Asia

• 23 March 2004
  ASIA/JAPAN - “People with AIDS are our brothers and sisters”: a Japanese nun in front line to combat prejudice and help people with HIV/AIDS Tokyo (Fides Service) - Counselling moral support, concrete assistance for people with HIV/AIDS is the mission of a Japanese Catholic nun Sister Shigehisa Machi, who works as a volunteer at the HIV and Human Rights Info ...
• 23 March 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Amidst hopes and fears Ivory Coast waits for outcome of Opposition demonstration on March 25 Abidjan (Fides Service)- Ivory Coast is waiting to see what happens during the Opposition demonstration on March 25. “Today there is less tension then yesterday when people feared the nation was on the edge of a precip ...
• 23 March 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Padayon Centre run by the Emmanuel Community engaged in building interreligious harmony and serving the poor, marks 1st anniversary Zamboanga (Fides Service) - Promote interreligious dialogue and offer assistance to poor families is the mission of Padayon Center in Zamboanga, in southern Mindanao, in the Philippines. Padayon in the local language me ...
• 23 March 2004
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Election victory for moderate Islam led by Abdullah Badawi: relief among ethnic and religious minorities Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) - There is general satisfaction particularly among ethnic and religious minorities for the outcome of the vote on 21 March. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, his party Barisan Nasional BN ...
• 22 March 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Laity Meeting: leading role in the local Church committed to promoting family values and evangelising society Seoul (Fides Service) - Korea’s lay Catholics are exemplary for their vivacity, dynamism, maturity and ability to evangelise. The Church in Korea is solidly based on active participation of lay people who make an impor ...
• 18 March 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Evangelisation through music in Lent looking towards Easter: Catholic “Wave” studios announces new production Lahore (Fides Service) - Announcing the Easter Message of Resurrection through music is the latest initiative undertaken by Wave Studio in Lahore, directed by Father John Nadeem. The project consists of a new audio-casse ...
• 17 March 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese police release Catholic Bishop Wei Jingyi arrested on 5 March Vatican City (Fides Service) - With great joy Fides learned of the release of Bishop Wei Jingyi, Bishop of the Chinese diocese of Qiqihar, detained by the Chinese police on March 5. The news of the arrest of Bishop Wei J ...
• 17 March 2004
  ASIA/JAPAN - Catholic students in Japan fight trafficking and sexual abuse of minors Tokyo (Fides Service) - Catholic students in Japan are working to eliminate trafficking and sexual abuse of minors in Japan and elsewhere: many of Tokyo’s young people work as volunteers at the offices of the Japanese ...
• 17 March 2004
  ASIA/ PHILIPPINES - “Reconciliation will only come through forgiveness” say Christians and Muslims leaders in the southern Philippines Manila (Fides Service) - “The only way to heal the trauma, the wounds of war victims is to promote reconciliation through forgiveness”: this affirmation was made by the Bishops-Ulema Conference, (BUC), formed in 1996 ...
• 16 March 2004
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Holy Cross Congregation concludes celebrations for 150 years of evangelising activity in Bangladesh Dhaka (Fides Service) - Thanks to the evangelising work of the Holy Cross Congregation, in 150 years the number of Catholics in Bangladesh grew from 13,000 to more than 270, 000. The Congregation has just marked he 150th ...
• 16 March 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslims and Christians share evening meal to break the Christian Lenten fast: Muslim leaders welcome Christian delegation to Pakistan’s most important Mosque Lahore (Fides Service) - In Pakistan collaboration among Muslims Christians is growing and acts of friendship are multiplying. Following a first visit in January by a Christian delegation to Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, th ...
• 15 March 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Christians assist family of Muslim bus driver shot dead for trying to prevent kidnapping of little Christian school girl. Missionary in the Philippines tells of many such stories of Christian-Muslim reciprocal solidarity Pikit (Fides Service) - Fighting in Mindanao is not a war between Muslims and Christians, Father Robert Layson, Oblate Missionary of Mary Immaculate (OMI), parish priest in Pikit and head of the OMI interreligious dialog ...
• 15 March 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Catholic Press Association marks 40th anniversary “The Catholic community was among the first to take an interest in the field of the media, often thanks to work of missionaries”, Father Babu Joseph, spokesman of the Indian Bishops Conference told Fides Bangalore (Fides Service) - “At the age of forty a person is mature. And the Indian Catholic Press Association, ICPA is marking its 40th year of activity looking at the past and to the future”. Father Babu Joseph, s ...
• 13 March 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “To uproot child labour a greater effort must be made to eliminate poverty”: Archbishop Lawrence Saldhana, President of Bishops’ Conference tells Fides - The local Church provide child workers with free afternoon schooling Lahore (Fides Service) - “To eliminate the tragedy of child labour, poverty must be eliminated and families must be enabled to live a life of dignity” said Archbishop Lawrence Saldhana of Lahore and President of the ...
• 13 March 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church keeps close watch on child labour: religious institutes and lay associations provide valid assistance New Delhi (Fides Service) - “The Catholic Church in India is actively involved in initiatives to prevent child labour. Many dioceses and religious institutes work to address this problem by assisting families, providin ...