Asia

• 10 July 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The roots of the ethnic conflict which has shed the country’s blood and strangled the economy Colombo (Fides Service) -Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) since 1984 has lived an inter-ethnic conflict between the Sinhalese majority (about 74% of the population) and the Tamil majority of Indian origin (about 13%). Anothe ...
• 10 July 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - INFO Area 65,630 sq km; Population 19,287,000; Density pop/sq km 281,9; Urban Pop. 22,5%; population growth 1.4%; life expectancy 70 anni (men), 76 (women); literacy 92%; Languages Sinhalese, Tamil, English; Ethnic groups Sin ...
• 10 July 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA Links to background stories from Fides Archives Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of today’s study on Sri Lanka - with a domestic debate on the peace process and religious we suggest you use the following list of links from Fides Archives as background ...
• 10 July 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - A STUDY - Harmony and religious freedom (contents) ASIA/SRI LANKA - Harmony and religious freedom: the paths of peace for civil development and the progress of peoples SRI LANKA (society and religion) ASIA/SRI LANKA - Political, social and religious forces must unite ...
• 10 July 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Guarantee freedom of conscience and religion: indispensable condition for democracy - Local Church works to maintain dialogue with Buddhists while opposing the “anti-conversion” law and proposing mixed Commission state/religious communities Colombo (Fides Service) - Unless every citizen is guaranteed freedom of conscience and religion it will be impossible to build harmony and peace, development and prosperity and make Sri Lanka an authentic democracy the C ...
• 9 July 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Living the family and love with a faith dimension: local Church focuses on education of youth Seoul (Fides Service) - Hedonism, secularisation, moral relativism, are endemic ills in Korean society which often affect the decisions of young Koreans in their personal and social life. With this in mind this year 2004 ...
• 9 July 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Commission for dialogue between Catholic Church and Assyrian Church of the East approves common statement on Sacraments: steps towards unity Thrissur (Fides Service) - Moving towards unity members of the mixed Commission of the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East approved a common statement on the Sacraments. The statement will now be examine ...
• 9 July 2004
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Results of legislative elections announced Ulaanbaator (Fides Service) - After some days of protests, the general elections commission has announced the results of parliamentary elections in Mongolia held ten days ago. The Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party ...
• 8 July 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bitter fight between secular and fundamentalist Muslims in North-West Frontier Province over Sharia plans which threaten country’s democracy Islamabad (Fides Service) - Amidst general protests of large sectors of society, moderate Muslims, human rights groups and, religious minorities, the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal MMA governing alliance of radical religious pa ...
• 8 July 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Philippines Clergy Congress reflects on problems and challenges of pastoral ministry Manila (Fides) - Energy and hope despite the shortage of priests and need for more vocations: this is the picture emerging from the first Philippines Clergy Congress taking place in Manila, 5-9 July which has brought tog ...
• 8 July 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Struggle to eliminate corruption: state, Church and business world club together Manila (Fides Service) - Uproot corruption thanks with the help of public officials and all the citizens and the morality campaign launched by the Church in the Philippines: this is the objective of President Gloria Maca ...
• 8 July 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Interreligious Seminar on “Spirituality, Religion and Health” confirms that religion and spirituality are good for mind and body Hong Kong (Fides Service) - A successful Seminar on “Spirituality, Religion and Health” which brought together doctors, psychologists, Buddhists, Taoists, Protestants and Catholics and priests and pastoral workers of ...
• 7 July 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesia’s presidency: postponed to second round of votes in September Jakarta (Fides Service) - With 40% of the votes cast on July 5 for a new president of Indonesia counted, no candidate appears to have obtained the necessary majority which means that there will be a second round of votin ...
• 7 July 2004
  ASIA /SOUTH KOREA - “To be a church community which is respected”: Cheongju diocese announces diocesan Synod to mark 50th anniversary of its institution Cheongju (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Cheongju, which will have the 50th anniversary of its institution in 2008, plans to hold a diocesan synod and promote three projects to celebrate its 50 years of history. In this ...
• 7 July 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - India’s Bishops welcome government’s promise to draft a law to protect religious minorities- Link Fides: to origins of Christianity in India New Delhi (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of India have welcomed the government’s decision to draft a law to protect religious minorities in India. The spokesman of the Bishops’ Conference Father Babu Joseph, ...