Asia

• 3 November 2003
  ASIA/VIETNAM - CATHOLIC BISHOPS ISSUE PASTORAL LETTER: NEW COURAGE AND NEW MEANS FOR THE CHURCH’S MISSION IN VIETNAM TODAY Hanoi (Fides Service ) – Follow the example of Jesus who preached tirelessly and everywhere; announce the Word with courage and enthusiasm; make use of modern means of communications and new technology: these demands o ...
• 31 October 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - MOTHER TERESA’S ROOM IN CALCUTTA OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? THOUSANDS OF PILGRIMS AND DEVOTEES, FOLLOWERS OF MANY RELIGIONS HOPE SO Calcutta (Fides Service) – Many devotees of Mother Teresa beatified by Pope John Paul on October 19, hope that her room may soon be open to the public. Her Sisters, the Missionaries of Charity, have been thinking for a ...
• 31 October 2003
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS AGREE THAT ALL ROUND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN STATE SCHOOLS WILL BUILD TOLERANCE AND HARMONY Dhaka (Fides Service) – Religious education in schools, explaining the teachings, symbols, feasts of the main religions in Bangladesh: this proposal has been put to the government by two experts in the field Catholic p ...
• 31 October 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - GOVERNMENT NATIONAL EDUCATION AWARD 2003 GOES TO CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR FOR HIS WRITINGS “SOURCE OF SOCIAL HARMONY” Islamabad (Fides Service) –Mehboob Sada Francis, a Catholic, for 28 years professor of literature at Allama Iqbal University in Islamabad, has been awarded the Minority Cultural Prize 2003 by the Pakistan government. ...
• 30 October 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF PAKISTAN: RAMADAN HAS STARTED UNDER BANNER OF DIALOGUE AND PEACE: CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS BREAK FAST TOGETHER IN A SPIRIT OF SOLIDARITY AND SHARING Lahore (Fides Service) – “This Ramadan promises much for dialogue and consolidating good relations between Muslims and Christians. I am very happy and optimistic” Bishop Andrew Francis of Multan, head of the Commis ...
• 30 October 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - INDIAN GOVERNMENT AWARD TO MANASA CATHOLIC REHABILITATION CENTRE WHICH CARES FOR 155 CHILDREN WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES Mangalore (Fides Service ) – Christians’ involvement in providing social assistance in India is visible for all to see and structures opened by Mother Teresa of Calcutta are only some of the examples, as the Indian g ...
• 30 October 2003
  ASIA/NEPAL - LIFE DEDICATED TO LEPERS DRUG ADDICTS AND AIDS SUFFERERS: A COURAGEOUS PRIEST IN NEPAL Birganj (Fides Service) – People call the leprosy centre he runs Little Flower and it is a reality appreciated by all Nepalese. But today diocesan priest Father Christdas, aged 64, is also caring for drug addicts and ...
• 30 October 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - RECTORS OF SHRINES IN ASIA FORM INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO MAKE SHRINES FRONTIER POSTS OF EVANGELISATION AND HUMAN PROMOTION ON THIS VAST CONTINENT Manila (Agenzia Fides) – “We, the rectors of Shrines in Asia, gathered in Makati, Philippines, on October 20 – 25, after Mission Sunday of the year 2003, on the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s Pontificate ...
• 29 October 2003
  ASIA/NEPAL - “ONLY UNITED NATIONS INTERVENTION CAN MEDIATE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND REBELS”: PRO-PREFECT APOSTOLIC IN NEPAL LAUNCHES HEARTFELT APPEAL Kathmandu (Fides Service) – “The situation is precipitating, it calls for a third party to mediate. We ask for an intervention by the United Nations Organisation. Only this will restore dialogue”. This heartfelt ap ...
• 28 October 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - SAINT BENEDETTO MENNI DECLARED PATRON OF VOLUNTARY WORKERS IN TAYTAY APOSTOLIC VICARIATE: MODEL OF GENEROUS AVAILABILITY Taytay (Fides Service) - Bishop Edgardo Sarabia Juanich, Apostolic Vicar of Taytay, has obtained a decree from the Holy See declaring Saint Benedetto Menni patron of voluntary workers all over the Vicariate: Taytay is th ...
• 28 October 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - SOLIDARITY AMONG CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS FOR A RAMADAN OF PEACE IN THE MOLUCCAS– LOCAL CHURCH CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF SACRED HEART MISSIONARIES Ambon (Fides Service) – Ramadan offers an opportunity to consolidate peace in the Moluccas Bishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi of Amboina told Fides Service. The Bishop, who is member of the Congregation of Sacred Heart Mis ...
• 28 October 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - RAMADAN IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES COULD SEE STEPS FORWARD IN GOVERNMENT REBEL DIALOGUE - MINDANAO PREPARES FOR PEACE WEEK 2003 Manila (Agenzia Fides) – “We hope Ramadan will be a time for dialogue to move forward. In Mindanao Ramadan is deeply felt and celebrated by the local Muslims. Today many Muslims live in poverty and this challenges us ...
• 27 October 2003
  ASIA/KOREA - FAMILY AND PRIESTS PASTORAL PRIORITIES FOR CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF KOREA Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The determination to give more attention to families and clergy emerged from the recent annual Autumn Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Korea held in Seoul. The Bishops will soon issue a Past ...
• 27 October 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - SIXTEEN BAPTISMS TO CELEBRATE WORLD MISSION SUNDAY AND 25 YEARS OF JOHN PAUL II’s PONTIFICATE Taiyuan (Fides Service) – Mission Sunday 19 October was a great day at Feng Sheng He parish in TaiYuan, ShanXi province central China: 16 catechumens received the Sacrament of Baptism. The parish priest and parishioner ...
• 27 October 2003
  ASIA/TAIWAN - A WEB OF LIFE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT: IN COMMUNION WITH GOD, NEIGHBOUR AND CREATION. SISTER CELIA CHUA, CHAIRS 13th CONGRESS OF RELIGIOUS WOMEN IN ASIA AND OCEANIA IN TAIPEI Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - "wang luo Chinese for web, symbolises communications at many different levels, directions and functions. Our aim is to weave a web of life filled with the Holy Spirit: in communion with God, neig ...