Asia

• 20 June 2007
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Minster of Education Mohmmad Hanif Atmar underlined the importance of the contribution and work of the Jesuits to develop education in the country Herat (Agenzia Fides) - The Afghan minister for education, Mohmmad Hanif Atmar, underlined the importance of the contribution of the Jesuit Refugee Service to promote literacy and education in the country. The minister w ...
• 19 June 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Berhampore pays homage to Mother Teresa of Calcutta with a Film Festival and the unveiling of a statue Berhampore (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Berhampore is preparing for a Film Festival in honour of Mother Teresa of Calcutta: four days of films and debate from 27 - 30 June at Rabindra Sadan, and also the unveiling of a ...
• 18 June 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Six months old new mission in Tawl-Tawl where there are 72 Catholic families Manila (Agenzia Fides) - “A new mission has been opened ! This is a moment of grace: children and adults wear their best clothes to be baptised and confirmed. Excited and little anxious they listen to the Word of God. ...
• 18 June 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 10th edition of Catholic Literary Award goes to two works: parent/ child relationship and the power of forgiveness Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Literary Award, instituted by the Catholic Times in 1998 for authors who sublime the Catholic spirit in literature, celebrated this year its 10th edition. On June 7 at the Uri Bank Au ...
• 15 June 2007
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Gaza: dramatic report from Caritas Jerusalem. “ The streets, rooftops, and even the hospitals have been turned into battlefields and most people are too afraid to go out” Gaza (Agenzia Fides)-“The medical personnel cannot leave home. My children are so afraid. We keep hearing explosions and shooting …there is fighting everywhere”. This is the dramatic testimony from Dr Bandalay El-S ...
• 12 June 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales Archbishop of Manila,: “The people who abducted Fr. Bossi could be common criminals. Islam is not to be blamed” Manila (Agenzia Fides) - “Another missionary taken hostage! This is very sad. He is not the only one: in the past other priests and missionaries were taken hostage and some were killed. In Mindanao there are groups of ...
• 12 June 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Blessed Sister Alfonsa will be India's first Saint Cochin (Agenzia Fides) - Blessed Alfonsa, a sister from Kerala, will be India's first Saint. Pope Benedict XVI signed the decree for canonisation on June 1. Catholics in Kerala have welcomed the news which spread quickl ...
• 12 June 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Catholics live month of the Sacred Heart with deep devotion and in memory of John Paul II Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Taiwan are living June, the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with deep devotion and in grateful memory of the beloved Pope John Paul II. According to the Tai Pei diocesan bulleti ...
• 11 June 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In Mindanao Catholics wait and pray for the safe return of Fr. Bossi, Italian missionary taken hostage, prayers of the community and those who want peace Manila (Agenzia Fides) - With anxiety and concern the local Church in the Philippines watches for developments in the abduction of Fr. Giancarlo Bossi, who disappeared yesterday 10 June in Zamboanga, Mindanao, in the ter ...
• 8 June 2007
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Returnee refugee crisis continues: local Church appeals to civil authorities Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis of returnee refugees in East Timor seems nowhere near a solution. “Some 30,000 displaced persons are living in 51 camps in the capital Dili and another 70,000 have moved to districts w ...
• 8 June 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - Save Iraqi Christians: call from Caritas Internationalis and Aid to the Church in Need Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - In Iraq violence against Christians continues. The local Church reported that after the murder of Fr Ganni and his three assistants in Mosul, in Baghdad a Chaldean Catholic priest Fr. Hani Abdul ...
• 6 June 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ever more difficult the life of believers in Christ in the land of Iraq Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - For Iraqi Christians life is increasingly difficult due to the never ending war and escalation of confessional violence which culminated earlier this week with the murder in Mosul of a Chaldean ...
• 5 June 2007
  ASIA/JAPAN - Japan's 188 martyrs will be Beatified, the country's Catholics overjoyed Tokyo (Fides Service) - Catholics in Japan are celebrating since Pope Benedict XVI signed a decree on June 1 recognising the martyrdom of 188 priests, religious and lay people killed in Japan between 1603 and 1639. The J ...
• 5 June 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Australia-Philippines agreement to fight terrorism in South East Asia Manila (Fides Service) - To render the area of South East Asia more secure, combat terrorism and piracy, co-operate in intelligence and defence an agreement was signed in Canberra by Australian prime minister John Howard ...
• 4 June 2007
  ASIA/IRAQ - A Catholic priest and three deacons assassinated in Iraq Mosul (Fides Service) - Four Chaldean Catholics, a priest and three deacons were brutally assassinated yesterday 3 June in Mosul in front of Holy Spirit Church as they left after Mass. The three men were Fr. Ragheed Aziz ...