Asia

• 3 February 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - AFTER RECOVERING FROM ATTACKS BY HINDU FUNDAMENTALISTS SALESIAN SCHOOL REOPENS WITH 75% OF PUPILS BUT ONLY 50% OF STAFF New Delhi (Fides Service) – Threats continue, tension is latent and violence has left its mark especially on Salesian Father Stanny Ferreira, seriously wounded by Hindu fundamentalists who attacked the school two week ...
• 3 February 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO – ELIMINATE CORRUPTION TO RESTORE PEACE. RADIO MARIA MALKIA WA AMANI DI BUKAVU EXPLAINS SITUATION TO FIDES Bukavu (Fides Service)- A government delegation to Bukavu, in east Democratic Congo in late January was the bearer of a message of peace and reconciliation for the entire country. For several years Bukavu was in the hand ...
• 2 February 2004
  AFRICA/LIBERIA “CHILDREN KILLING CHILDREN” TRAGEDY OF LIBERIA’S CIVIL WAR Monrovia (Fides Service) - “Children killing other children”. This is the war in Liberia according to a Human to Rights Watch report issued today Monday 2 February. According to the United Nations in the last 3 years ...
• 2 February 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – PAKISTAN’S LARGEST MOSQUE WELCOMES FIRST CHRISTIAN DELEGATION BEARING MESSAGE OF PEACE FOR 3,000 WORSHIPPERS INCLUDING 100 ULEMAS Lahore (Fides Service) – For the first time ever, Badshahi mosque in Lahore, the largest in Pakistan, welcomed a delegations of Christians to its Friday worshipping service. Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha, Archbishop of ...
• 2 February 2004
  ASIA/INDIA – DAY FOR CONSECRATED LIFE: SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH OF TARBES MARK 100 YEARS OF MISSION HELPING POOR CHILDREN IN SOUTHERN INDIA Bangalore (Fides) – The Sisters of St Joseph of Tarbes have worked in Kolar Gold Fields, Bangalore, capital Karnataka for a century. The community marked the 100th anniversary of missionary activity on 2 February, the ...
• 2 February 2004
  ASIA/INDIA – DAY FOR CONSECRATED LIFE: CHRISTIAN ASHRAM VALORISES LOCAL TRADITIONS FOLLOWING IDEALS OF GANDHI Cochin (Fides Service) – Prayer and adoration mark the Day for Consecrated Life at Kurusumala, Ashram in Kottayam, Kerala (southern India). Christians have opened ashrams, places for meditation of Hindu in various part ...
• 30 January 2004
  ASIA/MYANMAR – LITTLE FLOCK IN MYANMAR THANKS RADIO VERITAS FOR 'AIRING' THE GOSPEL TO CATHOLICS IN BURMA'S REMOTE MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS Rangoon (Fides Service) – It is the radio which carries the “Good News” to Burmese Christians in remote mountainous regions of Myanmar. For some years now Radio Veritas Asia in Manila has broadcast in Burmese, Kare ...
• 30 January 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - 4,5 MILLION WITH AIDS IN INDIA DESERVE OUR LOVE AND MERCY SAYS CARDINAL VITHAYATHIL HEAD OF SYRO-MALABAR CATHOLIC CHURCH Kochi (Fides Service) – People with AIDS are our brothers and sisters: we must accept them and care for them with love, respect and mercy, said Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, Archbishop Major of Ernakulam-Angamaly in a ...
• 29 January 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM AUDIENCE ENJOY RADIO VERITAS IN URDU: MORE THAN 700 PROGRAMMES COVER WIDE VARIETY OF SUBJECTS RANGING FROM SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND NEWS TO LITERATURE AND RELIGION Manila (Fides Service) – Radio Veritas in Urdu (the official language in Pakistan) has become a reference point for Catholic media in this country. The programmes are appreciated by Christians and Muslims alike and the ...
• 29 January 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - 30 DAYS OF HOPE FOR TWO MEN DESTINED TO BE EXECUTED TOMORROW: THE LOCAL CHURCH’S BATTLE TO HAVE DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED Manila (Fides Service) – “We welcome with joy and hope the Supreme Court’s decision. The judges hold the lives of two men in their hands. We have full trust in the magistrates who must decide whether to re-open th ...
• 29 January 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - CHRISTIANS PROMOTE PEACE NOT VIOLENCE: LOCAL CHURCH MAKES SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING FOR INTERRELIGIOUS HARMONY Colombo (Fides Service) – Catholics in Colombo will pray and fast to obtain from God the gift of harmony among religions on Sunday February 1. The recent wave of anti-Christian violence is causing Christians to lose si ...
• 28 January 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - APOSTOLATE IN COMMUNICATIONS, EVANGELISING THROUGH THE MEDIA: PRIORITY FOR GOA ARCHDIOCESE Goa (Fides Service) – “Goa archdiocese will give special attention in the coming years to pastoral of social communications, as requested by the last assembly of the Indian Bishops’ Conference”: newly appointed A ...
• 28 January 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - TAEGU SEMINARY OPENS TO THE LAITY: THEOLOGY FOR HOUSEWIVES, WORKERS AND BUSINESSMEN Taegu (Fides Service) – In response to the laity’s desire to learn more about the faith Taegu Seminary will open theology studies to the laity. The courses should commence in March 2004 The initiative has strong su ...
• 28 January 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - THIRD CATHOLIC CHURCH TORCHED IN A FEW DAYS: BUDDHIST FANATICISM ESCALATES Colombo (Fides Service) – The third torching of a Catholic church in a few days has put the Catholic community in Sri Lanka in a state of alarm. The news was confirmed to Fides by Father Damien Fernando, head Caritas S ...
• 27 January 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - CHOOSE CANDIDATES COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY AND COMMON GOOD, BISHOPS ADVISE CATHOLIC VOTERS IN VIEW OF APRIL ELECTIONS Jakarta (Fides Service) – Vote for candidates known for their transparency, honesty, tolerance, and sincere commitment for social harmony and the common good. This is the advice given to Catholic voters by the Bishops ...