Asia

• 12 December 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - THE ATROCITY OF THE DEATH PENALTY IS NO RESPONSE TO ATROCITIES LIKE KIDNAPPING: BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE CHURCH AFTER MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY IS LIFTED Manila (Fides ) – There is bitter disappointment among Filipino Catholics since Gloria Arroyo Philippine President Gloria Arroyo lifted a moratorium on the death penalty, opening the way for executions to resume in Jan ...
• 12 December 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - CATHOLIC NGO WINS AWARD FOR EDUCATION OF TRIBALS New Delhi (Fides Service) – A Catholic NGO “Gram Mangal” has received the Maschio Memorial Award, in memory of an Italian Salesian priest Aurelio Maschio who distinguished himself for his service to promote the dev ...
• 12 December 2003
  ASIA/TAIWAN – VIRTUES OF FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY MAIN THEMES FOR EVANGELISATION CHOSEN BY TAIWAN CHURCH FOR PASTORAL YEAR 2004 Taipei (Fides Service) – The Christian virtues of Faith Hope and Charity will be the main themes of a plan for evangelisation drafted by the Church in Taiwan for 2004. This was decided during the Autumn plenary meeting ...
• 11 December 2003
  ASIA/INDIA – NOW THERE IS A CEASE FIRE CATHOLICS HOPE TO RETURN TO KASHMIR Jammu (Fides Service) – After the cease fire signed on 25 November Catholics who fled Kashmir hope soon to return to their homes. Hundreds of Catholic families left Kashmir in 1989-90 when terrorism entered the valley ...
• 10 December 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - I HOPE IRAQI COURTS WILL NOT TURN INTO TOOLS FOR REVENGE. RELIGIOUS LEADERS SHOULD PROMOTE THE LOGIC OF FORGIVENESS Baghdad (Fides Service)- “Only the logic of forgiveness can free Iraq from the spiral of violence” Father Nizar Semaan of Ninive diocese told Fides with regard to the latest terrorist attacks and bloodshed in Iraq. � ...
• 10 December 2003
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - IN NAZARETH JEWISH, CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM STAFF WORK IN HARMONY AT HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL RUN BY ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITALLER BROTHERS Rome (Fides Service) – Despite the hostility of former regimes, wars with related military occupation, damage due to earthquakes, the activity of the Catholic Holy Family Hospital in Nazareth run by the St John of God ...
• 10 December 2003
  ASIA/NEPAL - PROGRAMME FOR HEALTH-CARE AND DEVELOPMENT IN VIEW OF PROMOTING ROLE OF WOMEN Rome (Fides Service) – In Nepal the health situation is alarming: more than 60% of the people live in areas where malaria is endemic; tuberculosis affects 4-5% of every 1.000 people and 7.2 out of every 1.000 people a ...
• 9 December 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - HOW TO PROTECT THE ASIAN FAMILY: VARIOUS RELIGIONS AND ORGANISATIONS ATTEND STUDY WEEK Chennai (Fides Service ) – How to protect families in Asia from fragmentation and threats such as abortion, divorce, superficial and temporary relationships. This was the objective of a study week promoted by the Servi ...
• 5 December 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - NEW CATHOLIC “CRISIS AND RECONCILIATION SERVICE” CONCERNED BY TENSION IN FLORES Jakarta (Fides Service) – The Bishops’ Conference of Indonesia recently inaugurated a Crisis and Reconciliation Service CRS to monitor events in possible areas of violence including Aceh, Moluccas, Sulawesi, Papua, B ...
• 5 December 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - FROM NORTH EAST INDIA TO BRAZIL: FOUR SISTERS FROM ASSAM DEPART FOR MISSION Guwahati (Fides Service) – Mission ad gentes is undeterred in the face of difficulties, violence or conflict. Fides has been informed that four Catholic Sisters from Assam state north east India, where ethnic violence ...
• 5 December 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - BEATIFICATION PROCESS STARTS FOR 124 KOREAN MARTYRS Seoul (Fides Service) – The Catholic Church in Korea is rejoicing: the Holy See has approved the opening of the beatification process for Korea’s 124 martyrs, Paul Yun Ji-Chung and 123 companion martyrs, tortured and ...
• 4 December 2003
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - HOLY LAND CHRISTIANS SAY NO TO VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM, YES TO DIALOGUE WITH DIALOGUE JEWS AND MUSLIM ARABS TO PROMOTE PEACE Jerusalem (Fides) – Violence and terrorism, relations between Christians, Jews and Muslims in the Holy Land, are the main issues of a statement issued by the Theological Commission of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusale ...
• 4 December 2003
  ASIA/TAIWAN - CELEBRATIONS IN LOCAL CHURCH FOR 80TH BIRTHDAY OF “GOOD SHEPHERD” CARDINAL PAUL SHAN Taipei (Fides Service) – On 2 December the Catholic Church in Taiwan gathered around its Cardinal Paul Shan who was celebrating his 80th birthday. Messages arrived from near and far to congratulate the well loved serva ...
• 3 December 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - FEAST OF ST FRANCIS XAVIER, PATRON OF MISSIONS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECALL AND GIVE THANKS FOR VALID WORK OF WESTERN MISSIONARIES IN INDIA, BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE SPOKESMAN TOLD FIDES New Delhi (Fides Service) – While in India there is growing anti-Christian and anti-missionary propaganda, “the feast day of St Francis Xavier is an opportunity to recall and give thanks for all that western missiona ...
• 2 December 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - CATHOLIC AND ANGLICAN SEMINARIANS’ GET TOGETHER CONSOLIDATES AND BOOSTS ECUMENICAL DIALOGUE Seoul (Fides Service) – Catholic and Anglican seminarians in South Korea, students at the Catholic University in Seoul and the Anglican University in Incheon will have regular meetings to experience brotherhood, share ...