Asia

• 31 August 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Initiatives and activities for a special national Eucharistic and Marian Year opened by the Church in the Philippines Manila (Fides Service) - The Church in the Philippines has just opened a special Eucharistic and Marian Year August 2004 to September 2005. The announcement of the Year was made by the Bishops after a plenary assembly in ...
• 31 August 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic priest stabbed to death in Kerala: local Church deeply shaken New Delhi (Fides Service) - Catholics in Kerala, south west India, are deeply shaken after a priest, Father Job Chittilappilly aged 71, was murdered his home next to the parish church of Our Lady of Grace in the town of ...
• 30 August 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Signs of hope for the family in Asia: conclusions of 8th Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences FABC Daejon (Fides Service) - There are “great signs of hope” for Asian families who live and witness to Christian values. This emerged from the 8th Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, FABC ...
• 30 August 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Families in Asia can be the Church’s most effective agents of evangelisation” Archbishop Sarah, Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples told FABC assembly Daejon (Agenzia Fides) - Addressing the 8th plenary assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences in Daejon, South Korea, 17-23 August, Archbishop Robert Sarah, Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangeli ...
• 30 August 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians and places of worship come under attack yet again: Indian Bishops voice concern and condemnation New Delhi (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of India have issued a statement condemning recent attacks by Hindu fundamentalists on Christians and Christian structures. In the statement, a copy of which was sent to F ...
• 30 July 2004
  ASIA/NEPAL - Christian community in Nepal lives fear and tension amidst growing alarm for child soldiers forcefully enlisted by Maoist rebels Kathmandu (Fides Service) - Daily life is a struggle with tension and fear in Nepal, also for the small Christian community. There is growing concern for the destiny of children abducted and enlisted among the ranks of t ...
• 30 July 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Hsin Chu dioceses celebrates Our Lady of Mount Carmel with deep devotion and joy Hsin Chu (Fides Service) - With deep devotion and joy Catholics in the Taiwan diocese of Hsin Chu, gathered for a solemn mass on the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 16 July, presided by the local Bishop Luke Liu Hsien ...
• 30 July 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Heze diocese mourns its Bishop Joseph Wang Dian Duo: ten months of the year he would visit parishes on his bicycle encouraging the people in the faith and administering the Sacraments Heze (Fides Service) -Bishop Joseph Wang Dian Duo, O.A.R Bishop of Heze, Tsachow, mainland China died of a heart attack at the age of 83 on Tuesday 27 July. Born on 3 February 1921, on leaving school in 1938, Joseph en ...
• 29 July 2004
  AFRICA/TOGO - Passport returned to Togo Opposition leader thanks to mediation by S. Egidio Community Rome (Fides Service) - The Rome based S. Egidio Community which has often mediated in difficult situations in Africa and elsewhere in the world has achieved another success. Yesterday Wednesday 28 July at the Sant’Egid ...
• 29 July 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Seminar on “Eucharist, Sacrament of Salvation”, in preparation for the Year of the Eucharist announced by Pope John Paul II Ahmedabad ( Fides Service) - The Church in India has welcomed Pope John Paul II’s decision to call a Year of the Eucharist October 2004 - October 2005 and is planning various initiatives to prepare and celebration this ...
• 29 July 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Sri Lanka's Peace in danger: mutual trust teeters between government and rebels -Catholic Bishops urge parties “persevere on the path to peace” Colombo (Fides Service) - Hopes for peace in Sri Lanka are the lowest they have been for two years, the vice foreign minister of Norway Vidar Helgesen said after a few days of meditating talks between the parties in conf ...
• 28 July 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Remember O’Connor, Indian Christian detained in a Saudi Arabia prison on false charges of drug abuse: appeal from Middle East Concern New Delhi (Fides Service) - A call to persevere with the international prayer campaign and with political mobilisation to obtain the release of Brian Savio O’Connor from prison in Saudi Arabia has been launched by the ...
• 28 July 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Return to the negotiation table, revive dialogue to reach just and lasting peace: Bishops and Ulama launch joint appeal to Philippines government and Muslim separatists Davao (Fides Service) - A call for the government of the Philippines and the Muslim separatist movement in Mindanao to make peace, has been launched by the Bishops Ulama Conference (BUC) whose members are Catholic and no ...
• 28 July 2004
  ASIA/CHINA/MACAO - Bishop appoints new episcopal delegate for pastoral care of Portuguese speaking Catholics Macao (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishop of Macao diocese, Bishop José Lai Hung-seng, has appointed Father Luis Lei Xavier episcopal delegate for pastoral care of Portuguese speaking Catholics for a five year mandate ...
• 27 July 2004
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Thousands of families need urgent help: Caritas Internationalis collects funds in aid of flood victims in Bangladesh Dhaka (Fides Service) - Food and medical supplies must be provided for hundreds of thousands of flood victims in Bangladesh to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and epidemics of disease. Caritas Internationalis warns as ...