- local Catholic Church holds Synod Ambon (Fides Service) - Religious communities in the Moluccas want to build a future of peace for their islands through more commitment at the level of education and social initiatives to promote a culture of peace, espe ...
• 14 October 2004
  ASIA/TERRA SANTA - Salesian bakery marks anniversary with initiative “Bread for Bethlehem” to help poor Palestinian families Bethlehem (Fides Service) -A Salesian bakery in Bethlehem, which helps Palestinian families impoverished by war and absence of tourists, is marking its hundred anniversary. Since the start of the second Intifada four ye ...
• 14 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Life is a nightmare for Christians in Mosul, fundamentalists kidnap and kill. Catholic nun tells Fides: “some Imam are saying it is not a crime to kill a Christian” Mosul (Fides) - “The situation is serious. Christian live in constant fear of being attacked, kidnapped and killed by radical Islamic groups of terrorists. Once Mosul was a quiet town now life is impossible, an Iraqi C ...
• 13 October 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholics all over the country pray for the recovery of ailing Cardinal Jaime Sin Manila (Fides Service) - Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales of Manila has called on the people to pray for the deeply loved Cardinal Jaime Sin, hospitalised in Manila. Clergy, men and women religious, laity, movements, schools ...