Asia

• 16 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Flooding claims the life of religious Sister Xue Ling, who worked with lepers; aid continues arriving from the Catholic community to the earthquake disaster areas Hui Yang (Agenzia Fides) – A religious named Sister Xue Ling, of the Diocesan Congregation of the Holy Family of Lan Zhou, in the Province of Gan Su, died, caught up in the floods on June 13, while she was assisting vi ...
• 16 June 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocese of Hong Kong prepares for the solemn inauguration of the Pauline Year Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Personal spirituality, life of the Church, and the mission ad gentes: these were the three main themes indicated by the Diocese of Hong Kong in celebrating the Pauline Year. According to a r ...
• 16 June 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “The difficulties and pressures do not discourage us,” Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan, tells Fides Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The Church’s mission continues making progress, amidst difficulties of all kinds: financial, political, etc, and amidst pressures from extremist factions. However, we do our best and ...
• 16 June 2008
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Mission, formation, and defense of human rights, a commitment for the Church Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – In Pakistan (meaning “Land of the pure”), with a population of 167 million people, 97% are Muslims, the majority being Sunni and 20% being Shiites. The Christians make up 2.5% of the pop ...
• 13 June 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - National Conference of Basic Ecclesial Communities: “Testifying the love of God every day.” Dajeon (Agenzia Fides) – The Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC) are now a reality that is deeply rooted in the Korean Catholic Church and are now present in 15 dioceses. They are instruments that work in the evangelizat ...
• 13 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - 181 baptized on the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, at the Cathedral of the Diocese of Tian Jin Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – On May 31 of this year, Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, 181 catechumens from the Cathedral parish in the Diocese of Tian Jin received the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and ...
• 13 June 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Theotokos, Mother of God”: a CD for the 150th anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions at Lourdes - recorded by Cardinal Shan and Fr. Chang, both suffering severe illnesses Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Paul Shan, Bishop emeritus of Kaohsiung, who has been suffering for some time from a lung tumor, and Fr. Petrus Chang, CDD (Congregatio Discipulorum Domini), who suffers from an irrev ...
• 13 June 2008
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishops make an appeal to institutions and rebels: “Peace is the urgent need of the hour” to protect the innocent Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Sri Lanka have sent out yet another appeal to end the violent conflict that is afflicting the country. Once again, the Church, concerned for the fate of its people, especially t ...
• 12 June 2008
  ASIA - “Eucharist as Communication”: Meeting of Asian Bishops in preparation for the Plenary Assembly 2009 Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – “Eucharist as Communication”: this is the title of a meeting of Bishops, secretaries, and experts of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) that was recently held in Bangkok, ...
• 12 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Testimonies of faith and solidarity of Catholics in the earthquake zone: “where difficulties abound, that is where Catholics are most needed, to manifest the love of God.” Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – “I am 61 years old and I have already been through three earthquakes that registered over 7 degrees on the Richter scale. Here in our district, we are nearly 1,000 faithful. In additi ...
• 12 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Over 300 faithful attend the temporal vows of 6 novices from the Congregation of the Mother of God of Da Ming, who were among the first aid workers to arrive on the scene, in the earthquake aftermath Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) – 6 novices from the Diocesan Congregation of the Diocese of Da Ming (present day Han Dan), the Institute of the Mother of God of Da Ming, made their temporal vows accompanied by over 300 faithf ...
• 11 June 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Parishioners of Sha Gou, Diocese of Tai Yuan, make a consecration of their lives, the suffering of the earthquake victims and the entire world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) – With the intentions of consecrating their own lives, families, parish, diocese, nation, and the entire world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, over 400 faithful from the parish of Sha Gou, in the ...
• 11 June 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Annual retreat and “sending” for Eucharistic Ministers of the Archdiocese of Tai Pei Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – “Every time you distribute Communion, you should do so with the same respect and solemnity as if it were the first time because every time you distribute Communion, for the faithful, you are ...
• 11 June 2008
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - “Catechesis and Formation: pastoral priorities for the Church of Bangladesh, that must open itself to the new evangelization”: a missionary shares his reflections with Agenzia Fides Dhaka (Fides) – “The moment has come for making the catechetical teaching ( taken in a wide sense ) a real pastoral priority for the Catholic Church in Bangladesh. The Synod on the Word of God and the year dedicate ...
• 11 June 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - New ethical guidelines for Catholic doctors: “Scientific research does not go against Divine Providence” Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The medical profession, with the scientific progress and new experimentation, is presented with ever-new challenges in trying to reconcile all this with the Catholic faith. This has formed the p ...