Asia

• 14 May 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Local Catholic parish blesses non Christian wedding couples and spreads the value of Christian love XuZhou (Fides Service) - Church weddings are in great demand in China and not only for Christians. Many non Christian couples show great interest in Christian values and Christian family life and come to Catholic churche ...
• 13 May 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - General elections, tolerance wins: in peace, harmony and social progress - Congress Party in the lead: Bishops’ Conference spokesman tells Fides New Delhi (Fides Service) - “The people of India have voted for peace and social harmony. They have chosen not to give in to fundamentalism, not to mix politics and religion, they have demonstrated that they want a sec ...
• 13 May 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Prayer, forgiveness, reconciliation in 20 years of Christian-Muslim dialogue in southern Philippines for Silsilah Movement founded by a Catholic missionary from Italy Zamboanga (Fides Service) - Twenty years ago it seemed a utopia, the idea of a visionary: today Silsilah Movement for Christian-Muslim dialogue is a splendid reality in Mindanao, where there is Muslim minority group of a ...
• 13 May 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Corruption, unemployment, poverty: emergencies the new President will have to face without delay Manila (Fides Service) - Awaiting the final results of the elections the first forecasts say outgoing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has an 8 point advantage over her main adversary in presidential elections on 10 May ...
• 12 May 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Church in Pakistan has “new martyr”: tragic death of Javed Anjum, young Catholic boy who died after 5 days of atrocious torture inflicted by Muslims extremists bent on making him renounce his faith Faisalabad (Fides Service) - There is grief and concern among Christians in Pakistan after the death of a young Catholic boy Javed Anjum, who died after 5 days of atrocious torture inflicted by Muslims extremists to make ...
• 12 May 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong International Film Festival institutes a Catholic Culture Prize Hong Kong (Fides Service) - During the recent International Film Festival in Hong Kong, a Catholic Culture Prize was instituted by the International Catholic Organisation of the Cinema and Audio-Visuals. The goal of the ...
• 12 May 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The “TaoYuan Centre of Formation for the Apostolate ” promotes prison pastoral Hsinchu (Fides Service) - To promote spiritual and psychological assistance for prison inmates the TaoYuan Centre of Formation for the Apostolate in Hsinchu diocese, Taiwan, organised a meeting at the LongTan Prison for ...
• 11 May 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - With education and development programmes Catholic missionaries help Tribals in under-developed communities become recognised citizens with full social and civil rights Raipur (Fides Service) - Before the arrival of Catholic missionaries tribal children in the area of Raipur, in the central Indian state of Chattisgarh, had never been to school, their families were hunters and ancient c ...
• 11 May 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Spring Assembly of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference re-elects members of commissions and outlines commitment for evangelisation ChaiYi (Fides Service) - During their Spring assembly held 12 to 16 April in ChaiYi the members of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference discussed new initiatives for evangelisation and the work of their different C ...
• 10 May 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - To mark the 20th anniversary of TaoYuan Apostolate Formation Centre Hsinchu diocese plans to establish a Diocesan Bible Society Hsinchu (Fides Service) - The TaoYuan Apostolate Formation Centre in Hsinchu diocese, Taiwan, will mark its 20th anniversary in 2005. In view of this during a recent Bible Study meeting at the Centre on May 4 it was deci ...
• 10 May 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Debate on euthanasia gives rise to extra solidarity and care for seriously ill patients Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Recently the Hong Kong Parliament received an e-mail request from A Bin a 30 year old paralysed man to legalise euthanasia. The news sparked heated debate in Hong Kong Society and many citizen ...
• 10 May 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Word of Love, Word from the Heart”: prayer meeting for Vocations organised by diocesan Commission Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The Diocesan Commission for Vocations of the Catholic diocese of Hong Kong held a prayer meeting for vocations on May 1 with the theme “Word of Love, Word from the Heart”. More than 250 pe ...
• 10 May 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences issues working paper for its next Assembly in August on the theme “The Asian Family towards a Culture of Life” Seoul (Fides Service) - Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences FABC has issued the working paper for its 8th Plenary Assembly 17-22 August in Taejeon, South Korea, on the theme “The Asian Family towards a Culture o ...
• 10 May 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Final act of political elections while there is growing debate on the presence of Christians in civil and political life New Delhi (Fides Service) - While elections in India are at the final stage since mid April there is growing debate as to whether and how Christians should be involved in political. According to some Christian members o ...
• 8 May 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of first Bishop of Bameng, Bishop Guo Zhengji, a bold witness to faith in Christ Yinchuan (Fides Service) - Chinese Bishop Francis Xavier Guo Zhengji, Bishop of Bameng (mainland China) inner Mongolia, died at the age of 91 on Monday May 3, at Yinchuan Hospital where he had been in care for some month ...