Asia

• 9 July 2007
  ASIA/NEPAL - Salesian school in Lubhu granted formal state recognition: pupils can now complete secondary education Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - The Education Council of Nepal has granted to the Salesian School at Lubhu (near Kathmandu) formal recognition which will allow the pupils to complete their secondary education. According to t ...
• 6 July 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - New “region” for Loreto Sisters involved in promotion and formation of women who suffer from social and cultural discrimination Darjeeling (Agenzia Fides) -Loreto Sisters in the diocese of Darjeeling are rejoicing for a new 'region' of their apostolate with a Loreto House in the Darjeeling district in west Bengal, Sikkim and Nepal. The announceme ...
• 6 July 2007
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Conference promoted by Caritas Jerusalem to mark International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Old City Counseling Center (OCCC), a project of Caritas Jerusalem combating drug abuse in the Holy Land, celebrated the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Dru ...
• 5 July 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - PIME Superior General calls all communities to a day of prayer July 10 for release of Italian missionary Fr Bossi taken hostage a month ago Roma (Agenzia Fides)- “I know that from the beginning you have all prayed to the Lord but I would ask every PIME community, in missions or houses, to unite in a special day of prayer for Fr Bossi on July 10: may the Lo ...
• 5 July 2007
  ASIA/KOREA - The Church in Korea relies on Basic Ecclesial Communities for authentic evangelisation Daejeon (Agenzia Fides) - Two meetings on Basic Ecclesial Communities were organised by the Catholic National Conference for Basic Ecclesial Communities BECs 22 and 27 June at S. J. Hasang Formation Centre in the diocese ...
• 2 July 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Sixty years ago it opened as a book shop, today ATC is an important publishing house which promotes Christian literature in India Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - From book shop specialised in selling prayer books, missals and Christian literature for seminaries and institutes of formation sixty years ago, the ATC (Asian Trading Corporation) today is an ...
• 2 July 2007
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Dominican Province of the Philippines is set to open a Catholic university in Colombo which will depend on the University of Santo Tomas in Manila Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - According to provincial, Father Edmund C. Nantes, O.P., the Dominican Province of the Philippines in cooperation with the archdiocese of Colombo and its Archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis is ...
• 2 July 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Faith Magazine editor tells Fides: “The Papal Letter is an historic event for the Church in China and for relations between China and the Holy See. The Letter will promote unity among Catholics in China” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “The Papal Letter is an historic event for the Church in China and for relations between China and the Holy See. It will also affect the future of the Church in China and promote unity among a ...
• 2 July 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Happy Chinese Catholics work to propagate Papal Letter Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “Thank you Holy Father for giving us this Manual. Thank you for publishing it in Chinese on-line and in a booklet”. These were the first reactions of Catholics in Beijing when they received ...
• 2 July 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Immaculate Conception parish in Beijing celebrates 262 baptisms on Sunday 1 July, the day after the Papal Letter to the Catholics of China was made public Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - No less than 262 catechumens received the sacraments of Baptism, first Holy Communion and Confirmation at Immaculate Conception parish in Beijing on Sunday 1 July the day after the Papal Letter ...
• 30 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Papal Letter made public: first reaction of a priest in Beijing: “we are immensely grateful to Pope Benedict XVI , his religious teaching will help us walk with confidence on the path of authentic evangelisation” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “I have a sense of immense gratitude to the Pope and relief”: this was the first reaction of a local Catholic priest in Beijing with regard to the Papal Letter addressed to the members of th ...
• 30 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - A priest in Beijing says: “The Papal Letter is a pastoral guide and religious teaching for all …it will serve as a sort of Basic Law of the Faith” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “ The Papal Letter is a pastoral guide and religious teaching for all" said a priest in Beijing in front line for evangelisation who expressed his enthusiasm for the publication of the long aw ...
• 28 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - "The Papal Letter will strengthen communion among Catholics in China where there is profound respect for the words of the Head of the Family" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “The Papal Letter will strengthen communion among Catholics in China where there is profound respect for the words of the Head of the Family” Catholics in Beijing told Fides: “For the peop ...
• 28 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - People's University Beijing hosts 1st Forum on 'Religion and Social Assistance' (Charity work) jointly promoted by religious confessions and civil society Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “The experience of charity work in Chinese religious communities today; the theoretic study of Religion and Charity Work; the legislative study of religious charity work; religious charity wor ...
• 28 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic community offers support to students sitting exams Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - No slogans or banners, just a little sign - “The Catholic community offers free mineral water and good luck for your exams:!” - in different areas of examination centres. Catholics in He Bei ...