Asia

• 13 September 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Family formation and evangelisation is urgent to help families opt for a culture of life: scarce knowledge of Catholic Teaching on the family and life Seoul (Fides Service) - The family in Asia needs to be oriented towards a culture of life, the Bishops of Asia agreed during a general assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences FABC held in Korea in Augu ...
• 13 September 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Legislative Council elections - Democrats make small step forward, parties in favour of tighter bonds with Mainland China win people’s preference Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Contrary to expectations and surveys which predicted a large majority of votes in their favour in the September 12 elections in Hong Kong, pro-democracy parties gained only 3 seats more then t ...
• 11 September 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Marian devotion flourishes in India and Pakistan; thousands flock to take part in novenas and pilgrimages, attended with respect and devotion by Hindus and Muslims New Delhi (Fides Service) - Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary is deeply rooted among the Catholics of India and Pakistan: prayer vigils, regular recitation of the rosary and pilgrimages to the many Marian shrines are ...
• 9 September 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Fides given preview of Catholic Bishops’ statement after Jakarta bomb blast: if politicians, civil society, religious communities unite we will overcome terrorism; religion must no be exploited! Jakarta (Fides Service) - Sympathy for the dead and the wounded, rejection of violence and exploitation of religion, this and more was expressed in a statement drafted by the Catholic Bishops of Indonesia after the bomb ...
• 9 September 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “The bomb blast was connected with international terrorism, not the local political situation, but could harm Indonesia at the economic and political level”, local sources in Jakarta tells Fides Jakarta (Fides Service) - “The attack was connected with international terrorism, not the local political situation. It does not affect the situation of Indonesia’s Christians”: local Church sources in Jakarta told ...
• 8 September 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Carrying the Bible to remote areas of India: Centre for research and translation of Sacred Scripture has a special mission Bangalore (Fides Service) - In Bangalore, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka besides various industries and famous institutes of research there is also the World Bible Translation Centre WBTC which has the mission ...
• 8 September 2004
  EUROPE/GEORGIA - Warning and appeal from Papal Nuncio in Georgia: “We need ideas and means to ensure that the whole of the Caucus region does not turn into a powder keg”. Caritas Georgia (southern Ossezia) helps children in Beslan, northern Ossezia as well as exhausted displaced persons in its own region Rome (Fides Service) - “The massacre of the innocents a few days ago in northern Ossezia shook the world. But not to be forgotten either are more than 3,000 women and children in southern Ossezia, Georgia, who fled vio ...
• 7 September 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Archbishop of Manila would like Congress to pass a “religion tax” to help support the Church and other religious communities, as in some European countries Manila (Fides Service) - The Catholic Archbishop of Manila, Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales has suggested that the Church and the people of the Philippines would benefit from a “religion tax” similar to legislation in c ...
• 7 September 2004
  ASIA/INDIA Christians and other believers come together to pray and rejoice at the memory of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, on 7th anniversary of her death, first since her beatification Calcutta (Fides Service) - All over the world the Missionaries of Charity, the Sisters of Mother Teresa, were joined by well-wishers in their prayers and joyful commemoration of the Mother 4 and 5 September, the 7th anni ...
• 7 September 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Seminars of formation and awareness campaigns to promote respect for human rights and the human dignity of every person: tireless efforts of Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Church in Pakistan Lahore (Fides Service) - In a country where Muslim fundamentalist groups are active, the local Catholic Church is tireless in its efforts to promote a culture of peace, the encounter of civilisations and social and inte ...
• 6 September 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - “Evangelisation in India in the Third Millennium” theme of National Meeting for Diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies from 14 to 17 September Bangalore (Fides Service) - “Evangelisation in India in the Third Millennium” is the theme of a National Meeting of diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in India to be held in Bangalore 14 t ...
• 6 September 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Youth gives signals of hope in the tormented region of Mindanao: Christians and Muslims unite making concrete requests Cagayan de Oro (Fides Service) - Peace is what the large Island of Mindanao in the Philippines needs more than anything else today. Peace means economic development, social stability, a return of tourists, in a word, th ...
• 6 September 2004
  ASIA/NEPAL - Curfew lifted: demonstrations for tolerance and solidarity in Nepal’s capital: Hindus, Muslims, Buddhist monks, Catholic priests and religious and many lay faithful join street march Kathmandu (Fides Service) - Yesterday in Kathmandu the same streets and squares which only a few days ago were the scene of angry protest and violence, some 5,000 people including representatives of the different religio ...
• 3 September 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Philippines President Gloria Arroyo on official visit to China clinches cooperation deals for tourism, energy, fishing, trade and investments Beijing (Fides Service) - In keeping with tradition for a newly elected president to visit neighbouring countries at the start of the mandate, on September 2 President Gloria Arroyo, elected in May, started an official t ...
• 3 September 2004
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - United Nations repatriation programme brings one million Afghans home from Iran: returning professionals and experts promise for the future Kabul (Fides Service) - About one million Afghans who had fled to neighbouring Iran are back in the own country hoping to resume life as normal. This is thanks to an operation of voluntary repatriation started in April 2 ...