Asia
31 May 2004
ASIA/CHINA - Funeral of Bishop Agostino Zhao Jing-Nong
Tianshui (Fides) - Bishop Agostino Zhao Jing-Nong died at the age of 95 on 16 May at Tianshui, in Gansu Province. His funeral was held on Monday 24 May in Tianshui Cathedral where he was buried. The Bishop, seriously ill ...
31 May 2004
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Another young Catholic dies of beatings: Samuel Masih, in prison on charges of blasphemy died in hospital of beatings received in prison
Lahore (Fides Service) - The blasphemy law in Pakistan is a threat hanging over members of religious minorities. A young Catholic boy Samuel Masih, charged with blasphemy and put in prison in August 2003 died in hospital ...
31 May 2004
ASIA/NEPAL - First Catholic Pastoral Centre: a step forward for a “little Church but with lots of enthusiasm” in Nepal
Kathmandu (Fides) - The Catholic community in Nepal has its own Pastoral Centre named after Saint John Vianney. The Centre, situated at Godavari, 15 km south of the capital Kathmandu, is a compound of two buildings on ab ...
29 May 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - More than 2,000 priests, religious and laity at the service of children: National Congress for Catholic Educators in Korea
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - “Walking Beside Them” was the theme of a recent National Congress for Catholic Educators held in Seoul. The event was attended by 2,000 teachers, educators, pastoral workers, priests, men and ...
29 May 2004
ASIA/CHINA - Hebei: two Catholic priests detained by police for five days are released but no sign of two arrested Bishops
Baoding (Fides Service) - Two Catholic priests, Father Lu Genjun, aged 42, and Father Cheng Xiaoli, aged 40, arrested on 14 May were released four days later on May 18. The priests were arrested in Anguo, 200 km south we ...
28 May 2004
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Education and catechesis and social assistance: Marist Brothers in mostly Muslim area of southern Philippines welcome local novices
Kidapawan (Fides Service) - The community of the Marist Brothers in Kidapawan, southern Philippines recently gave a warm welcome to two local novices Brother Jeff Rhey Antiquiza and Brother Albert Munoz. Both young men s ...
28 May 2004
ASIA/QATAR - “Religious freedom antidote to fundamentalism”: 2nd International Conference on Christian/Muslim Dialogue opens in Doha
Doha (Agenzia Fides) - Some 300 people have gathered in Doha, Qatar, for the 2nd International Conference on Christian/Muslim Dialogue organised by the commission for relations with Muslims of the Pontifical Council for ...
28 May 2004
ASIA/INDONESIA - Vote candidates committed to fighting corruption and promoting social development: Bishops advise Catholic in view of presidential elections on 5 July
Jakarta (Fides Service) - “Vote for a president seriously committed to preventing the destruction of nature and who has the courage to work to eliminate corruption and punish the corrupt. We need a national leader who ...
27 May 2004
ASIA/INDIA - National paper front page cartoon offends India’s Christians: Catholic Bishops protest
New Delhi (Fides Service) - India’s Christians were deeply offended by a cartoon with regard to the recent elections in India published by a national newspaper. Strong protest was voiced by the country’s Catholic Bis ...
26 May 2004
ASIA/TAIWAN - In rich societies the custom to exclude the aged must be overcome: commitment of Church in Taipei
Taipei (Fides Service) - Taipei is rightly proud of its Catholic Home for the Aged opened by the Jesuit fathers. Twenty years ago Jesuits gave the home to the archdiocese handing it to the then Archbishop Matteo Kia. Tod ...
26 May 2004
ASIA/CHINA - Highlight of celebrations for Marian month of May in China: Feast of “Mary Help of Christians” at Dong Lu shrine
Dong Lu (Fides Service) - On May 24 feast of Our Lady help of Christians the Marian Shrine in Dong Lu, Hebei province was overflowing with pilgrims from many parts of China and overseas. As elsewhere in the world the fea ...
26 May 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Korean fidei donum priests will be sent on mission to the United States to care for overseas Catholics
Seoul (Fides Service) - The respective Commissions for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples of the Korean Bishops’ Conference and the American Bishops’ Conference have agreed on the status and life of Kore ...
26 May 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Chain suicides among farmers in Southern India ruined by poor harvests and heavy bank debts: Caritas comes to aid of stricken families
Hyderabad (Fides Service) - Caritas and other Catholic humanitarian agencies are striving to help impoverished farmers in the southern Indian state of Andrha Pradesh stricken by bad harvests and who have resorted to comm ...
25 May 2004
ASIA/CHINA - A wedding is not a show of family wealth, it is the celebration of a Sacrament
Han Dan (Fides Service) - Also in modern day China Christian weddings are ever more costly and luxurious a sort of competition among families to see who has the most wealth. To stop this tendency, mistaken and not Wu An ...
25 May 2004
ASIA/TAIWAN - Strengthen the spirit of faith, hope and charity in every parish: local communities set to work
Taipei (Fides Service) - Parishes all over Taiwan have welcomed the call from Cardinal Paul Shan, President of the Regional Chinese Bishops’ Conference, to build parish communities where people live authentic faith, ho ...
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