Asia

• 2 September 2004
  ASIA/NEPAL - National day of mourning for 12 Nepalese workers murdered in Iraq - Pro-Prefect Apostolic “Tension is high, but the situation is under control. Christians targeted? Definitely not” Kathmandu (Fides Service) - “The situation is under control but tension is tangible. The curfew continues. Today it started at 9am after the authorities gave the people about three hours for essential movement and trad ...
• 2 September 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops launch an appeal to citizens to help nation overcome economic crisis. “Overcoming the crisis is a matter not only for the government it is in the interest of each and all” Davao (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of the Philippines have mobilised the country to work to uproot corruption, eliminate poverty and help improve the nation’s financial accounts. Archbishop Fernando Capalla ...
• 2 September 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Changing school curricula in the Middle East could help uproot extremism” says local priest in Iraq. “Schools should educate to peace! If from the age of six a child hears of nothing but war and enemies to kill then it is not surprising that at 18 he dreams of being a suicide bomber” Baghdad (Fides Service)- “I am certain that one way to help eliminate terrorism in Iraq and in the Middle East in general, is to reform school programmes” Father Nizar Semaan, Iraqi priest in Mosul told Fides. “I s ...
• 2 September 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Pastoral Letter from Cardinal Paul Shan, Bishop of Kaohsiung: “Prepare with devotion for the Eucharistic Congress” Kaohsiung (Fides Service) - On the feast day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Cardinal Paul Shan, Bishop of Kaohsiung issued a Pastoral Letter “Preparing with Devotion for the Eucharistic Congress”. In h ...
• 2 September 2004
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Church is important for Lebanon, although from some areas Christians are being pressed to leave their homeland” Father Maroun told Fides Rome (Fides Service)- The Christian community of Lebanon is vivacious and strong in faith despite many serious problems in the country and consequences of civil war, which lasted for 15 years (1975-1990). The Maronites f ...
• 1 September 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Exemplary Catholic father dies at 102 after bringing up a family of 13 and giving the Church two bishops, two priests and two women religious Mangalore (Fides Service) - Mr Emmanuel D’Souza, Catholic lay man very active in his local church in the diocese of Mangalore, Karnataka died recently at the age of 102. Besides being a family man and a teacher, Emmanu ...
• 1 September 2004
  ASIA/SAUDI ARABIA - New hopes for release of Indian born Brian Savio O’Connor in prison in Saudi Arabia for his Christian faith says Middle East Concern Riyadh (Fides Service) - There are new hopes for the release of Indian born Brian Savio O’Connor, a Catholic working in Saudi Arabia arrested and imprisoned because of his faith earlier this year. Daniel Hoffman, direc ...
• 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 ...