Asia

• 23 September 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - PEACE AND RECONCILIATION IN THE NAME OF MOTHER TERESA, ANTIDOTE FOR INTERRELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN GUJARAT STATE: BISHOPS SPEAK TO FIDES SERVICE Ahmedabad (Fides Service) – Mother Teresa is an antidote for religious fundamentalism, the Catholic Bishops of the four dioceses in Gujarat State of India tell Fides Service. On the occasion of the Beatification of the ...
• 23 September 2003
  ASIA/MYANMAR - AMIDST ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TROUBLES WITNESS OF FAITH ENTRUSTED TO ZETAMAN YOUNG CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES Vatican City (Fides Service) – Deep in the forest in central Myanmar, groups of young Catholic missionaries called Zetamans, (little evangelisers) go around villages teaching children to know and love Jesus. Fides lear ...
• 22 September 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - IN THE NEW IRAQ FOR THE FIRST TIME A CHALDEAN PRIEST MEMBER OF MOSUL PROVINCIAL COUNCIL: “PEACE DEPENDS ON EFFORTS OF EVERYONE” Mosul (Fides Service) – In the new Iraq, Mosul, the historical Ninive where Christians have always been present, has in its Provincial Council, the civil authority in the area, for the first time a Chaldean priest, Rev ...
• 22 September 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - IRAQI CHRISTIAN HOLD FIRST CONVENTION Arbil (Fides Service) - Iraqi Chaldean Christians are holding a Meeting, the first in post-war Iraq. The five day meeting, taking place in Kosinjak near Arbil in the region of Iraqi Kurdistan, is attended by Christians f ...
• 22 September 2003
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - DIALOGUE BETWEEN RELIGIONS IS A PATH FOR PEACE: INTERRELIGIOUS MEETING IN THE HEART OF ASIA, KAZAKHSTAN A BRIDGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST Astana (Fides Service) – For two days, 23 and 24 September the Spirit of Assisi blew in Astana the capital of Kazakhstan, during an interreligious meeting attended by a delegation from the Holy See. Speaking to Fides ...
• 19 September 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - TERRORISM: FOREIGN TO EVERY FORM OF RELIGION AND THE ENEMY OF HUMANITY, SAYS ARCHBISHOP SALDHANA OF LAHORE Lahore (Fides Service) – “I condemn all forms of terrorism in Pakistan and in the rest of the world”. This statement was made by Archbishop Lawrence Saldhana when he addressed Muslims and Christians at recent meeti ...
• 19 September 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - FUNDAMENTAL THEOLOGY GUIDANCE PROGRAMME TO HELP DEEPEN FAITH OF CHINESE LAITY, YOUTH ESPECIALLY Beijing (Fides Service) – “There is a strong desire among Chinese Catholics, young people in particular, to deepen their knowledge faith. Not content with the elements of faith handed on orally by parents or grandpar ...
• 18 September 2003
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - PATH TO PEACE FOUNDATION FUNDED PROFESSIONAL TRAINING CENTRE RUN BY CANOSSIAN SISTERS IN DILI OPENED BY ARCHBISHOP MARTINO Dili (Fides Service) – Some 120 students have enrolled for courses in domestic science, sowing and computer techniques, at a new Professional Training Centre run by the Canossian Sisters in Dili, capital of East Timor ...
• 17 September 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - REMOVE PREJUDICE AND STEREOTYPES TO BUILD PEACE AND RECONCILIATION IN INDONESIA AND EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD: CHRISTIAN, MUSLIM AND BUDDHIST YOUTH EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES Padang (Fides Service) – The situation is not only one of violence and conflict in the tormented island of Sumatra where the army is waging a vast campaign to suppress separatists, there are also experiences of dialogu ...
• 17 September 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - BISHOP SHELMON WARDUNI OF THE PATRIARCHATE OF BAGHDAD TELLS FIDES: "WE ASK ONLY FOR RESPECT FOR OUR RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ETHNIC RIGHTS” - A NEW DOOR IS OPEN FOR DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIMS Baghdad (Fides Service) – In the new post-war Iraq all the different political parties and ethnic and religious groups are anxious to play a part in the rebuilding of the new nation. Chaldean Catholics, 80% of the enti ...
• 16 September 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - NEW ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA GAUDENCIO ROSALES: “AT THIS DIFFICULT TIME I WILL WORK FOR CONTINUITY: GRATITUDE TO OUTGOING ARCHBISHOP CARDINAL SIN Vatican City (Fides Service) – “I am uneasy. I feel like Saint Joseph after he had the vision of angel telling him not to worry, when Mary was expecting Jesus, or troubled like the Blessed Mother after the annunciati ...
• 16 September 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - CHALDEAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALL FOR RECOGNITION AND REPRESENTATION IN THE BUILDING OF NEW DEMOCRATIC IRAQ Baghdad (Fides Service) – The Chaldean Bishops of Iraq sent a declaration on “the role of Chaldeans in the new Iraq” to the Civil Administrator of Iraq Mr Paul Bremer. In their statement signed by 19 Chaldean Bish ...
• 16 September 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - BISHOP MANDAGI OF AMBOINA SAYS THE MOLUCCAS ARE STARTING A NEW LIFE, STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED CLOSED ANOTHER STEP TAKEN TOWARDS LASTING PEACE Ambon (Fides Service) – “The Moluccas are starting a new life. There is a new atmosphere of confidence and hope. People realise that no good can come of conflict and violence. I am confident that a lasting peace agre ...
• 16 September 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - FOLLOWING TYPHOON MAEMI CARITAS KOREA STARTS SOLIDARITY CHAIN - NEXT SUNDAY SPECIAL COLLECTION FOR DISASTER VICTIMS Seoul (Fides Service) – A chain of solidarity was set up by Caritas Korea as an immediate response to help victims of typhoon Maemi which struck the south and east of the peninsula a few days ago. Alex Lee, head of t ...
• 12 September 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - CITY AND RURAL CATHOLIC YOUTH COME TOGETHER TO SHARE EXPERIENCES Beijing (Fides Service) – Their life styles differ but their faith is the same. This discovery was made by a group of Catholic youth during the Summer holidays when a parish community in Beijing organised a visit to a ...