Asia

• 13 October 2003
  ASIA/KOREA - SCANDALS SHAKE SOUTH KOREA PRESIDENCY: ROH ANNOUNCES REFERENDUM ON HIS GOVERNMENT Seoul (Fides Service) - South Korea's President Roh Moo-hyun has proposed a national referendum on his rule in mid-December after admitting he had lost confidence in his ability to govern. In office for only eight months ...
• 13 October 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - KARNATAKA, DISQUIETING SIGNAL ON THE EVE OF MOTHER TERESA’S BEATIFICATION: MURDER OF CATHOLIC PRIEST LIVING IN ASHRAM COMMUNITY CENTRE, ASSASSINS PROBABLY HINDU FUNDAMENTALISTS Dakar (Fides Service) – In India Hindu fundamentalists continue to target Christians. The most recent victim was Catholic priest Sanjeevananda Swami who lived in a Catholic Ashram in Belur, near Kolar in the archdioces ...
• 10 October 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - WORLD MISSION SUNDAY - ROSARY PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR PEACE AND EVANGELISATION AT THE END OF THE YEAR OF THE ROSARY: BISHOPS DEDICATE THE ROSARY IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER TO PRAYING FOR THE CONTINENTS OF THE WORLD Manila (Fides Service) - During the 87th Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines Assembly held last July 5-7, 2003, the Bishops approved the following Rosary Prayer Intentions to be prayed all over the Philippine ...
• 10 October 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - KARNATAKA AND VATICAN: CELEBRATIONS FOR MOTHER TERESA, 25 YEARS OF POPE JOHN PAUL II, CLOSING OF ROSARY YEAR Mangalore (Fides Service) – Celebrations in Rome and Mangalore will bridge the distance of thousands of kilometers in this month of October. Catholics in Managlore in the southern Indian state of Karnataka are plannin ...
• 10 October 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - NEW ROAD IN THE FOREST MEANS NEW PARISH FOR PASTORAL CARE AND EVANGELISATION AMONG DAYAKS Sintang (Fides Service) – A new parish, a point of reference for evangelisation among Dayak tribals on Borneo Island in the diocese of Sintang on the Indonesia/Malaysia border. In this area the Church is deeply involve ...
• 10 October 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - A YEAR DEDICATED TO CHINESE HISTORY AND CULTURE: PONTIFICAL INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS PIME Milan (Fides Service) – “ SENTIERI CINESI Paths to China: paths of knowledge and encounter between Italy and China”: is the theme of a serious of special initiatives organised in Milan by the Pontifical Institute f ...
• 9 October 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - WINDS OF PEACE IN ASIA: SECURITY PACT SIGNED BY CHINA INDIAN AND JAPAN AND 10 ASEAN COUNTRIES Bali (Fides Service) – Besides closer economic ties themselves, the member nations of Asean Brunei Burma Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam meeting in Bali, Thailand, on 8 October s ...
• 8 October 2003
  ASIA/NEPAL - LORETO SISTERS THREATENED, MISSION TORCHED BY REBELS Kathmandu (Fides Service) – Despite a situation of fear and tension the Catholic community in Nepal continues its work of evangelisation, human promotion and education. In the small mountain kingdom there are about 6,0 ...
• 7 October 2003
  ASIA/HONGKONG - PUBLIC ROSARY PRAYER AT THE HEART OF MISSION SUNDAY CELEBRATIONS IN HONG KONG: 20,000 EXPECTED Rome (Fides Service) – On Sunday 19 October Hong Kong diocese will mark Catholic World Mission Day 2003 with a major event of prayer and evangelisation in the city sports centre. The occasion will also mark the start ...
• 7 October 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - YOUNG PEOPLE FOR YOUNG MISSION: 30,000 MEMBERS OF JESUS YOUTH INTERNATIONAL FOCUS ON PRAYER AND EVANGELISATION – LOOKING TOWARDS 20TH WORLD YOUTH DAY IN COLOGNE GERMANY 2005 Rome (Fides Service) – To bring Jesus Christ to young people with young talk and young ways is the aim of Jesus Youth International a Catholic charismatic movement started in Kerala, India. The movement is growing rapi ...
• 6 October 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - BUILDING A CHURCH FOR EVERYONE, MEET CHALLENGES OF MODERN WORLD AND EVANGELISE SOCIETY: SEOUL DIOCESAN SYNOD CONCLUSION AND CHALLENGES Seoul (Fides Service) – “With hope towards God” is the title of the post-synodal letter issued recently by Archbishop Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, of Seoul at the end of a four year diocesan synod. In the letter the Ar ...
• 3 October 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES- BISHOP LEDESMA SAYS BOMB BLAST IN MINDANAO MOSQUE WAS POLITICAL NOT RELIGIOUS ACT Manila (Fides Service) – There are no religious motives behind the bomb blast on 3 October in the early afternoon (local time) at Midsayap mosque near Cotabato on the island of Mindanao in southern Philippines. The rea ...
• 3 October 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - GOVERNMENT INSTITUTES NATIONAL AWARD IN MEMORY OF MOTHER TERESA TO PROMOTE HER MESSAGE OF LOVE AND SERVICE New Delhi (Fides Service) – A national award in honour of Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be instituted by the Indian government to commemorate the spirit of the religious of the white Sari. The award will go to a perso ...
• 3 October 2003
  ASIA/CHINA – SPECIAL EDITION OF “CHINA HEUTE” FOR THE CANONISATION OF JOSEF FREINADEMETZ Sankt Augustin (Fides Service) – A special issue dedicated to Saint Josef Freinademetz, Divine Word missionary in China bron in Tyrol has been published by the prestigious review of Chinese studies China heute (China T ...
• 2 October 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - OUR HOMELAND, THE FUTURE IRAQ, WILL BE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN EVER! Baghdad (Fides Service) - To share and alleviate people’s troubles, show solidarity, help them grow in faith: with these objectives a group of Iraqi Catholic seminarians, presently studying theology at the Pontifical ...