Asia

• 21 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Mosul Christian university students strike to protest Islamic fundamentalist violence Baghdad (Fides Service)- “In the face of continued violence against Christians with deep regret Christian university students have staged a strike” a Catholic priest in Mosul Father Nizar Semaan told Fides. “Faced ...
• 21 October 2004
  ASIA/LEBANON - Christians in Beirut organise torchlight march to show solidarity with Iraqi Christians Beirut (Fides Service) - Lebanon’s Christians are staging a new action of solidarity with Christians in Iraq. This evening the Christian community in Beirut will hold a torchlight procession as a demonstration of sympa ...
• 21 October 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Valuable social commitment of Hong Kong’s Don Bosco Charitable Foundation in mainland China Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - For almost six years the Don Bosco Charitable Foundation DBF registered in Hong has assisted youth in mainland China with programmes of education, professional training and assistance for poor ...
• 21 October 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Newly installed government faced with concerning signs of interreligious tension in eastern Indonesia Jakarta (Fides Service) - As the new government led by newly elected President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, settles down to work, reports from the eastern Indonesian region of Sulawesi give rise to concern. In 2000-2002 Sul ...
• 20 October 2004
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Australian Marist Brothers open special school in Cambodia for children with mental and physical disabilities Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - Going to school or getting a job is taken for granted in Australia or in Europe but for many boys and girls in Cambodia, especially those with a disability, it is still an unattainable dream. ...
• 20 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Ramadan holy month of violence, threats and kidnappings: what about prayer, peace and charity? A local Catholic Sister appeals to Fides: “More dialogue with Muslim leaders could persuade Imam to educate to peace and convince perpetrators to stop violence Mosul (Fides Service) - Although Ramadan has started there is no letup in violence in Iraq where five churches were attacked on Saturday 16 October, a few days after the start of the Muslim holy month. “Ramadan is supp ...
• 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 ...