Asia
29 October 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Churches shelter earthquake victims in Abbottabad, race against time to reach isolated survivors before the Winter sets in
Islamabad (Fides Service) - Twenty homeless families have found shelter at a Catholic parish in the town of Abbottabad in Kashmir where the local Catholic community has opened churches, institutes and schools to people w ...
29 October 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Family domestic church”: Symposium in Suwon diocese
Suwon (Fides Service) - Reaffirm the centrality of the family in the Church’s pastoral care was the aim of a symposium held recently in the diocese of Suwon on “Family domestic Church”. At least a thousand people a ...
28 October 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop John Tong presides 100th anniversary celebrations at Rosary Church
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Addressing parishioners at Rosary Church in the central Kowloon district of Hong Kong on the occasion of the parish’s 100th anniversary, Bishop John Tong, auxiliary of Hong Kong, said “Our ...
28 October 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Ten days of intense prayer and reflection on the Eucharist: Seoul Archdiocese concludes fruitful Eucharistic Congress
Seoul (Fides Service) - The archdiocese of Seoul ended a ten day Eucharistic Congress on Sunday 23 October. Ten days of deep prayer and serious reflection on the Eucharist marked the closing of the special Year of the Eu ...
28 October 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Local Catholics join “Help Kashmir” campaign coordinated by a Hindu leader - inter-religious prayer for earthquake victims
New Delhi (Fides Service) - “Help Kashmir” is an aid campaign in aid of victims of the October 8 earthquake launched by religious leaders, churches, NGOs and associations in Bhopal, capital of the Indian state of Mad ...
28 October 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Five Catholic nuns attacked by Hindu fundamentalist in Rajasthan: tension rises
New Delhi (Fides Service) - Indian Christians are under shock after yet another episode of anti-Christian violence. On 25 October five Catholics nuns were attacked by Hindu extremists in Bhandaria, Banswara district, Raj ...
27 October 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Muslims welcome with gratitude 7 million dollars donated by Caritas India to rebuild homes in Kashmir destroyed by earthquake.
New Delhi (Fides Service) - Catholic aid agency Caritas India has announced a contribution of 7 million dollars for reconstruction in earthquake affected areas of Kashmir. An extraordinary commitment, the concrete expr ...
27 October 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Successful “cyber-pastoral”: catechumens follow instruction via the web
Seoul (Fides Service) - Learning the principle contents of the faith on the Web and using a home PC to follow an itinerary of catechumenate leading to baptism is possible today in South Korea where the local Catholic co ...
26 October 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Caritas warning: “This is a very serious medical emergency”. Caritas volunteers help patients at devastated Leprosy Centre in the earthquake affected area of Kashmir
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - True to its mission the local Catholic aid agency Caritas is helping people most in need after the devastating earthquake in Kashmir.
A Caritas Pakistan team led by Dr Andreas Fabricius sent ...
26 October 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - New President of Korean Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Augustune Cheong Myeng-cho presents plans
Seoul (Fides Service) - The Church in Korea will continue to give serious attention to the mission of evangelisation, to promoting the good of the nation, to keeping the Church ‘young and dynamic and working for nation ...
25 October 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Proclamation, witness and sharing, young Salesians in Daejeong
Daejeong (Fides Service) - Two thousands people contacted, met, evangelised: this was the fruit of activities of festivity and proclamation connected with the Feast of Saint John Bosco, recently by pupils at Salesian sch ...
25 October 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Protests and rising tension in Kerala after attack on Catholic Bishop’s residence
Cochin (Fides Service) - While the police have arrested 8 suspects with regard to the recent attack on the residence of the Catholic Bishop of Neyyatinkara actions of protest are being organised by the civil community . ...
25 October 2005
ASIA/INDONESIA - “Do not forget last year’s tsunami victims!”: Jesuits call to international community
Jakarta (Fides Service) - The earthquake disaster in Pakistan must not make people forget the victims of the December 2004 tsunami, say Indonesian volunteers working to assist seaquake victims.
One of the most active or ...
24 October 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - “The challenge now is to co-ordinate aid” said head of Caritas Pakistan Bishop Joseph Coutts
Islamabad (Fides Service) - Bishop Joseph Coutts, director of Caritas Pakistan has just returned from a visit to people in areas affected by the October 8 earthquake. Reporting from Caritas base in Rawalpindi the Bishops ...
24 October 2005
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Take note of the signs of the times, listen to the “flock of the faithful”: Manila archdiocese closet pastoral assembly with 2,000 delegates
Manila (Fides Service) - At the end of a general pastoral assembly organised by the archdiocese of Manila, yesterday 23 October, Archbishop Gaudencio B. Rosales said on behalf of the whole community “We wish to be a pe ...
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