Asia

• 17 November 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE”: NATIONAL BIBLE WEEK IN SOUTH KOREA 23 TO 30 NOVEMBER Seoul (Fides Service) – From 23 to 30 November the Church in South Korea will celebrate a National Bible Week promoted by the Biblical Commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference CBCK. The theme for reflection is ...
• 17 November 2003
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF CAMBODIA AND LAOS AT ANNUAL MEETING DISCUSS CATECHESIS, FORMATION AND MISSION IN DIFFICULT SOCIAL POLITICAL CONTEXT Phnom Penh (Fides Service) – “The meeting was a positive event lived in an atmosphere of brotherhood and sharing. We discussed priorities for the Church today, including the building of new communities, catechesis an ...
• 14 November 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - “WE DO NOT WANT IRAQ TO BE ANOTHER PALESTINE! NO STATE, A NATION LEFT AT THE MERCY OF TERRORISTS”: HEARTFELT PLEA TO FIDES BY SUPERIOR GENERAL OF CHALDEAN CATHOLIC MONKS Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – “We do not want Iraq to be another Palestine! No state, a nation left at the mercy of terrorist groups and its people dying of hunger!”. This was the heartfelt plea launched by Father Den ...
• 14 November 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM MUST RESPECT THE HUMAN PERSON AND IT CAN HELP CHINESE CATHOLICS TO FULFIL THEIR DREAM TO MAKE A PILGRIMAGE TO EUROPE Beijing (Fides Service) – Following the summit meeting between China the European Union, the tourist industry is China has been fully alerted. A tourist operator in Beijing tells Fides “the China UE talks opened new ...
• 13 November 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - INDIA THREATENED BY GROWING HINDU FASCISM: CATHOLIC CLERGY VOICE CONCERN Patna (Fides Service) – India’s Catholic priests are alarmed by a growing spirit of intolerance felt all over the country threatened by waves of ideological fascism and Hindu fundamentalism based on Hiindutva. This e ...
• 13 November 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - PRESIDENT ARROYO’S NATIONAL UNITY PLAN WANTS HELP FROM LOCAL CHURCH AND BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE PRESIDENT ARCHBISHOP CAPALLA Zamboanga (Fides Service) – The national plan for unity and reconciliation launched by President Gloria Arroyo “is a good opportunity to re-launch dialogue and the peace process although there is a danger that this i ...
• 12 November 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - ITALIAN TROOPS KILLED: IRAQI CHRISTIANS VOICE SYMPATHY TO ITALY THROUGH FATHER NIZAR SEMAAN Rome (Fides Service)- “We firmly condemn the attack on Italian troops on a peacekeeping mission in Iraq” Catholic priest Father Nizar Semaan of Ninive tells Fides expressing sympathy with Italy of all the Christians ...
• 12 November 2003
  ASIA/NEPAL - JESUIT REFUGEES SERVICE CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HELP SOLVE CRISIS OF BHUTAN REFUGEES IN NEPAL Kathmandu (Fides Service) – A call for an International Conference between the governments of Bhutan and Nepal and the UN High Commission for Refugees UNHCR to find a lasting solution to the 12 year crisis of Bhutanes ...
• 12 November 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - “WE ARE A DYNAMIC AND VIBRANT, WHICH RUNS MANY SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS DESPITE OBSTACLES POSED BY TAMIL NADU LOCAL GOVERNMENT”: ARCHBISHOP JAMES ARUL DAS OF MADRAS SPEAKS TO FIDES Vatican City (Fides Service) – “In Tamil Nadu the Church is dynamic and vibrant. We have about 3.2 million Catholics in the state and we are present with various social institutions, schools, hospitals and orphanages ...
• 12 November 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - MORE THAN 1,300 JESUITS TO ATTEND BOMBAY SOCIAL FORUM IN JANUARY TO DISCUSS GLOBALISATION AND EXCLUSION, TAKING SIDES WITH THE POOR Bombay (Fides Service ) – More than 1.300 Jesuits from all over the world will take part in the 4th World Social Forum WSF in Bombay 16 - 21 January 2004, Father Joe Xavier S J, head the organising committee told Fid ...
• 12 November 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “FAMILY SANCTIFICATION DEPARTMENT ” IN EVERY PARISH IN CHONJU DIOCESE TO ANIMATE FAMILY PASTORAL AND ANNOUNCE THE GOSPEL TO NON CHRISTIAN FAMILIES Chonju (Fides Service ) – The Catholic Bishops of Korea have chosen the family as the focal point of the pastoral concern because they say the family must be seen both as the object and subject of evangelisation, a fun ...
• 11 November 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - BISHOPS’ LETTER ON PASTORAL CARE OF KOREAN EMIGRANTS Seoul (Fides Service) – Korean Catholics who emigrate must be provided with special pastoral care chaplains. Especially trained priests should accompany Korean Catholic communities overseas for at least five years to e ...
• 11 November 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - ON SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER CATHOLIC CHURCH IN INDIA MARKS NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DAY: COMMUNICATORS MUST BE AGENTS OF JUSTICE, TRUTH, FREEDOM, LOVE New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 16 November the Catholic Church in India marks National Communications Day, reflecting on the theme chosen by Pope John Paul II for the World Day this year “Media at the service ...
• 11 November 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - BEIJING OPENS DIGITAL LIBRARY OF 12 MILLION CYBER-DOCUMENTS TO THE PUBLIC: BUT IS THE CHOICE OF DOCUMENTS IDEOLOGICAL OR DEMOCRATIC? Beijing (Fides Service) – A database consisting of 12 million documents forms the heart of the largest digital Chinese language library in the world opened in Beijing on 8 November. The aim of the government sponsored ...
• 10 November 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - NEW PASSIONIST SPIRITUALITY CENTRE IN FLORES INDONESIA’S CATHOLIC STRONGHOLD TO SUSTAIN VOCATIONS AND PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICE Ende (Agenzia Fides) – A Spirituality Centre to support vocations and also offer social service has been opened by the Passionist Fathers on the Indonesian Island of Flores where there is a large Catholic community. F ...