Asia

• 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 ...
• 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 ...