Asia

• 2 March 2004
  ASIA/NEPAL - Death of founder of first and only Catholic college in Nepal Jesuit Missionary Father Watrin Kathmandu (Fides Service) - Yesterday March 1 the funeral of American Jesuit Father Eugene L. Watrin was held in the Church of the Assumption in Kathmandu. The priest, who died at the age of 83 after a long illness, was ...
• 2 March 2004
  ASIA/KOREA - Commission for the Abolition of the Death Penalty will increase its efforts Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission for the Abolition of Capital Punishment set up by the Catholic Bishops of Korea will strengthen and extend its activity co-operating with other organisations as well as increasing p ...
• 27 February 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians in Karnataka want Good Friday state holiday to stay Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) - “Good Friday is sacred for all Christians. It is the day we commemorate the Passion and Death of Jesus. The removal of Good Friday from the list of state holidays in the state of Karnataka i ...
• 27 February 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Salesians in southern India mark silver jubilee: 25 years of service, youth programmes and flourishing vocations Bangalore (Fides) - Twenty five years of service to help the poor, educate and evangelise youth, assist street children, provide pastoral care for families, encourage dialogue with Hindus: this is the record of activity ...
• 27 February 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Civil and religious leaders meet to discuss prospects for peace in Indonesian Papua Jayapura (Fides Service) - While confusion and tension persist in the Indonesia province of West Papua, (Irian Jaya), local religious leaders have once again proved their willingness to work to promote peace. During a ce ...
• 25 February 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Muslim and Christian school teachers from all over Mindanao agree that peace begins at school, where children must be educated to reciprocal esteem and respect Davao (Fides Service) - Peace in the large southern Philippines island of Mindanao where there are several groups of armed Muslim separatists begins at school where children must be educated to tolerance, dialogue, recip ...
• 25 February 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Tragedy of thousands displaced by ethnic disputes in India’s north east states a mosaic of tribal peoples: local Church committed to mediation Diphur (Fides Service) - “Many people are living in precarious conditions in camps and have to rely on assistance from NGOs including Catholic organisations who not only provide aid but also work actively to promote pe ...
• 25 February 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Young Catholic volunteers on mission to East Timor Dili (Fides Service) - A group of 19 young Korean Catholic high school and university students recently volunteered to go on mission to East Timor where they will undertake manual work as well as organise cultural activ ...
• 24 February 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - www.hampapua.org: Justice and Peace Commission of Jayapura Catholic diocese opens web site of to promote respect for human rights Jayapura (Fides Service) - To promote respect for human rights in an area afflicted by fighting between the regular Indonesian army and separatist movements, the Justice and Peace Commission of Jayapura Catholic diocese ...
• 24 February 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Show compassion by giving, and evangelise by serving” and support Caritas Hong Kong Campaign: Lenten Letter to Catholics from Hong Kong’s Catholic Bishop Joseph Zen Hong Kong (Fides) - “To love and to serve is to witness the faith. Social concern and evangelisation are two sides of the same coin” Bishop Joseph Zen of Hong Kong writes in a Letter for Lent 2004 addressed to the l ...
• 24 February 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Official talks between government and Muslim separatists will resume in April: “A milestone” in the peace process, says president Arroyo Manila (Fides Service) - “A milestone in the peace process” was what Philippines’ President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo described the official news of that talks between the government and Muslim separatists Moro Islam ...
• 24 February 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “No cloning of human embryos ”: local Catholic Church and associations in Korea protest against experiments carried out by local scientists Seoul (Fides Service) - Strong protest, street demonstrations, condemnation for morally incorrect and irresponsible behaviour: these were the reactions in Korea of the Catholic Church and several associations, Catholic a ...
• 23 February 2004
  ASIA/JAPAN - An average of 600 new HIV carriers every year; numbers continues to rise; 87% of new infections due to sexual transmission: the Church in front line to fight the scourge of AIDS Tokyo (Fides Service) - As part of a year long effort to fight AIDS in April 2003 the Church in Japan established an HIV/AIDS desk to succeed the bishops’ ad hoc committee on HIV issues. The desk’s present activities ...
• 23 February 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “The mission of the Church in Korea is founded on Korea’s martyrs”: Bishop Lazzaro You Heung Sik, coadjutor Bishop of Daejeon speaks with Fides. Rome (Fides Service) - “The mission of the Church in Korea is founded on the Korean martyrs who offered their life for the Lord and for the people: compared to them we feel small but we strive to be faithful to our mis ...
• 20 February 2004
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Missionary Childhood children in Germany help provide food for starving children in North Korea Aachen (Fides Service ) - To help children in North Korea threatened by starvation, children members of Missionary Childhood in Germany have offered 20,000 Euro to buy food supplies. For many years the German branch of ...