Asia

• 25 July 2003
  ASIA/VIETNAM - VIETNAM’S OVERSEAS CATHOLICS, MANY FORMER ‘BOAT PEOPLE’ FERVENT IN FAITH AND COMMITTED TO MISSION FOR CIVIL AND MORAL REBUILDING OF THEIR HOMELAND Rome (Fides Service) – Today there are more than 2 million Vietnamese living outside their homeland in 30 different countries and about 500,000 of them are Catholics. Besides these two million, there are another 300,00 ...
• 24 July 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - FIRST BISHOP TO VISIT N. KOREA SINCE THE WAR, IS TODAY PRESIDENT OF THE BISHOPS CONFERENCE, AND CONSULTOR OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELISATION OF PEOPLES Seoul (Fides Service) – Archbishop Andrew Choi Chang-mou of Kwangju has been appointed Consultor of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples . His appointment is a recognition of the important role of the ...
• 24 July 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - MORE THAN 10,000 DELEGATES FROM ALL ASIA FROM 9-16 AUGUST IN BANGALORE FOR ASIAN YOUTH DAY – SR. NIRMALA WILL TELL YOUTH ABOUT MOTHER TERESA Bangalore (Fides Service) – Everything is ready in Bangalore for the Asian Youth meeting, 9-16 August which will have the theme Asian Youth for Peace. The event is promoted by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Asia ...
• 23 July 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - EXHIBITION ON THE LIFE OF MATTEO RICCI, THE MISSIONARY WHO OPENED THE PATHS OF CHINA TO FAITH IN CHRIST Macerata (Fides Service) – To make known to a wider public the figure and work of Matteo Ricci, Jesuit missionary to China in the late 16th century, an exhibition has been opened in Macerata, the Italian town where the ...
• 18 July 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - A CREDIT CARD FOR CHARITY: FORMER CATHOLIC SCHOOL PUPILS OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS TO POOR CHILDREN Bangalore (Fides Service) – Shopping can also be a work of charity. Former pupils of Christ College in Bangalore, a prestigious Catholic college where many of India’s eminent personalities of the world of culture, po ...
• 18 July 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “OPTIMISM AND HOPE IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES” BISHOP IN MINDANAO TELLS FIDES SERVICE – GOVERNMENT REBELS CEASE FIRE IS FRUIT OF CHURCH MEDIATION Kidapawan (Fides Service) – “We are delighted: the cease fire agreement is truly a welcome signal of hope and encouragement. I am optimistic for the outcome of peace talks: there is commitment and good will on both s ...
• 18 July 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - NEW YOUTH MAGAZINE IN FAISALABAD IN MEMORY OF LATE DOMINICAN BISHOP ANDREOTTI WHO “LED YOUNG PEOPLE TO CHRIST” Faisalabad (Fides Service) – He is remembered in his diocese as a passionate supporter of youth pastoral, a Bishop who encouraged and accompanied many priestly and religious vocations, built schools, social and cultura ...
• 17 July 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - DISADVANTAGED YOUTH DISCOVER ARTISTIC TALENTS IN ART, CULTURE, LITERATURE THANKS TO SUMMER COMMUNICATIONS COURSE OFFERED BY JHABUA DIOCESE New Delhi (Fides Service) – The Church in India is multiplying initiatives for the growth and development of its activity in the field of communications, adopted as a pastoral priority for the new millennium. After the ...
• 17 July 2003
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - ARCHBISHOP OF KUALA LUMPUR TO FIDES SERVICE: CHURCH UNITY AND DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIMS FOR AUTHENTIC LIVING WITNESS OF FAITH Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) – “All our pastoral efforts focus on unity. We are working to render the Church in Malaysia a communion of communities, reflecting and putting into practice the spirituality of communion� ...
• 16 July 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - FAMILY HAS MAJOR ROLE IN NEW EVANGELISATION: SYMPOSIUM ON PASTORAL CARE FOR FAMILIES Seoul (Fides Service) – “The future of the family is the future of the Church” was the theme of a symposium held last week at the auditorium adjoining Myongdong Catholic Cathedral in Seoul. The symposium was organi ...
• 16 July 2003
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - CARITAS HONG KONG RENEWS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE FOOD, HEALTH AND FARMING ASSISTANCE TO IMPOVERISHED NORTH KOREA Hong Kong (Fides Service) – Caritas Hong Kong intends to continue helping North Korea and working to promote peace and reconciliation in the Korean peninsula. The was said in a statement issued by the recent General Me ...
• 16 July 2003
  ASIA/CHINA/HONG KONG - FROM HONG KONG TO AFRICA: FIRST DIOCESAN PRIEST GOES ON MISSION Hong Kong (Fides Service) – “We are delighted. This is a sign of the maturity of our local Church. Concern for the young Churches of Africa is a sign of growth: when a church is missionary it means that it is dynamic ...
• 15 July 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - THANKS TO ARCHBISHOP’S MEDIATION CONFLICTING ETHNIC GROUPS IN EAST INDIA MAKE PEACE Guwahati (Fides Service) – A Catholic Archbishop succeeded in bringing feuding tribal groups in the east Indian State of Assam to make peace. Mgr Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati offered to mediate to try to put an end ...
• 15 July 2003
  ASIA/VIETNAM - VIETNAMESE DIASPORA DETERMINED TO “PUT OUT INTO THE DEEP”: FIRST MEETING OF NEW MILLENNIUM FOR VIETNAM’S OVERSEAS CATHOLICS 24-27 JULY IN ROME Rome (Fides Service) – It will be the first meeting for overseas Vietnamese Catholics of the new millennium and it will help “continue along the spiritual path started in the Holy Year in response to the Pope’s cal ...
• 14 July 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - CALCUTTA FILM FESTIVAL TO HONOUR MOTHER TERESA Calcutta (Fides Service) – To mark the beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta SIGNIS-India is organising a Film Festival in November this year. The little Mother known all over the world for her mission of caring ...