Asia

• 14 July 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Permanent Formation Course for priests successfully concluded, received in audience by the Bishop of Macao and the Liaison Office of the central government in Macao Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – “It has been a unique opportunity for us to know, exchange, and discuss many spiritual aspects in depth. It has been a help to us by offering us an excellent preparation for evangeliz ...
• 14 July 2008
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi youth arrive in Sydney for WYD: a sign of hope for the Church and for the entire nation Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - After resolving the bureaucratic problems regarding the issuing of visas, the Iraqi youth are finally on their way to WYD in Sydney, with their hearts full of joy and hope. Chaldean priest Fr. R ...
• 14 July 2008
  ASIA/NEPAL - Year of St. Paul: a small Catholic community focuses on formation and evangelization Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – A Letter from the Apostolic Vicar, distributed in all the parishes, schools, and Church entities, and a full calendar of events have marked the Year of St. Paul in Nepal, where the small Cat ...
• 11 July 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “We want to imitate our brother Paul and learn from him how to be missionaries”: 138 youth from the parish of Han Er Zhuan (Diocese of Han Dan) participate in the Summer Camp held in honor of the Year of St. Paul Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) - “Thank you, Jesus, for coming to abide in me; I want to be a soldier chosen by Jesus, like Saint Paul,” this was the longing and the commitment of 138 young people from the parish of Han Er ...
• 11 July 2008
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - “D8” Summit: an appeal to the economies of industrialized nations: a boost in agriculture, ‘no’ to biofuels Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The dialectic between the “G8” (the summit of the 8 most industrialized nations which just concluded in Japan) and the “G5” (a group of five countries: China, India, Brazil, Mexico, ...
• 10 July 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Living the Year of St. Paul and preparing for summer catechism classes: 90 participants in the formation course of the Diocese of Zhou Zhi Zhou Zhi (Agenzia Fides) – Living the Year of St. Paul with improved fervor and preparing for summer catechism classes for children: these are two of the main objectives of the Year of St. Paul formation course and the ...
• 10 July 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - The Tao Yuan Rehabilitation Hospital opens a Prayer Room for Catholics Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – The Tao Yuan Rehabilitation Hospital that depends from the most important state hospital in Taiwan, the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, is opening a Prayer Room for Catholics. According to a rep ...
• 10 July 2008
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - New law on religious freedom underway in the country: the Catholic Church asks that the fundamental rights of all believers be respected and guaranteed Astana (Agenzia Fides) - The proposal for a new Religion law offers an opportunity for the government as well as for all believers. What is needed is that that the laws be inforced, with freedom of conscience and fundame ...
• 10 July 2008
  ASIA/JAPAN - G8 Summit concludes with a promise to help Africa and a commitment to fight the serious pandemics Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Aid for Africa, funding for the struggle against pandemics such as AIDS, commitment to solving the world food crisis...these are some of the objectives of the Summit that was held by the United Sta ...
• 9 July 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - The Chinese Catholic community in Italy, young and small, increasingly active in pastoral ministry and organized in its composition Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese Catholic community of the diaspora living in Italy is showing itself to be increasingly active in pastoral activities and evangelization; better organised in its composition, thanks to ...
• 9 July 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s WYD delegation receives missionary sending from Bishop Tong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “Receive the Holy Spirit as the guide of your soul, your interior teacher,” and “moved by the Holy Spirit, serve your neighbor, especially your peers, by bearing witness to your faith.� ...
• 9 July 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - More violence against Catholics in Orissa: church, orphanage, and Jesuit residence destroyed Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholics living in the Indian state of Orissa are once again object of attacks being carried out by Hindu extremist groups against the local Catholic community. The Indian Bishops’ ...
• 8 July 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Installation of the Bishop of Liao Ning on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul and the inauguration of the Year of St. Paul: “our diocese wants to begin a new Pauline era.” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Paolo Pei Jun Min, who until now had served as Coadjutor Bishop for the Diocese of Liao Ning, continental China, appointed in 2006 with the Holy Father’s approval, has officially begu ...
• 8 July 2008
  ASIA/THAILAND - The Year of St. Paul, special occasion for communion with the Holy Father and the Universal Church Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – The Year of St. Paul will be intimately linked to the universal voice that comes forth from the Chair of Peter: with this spirit, the Catholic Church in Thailand is already living the Year of ...
• 7 July 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “If you simply have Our Lord in your heart, you will never be afraid of anything!”: the experience of Fr. Jiang - sole caretaker of the wreckage of the Church destroyed by the earthquake, surviving on what nature provided Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – “If you simply have Our Lord in your heart, you will never be afraid of anything!...I felt like my heart was bleeding as I looked upon the wreckage of my parish that has centuries of history ...