Asia

• 21 July 2009
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Refugees return, but the operations are not enough Dili (Agenzia Fides) – The drama of those who have been forced to leave their homes, lands, and all they own, because of the violence and conflict, is all too familiar to the people of East Timor. The nation, from its ...
• 21 July 2009
  ASIA/LAOS - Small Church in Laos remembers Bishop Vorachak, Apostolic Vicar of Savannakhet Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) – A community in mourning, united in their sorrow but with a steadfast faith in the eternal embrace of the Father, has remembered the figure of Bishop Jean Sommeng Vorachak, Apostolic Vicar ...
• 21 July 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - At the opening of the Year for Priests, prayer with photo of all the priests of the Archdiocese of Beijing distributed, to encourage daily prayer for priests Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The text of the prayer for priests for the Year for Priests, with photos and a brief biography of each of the diocese's 50 priests was distributed to all the faithful at the solemn celebration ...
• 20 July 2009
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Jemaah Islamiyah behind attacks in Jakarta Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – The Indonesian police have announced that the Jemaah Islamiyah is behind the kamikaze attacks that took place in Jakarta during the night this past July 16-17, causing 8 deaths and over 60 wou ...
• 20 July 2009
  ASIA - The Church in Asia and paths of dialogue: FABC seminar Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Dialogue, in all its forms, is for the Church in Asia a fruitful road to evangelization. This is the principle at the heart of reflection and discussion for the seminar being organized by the ...
• 20 July 2009
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Catholic Church offers “guardian angels” to young mothers: the work of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in 4 centers, two telephone help lines and a website Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – According to statistics from the Internal Affairs Ministry of the government in Taiwan, 8,195 children were born to single mothers in 2008, equal to 4% of all births. The number of mothers und ...
• 17 July 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Laity's participation in the life of the Church and society: new Pastoral Letter from Filipino Bishops, on presidential elections Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic laity should actively participate in the pastoral life of the Church and social renewal, with an “evangelically fruitful presence” in institutions, politics, the structures of ...
• 17 July 2009
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The youth of Hong Kong prepare for the Asian Youth Day scheduled for November in the Philippines Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The 5th Asian Youth Day will take place on Tagaytay City (Philippines), on November 23 to 27, however various initiatives are being planned to prolong the celebration November 20-30. The mai ...
• 16 July 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - More intense spiritual life, continual formation, and priestly ordinations mark the beginning of the Year for Priests in the “Pauline Spirit” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – According to reports sent to Agenzia Fides, various Catholic communities on mainland China are celebrating the beginning of the Year for Priests, in communion with the Holy Father and the Univ ...
• 16 July 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Mass Media and Mission”: forum of the Bishops' Commission for Social Communications Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - “Mass Media and Mission: The image of the Catholic Church in the eyes of the media” was the theme of a recent forum promoted in Seoul by the Bishops' Commission for Social Communications, pres ...
• 16 July 2009
  ASIA/NEPAL - “We will not leave Nepal because of the threats we receive. The mission continues,” Pro-Vicar Apostolic tells Fides Katmandu (Agenzia Fides) - “We are concerned and fear more attacks like that of Assumption Cathedral (see Fides 25/5/2009). But, as Christians, we will not let ourselves be intimidated and we will not leave the country ...
• 15 July 2009
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Salesians' rehabilitation effort with former child soldiers, after the tragic years of war Mannar (Agenzia Fides) – The civil war in Sri Lanka has left behind deep marks and wounds in the lives of the children there, especially as a result of the sad reality of child soldiers who were often kidnapped and use ...
• 15 July 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Summer pastoral activities underway in various Catholic communities Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – As is the case every year, the various Catholic communities on mainland China are now carrying out their Summer pastoral activities for Catholic and non-Catholic youth, offering Christian, hum ...
• 15 July 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - The Gospel makes its way among the Garo peoples, thanks to the charisma of Padre Pio of Pietrelcina Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Garo indigenous peoples of northeast India are evermore receptive to the message of the Gospel and are converting to Christianity. This is, at least in part, thanks to the charisma o ...
• 14 July 2009
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - “Old and new” missionaries for evangelizing the country and the ad gentes mission Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – The missionaries have given and continue to give a determining contribution to the evangelization of the country, for human promotion and for the social development of the Bengal people. On the ...