Asia

• 18 February 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 11th Meeting of Japanese-Korean Youth to promote Reconciliation Seoul (Fides Service) - Peace and friendly relations between Japan and Korea, after the horrors of war which sowed hatred between the two countries, need to be built at grass roots and therefore among young people, who a ...
• 18 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - 100 years of Salesian service in India New Delhi (Fides Service) - Salesian Fathers in India are preparing to start celebrations for 100 years of service in education and professional training for young people. Celebrations will begin on 28 February in New De ...
• 17 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Twenty five years of courses on Christianity in a state university help remove objections posed by radicals and fundamentalists of other religions Bangalore (Fides Service) - For 25 years the State University in Mysore, in the south western Indian state of Karnataka, opened in 1980, has offered courses on Christianity, its history and development. The university w ...
• 17 February 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Three days after bomb blasts people still afraid - President Gloria Arroyo may be given special powers Manila (Fides Service) - While there is no let up in guerrilla warfare in the Sulu islands, the rest of the country is on the alert after the three bomb blasts on 14 February. Tension shows no sign of diminishing and fea ...
• 16 February 2005
  ASIA/MYANMAR - More than 80,000 Catholics attend National Eucharistic Congress in Myanmar Yangon (Fides Service) - More than 80,000 Catholics gathered for the 2nd National Eucharistic Congress of Myanmar held for three days, 11-13 February at a Marian Centre in Nyaunglebin, in the diocese of Yangon. Catholic ...
• 16 February 2005
  ASIA/KAZAKSTAN - On mission to “bear witness to the faith and sow the Gospel in the steppe lands of Kazakstan”: Archbishop Jan Pawel Lenga of Karaganda diocese speaks with Fides Vatican City (Fides Service) - “We are a young Church, which is growing. We are on the way, we have the enthusiasm of our young people and we strive to bear witness to the faith and sow seeds of the Word of God in the ...
• 16 February 2005
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Thousands gather at Nyaunglebin Marian shrine for recitation of the rosary and special Mass on the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes Yangon (Fides Service) - Thousands of Burmese Catholics made their way to the Marian Shrine in Nyaunglebin, diocese of Yangon for the recitation of the Rosary and a special Mass on February 11, the Feast of Our Lady of L ...
• 16 February 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese New Year offers opportunity for inter-religious dining and dialogue Beijing (Fides Service) - Celebrations for the Lunar New Year in Beijing provided an opportunity to promote inter-religious dialogue. In fact the communities of the main religions in China, Taoist, Buddhist, Christian an ...
• 15 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “Saint Thomas Mount” shrine in Malayatoor, Kerala, celebrates 'international pilgrimage centre' status Cochin (Fides Service) - Saint Thomas Mount in the Malayattor mountains, Kerala where Saint Thomas the Apostle is said to have prayed and meditated, celebrated its new status of International Shrine on 13 February with a ...
• 15 February 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Islamic separatists organise bomb blasts in various parts of the country: “Dialogue must be resumed: violence can only bring death”, a missionary tells Fides Manila (Fides Service) - “We condemn all forms of violence and terrorism. It is urgent to resume dialogue. Violence can only bring death. The separatist rebels must lay down their weapons and the army must not seek rev ...
• 14 February 2005
  ASIA/JAPAN - Saitama diocese holds 3rd ‘Latino to Obispo’ Meeting Saitama (Fides Service) - Recently Saitama diocese held its third Latino to Obispo diocesan cultural exchange meeting between the bishop and the people of Latin American origin at the Sano church in Tochi prefecture. Abo ...
• 14 February 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A bridge of reconciliation in Mindanao’s Christian/Muslim society: priority mission of Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate in the Philippines and new provincial superior Cotabato (Fides Service) - At this time of increasing tension in southern Philippines with fighting between the regular army and the separatist rebels of the Moro National Liberation Front the Oblate Missionaries of Mary ...
• 14 February 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - 6 Christians elected as members of national parliament and 5 in the Kurdish bloc. Father Nizar Semaan comments for Fides. Baghdad ( Fides Service)- During the recent elections on 30 January in Iraq 6 Christians were elected members of the national parliament and 5 in the Kurdish bloc. These Christian MPs, elected in northern Iraq, belong to ...
• 10 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “Renounce your Christian faith, reconvert to Hinduism or you will die”: Hindu fanatics threaten Catholic villagers in west India New Delhi (Fides Service) - Catholics in the tribal village of Rajura, Amravati district in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, are terrified after an attack by Hindu extremists on 7 February followed by threats of ...
• 10 February 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Paul Shan issues Message for Lunar New Year Taipei (Fides Service) - In a message of good wishes for Lunar New Year dated 9 February Cardinal Paul Shan, President of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference, said among other things: “At the beginning of a new ...