Asia

• 10 July 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA Links to background stories from Fides Archives Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of today’s study on Sri Lanka - with a domestic debate on the peace process and religious we suggest you use the following list of links from Fides Archives as background ...
• 10 July 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - A STUDY - Harmony and religious freedom (contents) ASIA/SRI LANKA - Harmony and religious freedom: the paths of peace for civil development and the progress of peoples SRI LANKA (society and religion) ASIA/SRI LANKA - Political, social and religious forces must unite ...
• 10 July 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Guarantee freedom of conscience and religion: indispensable condition for democracy - Local Church works to maintain dialogue with Buddhists while opposing the “anti-conversion” law and proposing mixed Commission state/religious communities Colombo (Fides Service) - Unless every citizen is guaranteed freedom of conscience and religion it will be impossible to build harmony and peace, development and prosperity and make Sri Lanka an authentic democracy the C ...
• 9 July 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Living the family and love with a faith dimension: local Church focuses on education of youth Seoul (Fides Service) - Hedonism, secularisation, moral relativism, are endemic ills in Korean society which often affect the decisions of young Koreans in their personal and social life. With this in mind this year 2004 ...
• 9 July 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Commission for dialogue between Catholic Church and Assyrian Church of the East approves common statement on Sacraments: steps towards unity Thrissur (Fides Service) - Moving towards unity members of the mixed Commission of the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East approved a common statement on the Sacraments. The statement will now be examine ...
• 9 July 2004
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Results of legislative elections announced Ulaanbaator (Fides Service) - After some days of protests, the general elections commission has announced the results of parliamentary elections in Mongolia held ten days ago. The Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party ...
• 8 July 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Bitter fight between secular and fundamentalist Muslims in North-West Frontier Province over Sharia plans which threaten country’s democracy Islamabad (Fides Service) - Amidst general protests of large sectors of society, moderate Muslims, human rights groups and, religious minorities, the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal MMA governing alliance of radical religious pa ...
• 8 July 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Philippines Clergy Congress reflects on problems and challenges of pastoral ministry Manila (Fides) - Energy and hope despite the shortage of priests and need for more vocations: this is the picture emerging from the first Philippines Clergy Congress taking place in Manila, 5-9 July which has brought tog ...
• 8 July 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Struggle to eliminate corruption: state, Church and business world club together Manila (Fides Service) - Uproot corruption thanks with the help of public officials and all the citizens and the morality campaign launched by the Church in the Philippines: this is the objective of President Gloria Maca ...
• 8 July 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Interreligious Seminar on “Spirituality, Religion and Health” confirms that religion and spirituality are good for mind and body Hong Kong (Fides Service) - A successful Seminar on “Spirituality, Religion and Health” which brought together doctors, psychologists, Buddhists, Taoists, Protestants and Catholics and priests and pastoral workers of ...
• 7 July 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesia’s presidency: postponed to second round of votes in September Jakarta (Fides Service) - With 40% of the votes cast on July 5 for a new president of Indonesia counted, no candidate appears to have obtained the necessary majority which means that there will be a second round of votin ...
• 7 July 2004
  ASIA /SOUTH KOREA - “To be a church community which is respected”: Cheongju diocese announces diocesan Synod to mark 50th anniversary of its institution Cheongju (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Cheongju, which will have the 50th anniversary of its institution in 2008, plans to hold a diocesan synod and promote three projects to celebrate its 50 years of history. In this ...
• 7 July 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - India’s Bishops welcome government’s promise to draft a law to protect religious minorities- Link Fides: to origins of Christianity in India New Delhi (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of India have welcomed the government’s decision to draft a law to protect religious minorities in India. The spokesman of the Bishops’ Conference Father Babu Joseph, ...
• 6 July 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - On the horizon a second round of voting for Indonesia’s president Jakarta (Fides Service) - There will probably be a second round of elections for presidency in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country with 230 million people 87% Muslim. About 80% of the more than 150 mill ...
• 6 July 2004
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - New Vicar Episcopal appointed for Catholic diocese of Pyongyang: hopes for new springtime of the Church in North Korea Pyongyang (Fides Service) - Even at difficult times the Church in south Korea has never lost hope of starting once again to evangelise in north Korea and help the faith to flourish. Today these hopes are closer to coming ...