Asia

• 28 September 2006
  ASIA/JAPAN - Children's letters and poems dedicated to Francis Xavier on show in Kagoshima to mark the 5th centenary of his birth: an opportunity to rediscover the Saint’s missionary charisma Kagoshima (Agenzia Fides) - “Dear Fr Francis thank you for looking after us” a little girl at a Catholic primary school in Kagoshima writes in a letter composed as part of thanksgiving celebrations to commemorate th ...
• 28 September 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Courageous witness of tiny Catholic community in Quetta, an impervious region of Pakistan bordering on Iran and Afghanistan Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - It is not easy, but the small Catholic community in Quetta keeps the flame of faith burning. Catholics in the apostolic prefecture of Quetta, which borders on Iran and Afghanistan, are mainly sub ...
• 27 September 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - With optimism and enthusiasm Caritas South Korea prepares to shoulder responsibility for cooperation programmes in north Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - “We are very busy at the Caritas South Korea offices in Seoul”, says Stella Koh, head of International Cooperation at Caritas Korea. Religious, laity, volunteers, are preparing to take over co ...
• 27 September 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Hsin Chu prepares 3rd Sacred Scripture Seminar on the “Return to the Word of God, walk with Christ” Hsin Chu (Agenzia Fides) - Hsin Chu is preparing for the 3rd Sacred Scripture Seminar on the “Return to the Word of God, walk with Christ” sponsored by the Commission for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Teaching of ...
• 26 September 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic Bishop of Maumere (Flores): “We shouted and campaigned for all human life not only the lives of our three Catholics and we will continue the battle side by side with our Muslim brothers and sisters Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - “The campaign to abolish capital punishment has nothing to do with religion”, said Bishop Vincentius Sensi of Maumere diocese of Flores, the home of Domingus Da Silva, one of the three Indon ...
• 26 September 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Council of Catholic priests in Colombo archdiocese warns that widespread violence, kidnapping, killing could cause the country to collapse Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Council of Priests of the Catholic archdiocese of Colombo has voiced great alarm for growing crime rate, including killings, abductions, disappearances and other forms of violence. In a pres ...
• 26 September 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - “Serving the Sick means doing God’s Will”: Sisters of the Holy Cross Society celebrate 150th anniversary launching new programme to help children with hearing and speech impediments Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In India there are at least 425,000 people who cannot hear or speak but no structures for specialised assistance. Now the Catholic Sisters of the Holy Cross Society have launched a new Home-Trainin ...
• 23 September 2006
  ASIA/KUWAIT - Statement by Bishop Ballin, Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait with regard to Pope Benedict XVI’s Lecture at Regensburg Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The following statement was issued in English, Arabic and Italian by the Catholic Bishop Camillo Ballin, Vicar Apostolic in Kuwait, to address certain reactions in the Muslim world to a lecture giv ...
• 23 September 2006
  ASIA - We come from local churches in remote areas of the world and in these three weeks we have heard the beating heart of the universal Church, say participants at the end of the Study Seminar for recently appointed Bishops organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Bishops from different countries in America, Asia, Africa and Oceania shared their impressions with Fides at the end of a three week Study Seminar organised by the Congregation for the Evan ...
• 23 September 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Solemn Mass closes Eucharistic Congress 2006 in archdiocese of Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A solemn Mass celebrated on 16 September at the Catholic University of Korea in Seoul marked the closing of Eucharistic Congress 2006 organised by the archdiocese of Seoul. The Congress, on the th ...
• 23 September 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Radio Veritas Chinese section in Taiwan marks 30 years of service to evangelisation over the radio Taipei (Agenzia Fides) -“Thirty years of sowing and watering have allowed Radio Veritas Chinese section in Taiwan to collect flowers and fruits of evangelisation. Let us ask the Lord to continue to guide our work of ev ...
• 22 September 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Course in journalism for young people dedicated to St Francis Xavier, announcer in Asia of the Good News Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - In the western Indian state of Gujarat, often the scene of Hindu religious nationalism, the Jesuit Fathers are offering a special Course in Communications for young people of all religions ded ...
• 22 September 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - At dawn 22 September 3 Indonesian Catholics executed. Fr. Ismartono: “We must all unite to abolish the death penalty. No to spiral of hatred and violence” Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Fabianus Tibo, Marianus Riwu and Dominggus da Silva, three Indonesian Catholics found guilt of being involved in a massacre of Muslims in Poso in 2000, were executed at 1am 22 September. The loc ...
• 21 September 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishop of Jaffna launches appeal to find priest and lay man who disappeared a month ago Jaffna (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Thomas Savundaranayagam of the diocese of Jaffna, in north of Sri Lanka has launched an appeal for a more thorough investigation into the disappearance of a Catholic priest and lay man las ...
• 21 September 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Another Catholic school comes under attack: Salesian institute in north east India is completely sacked Itanagar (Agenzia Fides) - Another Catholic school in India has come under attack. After the recent attack on a school run by the Loreto Sisters in Luknow, Uttar Pradesh, another episode of violence has been reported to ...