Asia

• 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 ...
• 27 January 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - WHY IS FUNDAMENTALISM WORMING ITS WAY AMONG SRI LANKAN BUDDHISTS? FIDES ASKS CHAIRMAN OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS: NATION WIDE DAY OF PRAYER FOR INTERRELIGIOUS HARMONY SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY Colombo (Fides Service) – Recent episodes of anti Christian violence on the part of Buddhist fundamentalist can be traced to aggressive proselytism by certain Christian sects which is upsetting centuries-old religious ...
• 23 January 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “STOP THE EXECUTION, THESE MEN ARE INNOCENT!”: MANILA PRISON CHAPLAIN FATHER OLAGUER, REAFFIRMS CATHOLIC CHURCH’S “NO” TO DEATH PENALTY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES Manila (Fides) – “We are against capital punishment in any case. However the executions of two prisoners scheduled for the end of the month must be postponed if not cancelled, one of the men in question is innocent, ...
• 23 January 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN – NEW YEAR AND NEW CATHOLIC CULTURAL MAGAZINE: JESUIT FATHERS AT “MATTEO RICCI” CENTRE PRODUCE TAIWAN’S FIRST CHINESE LANGUAGE REVIEW Taipei (Fides Service) – On sale at book shops and newspaper stalls all over the city New year crowds in Taiwan will find the very first issue of a new Catholic publication Renlai, or “Flute of Humanity”, the Islan ...
• 23 January 2004
  ASIA/THAILAND - “A HANDFUL OF MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALIST SECESSIONISTS IN THE SOUTH WILL NOT AFFECT INTER-RELIGIOUS RELATIONS: DIALOGUE AMONG THAILAND’S DIFFERENT RELIGIONS IS FRIENDLY AND FREQUENT” BISHOP LAWRENCE SAMANCHIT TOLD FIDES Bangkok (Fides Service) – “Unrest in the South of the country will have no effect on relations between religions in Thailand. The rioters are a handful of fundamentalist Muslim secessionists. Relations between Thai C ...