Asia
6 April 2005
ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Catholics in Persian Gulf countries pray for John Paul II
Dubai (Fides Service)- On Sunday 3 April a requiem mass for Pope John Paul II was said in St Michael’s church in Dubai. “We have lost a great figure who was committed to the good of the whole of humanity,” said rep ...
5 April 2005
ASIA/CHINA - “Why are you crying? Our great father has gone to heaven”
Beijing (Fides Service) - Catholic boys and girls in China are using the Internet to exchange messages and share their love for Pope John Paul II via a web site http://www.shangzhi.org/mdata/index.asp. In a message signe ...
5 April 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Mourning Chinese Catholics attended early Masses for the Pope in every chapel and church in Beijing: “Mission continues”
Beijing (Fides Service) - “Although he never made the longed desired journey to China, John Paul II is already working miracles in this country. Like the seed which dies and bears fruit the Holy Father’s mission in C ...
5 April 2005
ASIA/CHINA - More than 60 priests concelebrate Mass for the Pope attended by about 100 seminarians and thousands of people. The parish priest recalls the Pope’s love and concern for China and Chinese Catholics’ sense of communion with the Pope
Beijing (Fides Service) - According to the official Catholic bulletin published in Beijing which bore a large coloured photograph of Pope John Paul II, at least 2000 people including about 50 foreigners, mainly Poles, to ...
5 April 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Security Council chairman, Chinese Ambassador to the UN, leads minute of silence in honour of the Pope describing the late Pontiff as a “tireless promoter of peace and a pioneer of inter-religious dialogue”
Beijing (Fides Service) - “Pope John Paul II was a tireless promoter of peace and a pioneer of inter-religious dialogue” the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations Wang Guang Ya, presently chairman of the UN Secur ...
5 April 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Bangalore diocese will dedicate Eucharistic Congress to the Pope, a man of the Eucharist
Bangalore (Fides Service) -Bangalore diocese in the south eastern state of Karnataka has decided to dedicate its diocesan Eucharistic Congress 29 April 1 May to the memory of Pope John Paul II. About 5,000 people mainly ...
5 April 2005
ASIA/IRAQ - Syrian Catholic Bishop of Baghdad: “In our heart we are with Rome”. Iraqi Premier: “A man who sided with the poor”
Baghdad (Fides Service) - Syrian Catholic Bishop Matti Shaba Matoka of Baghdad gave the following statement to Fides: “Geographically we are at some distance from Rome but in our heart and in our prayers we are close. ...
5 April 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic Bishops’ publish obituary tributes for John Paul II, a Shepherd with a deep love for China
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The Kong Ko Bao bulletin of the Catholic diocese of Hong Kong published obituary tributes for John Paul II written by the Bishop Joseph Zen and Auxiliary Bishop John Tong Hon. Bishop Zen wrote ...
5 April 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholics of Hong Kong offer prayers and acts of solidarity in memory of the Pope: special collections for tsunami victims
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The Catholic diocese of Hong Kong has urged Catholics to make the passing of Pope John Paul II an occasion for showing generous solidarity with those in need, according to Kong Ko Bao, the dio ...
5 April 2005
ASIA/IRAQ - The “Mandeian” believers, a very ancient community of so-called “Christians of Saint John the Baptist”, expected at the Pope’s funeral
Stockholm (Fides Agency) - At the Pope’s funeral there will also be the “Mandeian” believers, belonging to an ancient cult connected to Saint John Baptist, which is present in Iraq and in diaspora communities in se ...
5 April 2005
ASIA/INDIA - He was also a Pope for the Sikh: the acknowledgment of the Indian believers with a turban
New Delhi (Fides Agency) - The Sikh believers in India pay homage, respect and honour to John Paul II, as they say in a message sent to Fides by a few Sikh leaders. Also Manmohan Singh, the present Prime Minister of the ...
5 April 2005
ASIA/IRAQ - “I felt loved like a son” says Syrian Catholic Bishop of Mosul released by kidnappers after John Paul II intervened
Baghdad (Fides Service)- Syrian Catholic Bishop Basile Georges Casmoussa of Mosul released by his captors thanks also to an immediate intervention by Pope John Paul II says Iraqi Catholics are grieving and mourning the p ...
4 April 2005
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “John Paul II was the conscience of humanity” says Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales of Manila
Manila (Fides Service) - “He was a father and a shepherd who guided us on the journey of life. We will always remember him here amongst us, the times he came to visit us, and bless us. At this time of grief we find co ...
4 April 2005
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Karol Wojtyla, a personal reflection by Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila
Manila (Fides Service) - Cardinal Jaime Sin, Archbishop emeritus of Manila, sent this message to Fides on the occasion of the death of Pope John Paul II: “The Church has lost a Father and a Shepherd and I have also lo ...
4 April 2005
ASIA/JORDAN - Catholics gather to pray on Mount Nebo says Father Raymond Moussalli, Secretary of the Chaldean Bishops’ Residence in Jordan
Amman (Fides Service) - Many Jordanian Catholics went to pray on Mount Nebo, one of the places visited by Pope John Paul II during his landmark Jubilee Pilgrimage to the Holy Places in 2000, Father Raymond Moussalli Secr ...
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