Asia

• 1 June 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Praying for Peace at “Harmony Centres”: dialogue for peace in the Philippines and in the world Zamboanga City (Fides Service) - Every Sunday in the poor Pitogo district of Zamboanga, in Mindanao, a group of mothers gather with the children for a special prayer meeting based on a passage of the Holy Scriptures and ...
• 1 June 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - New Youth Formation Centre in diocese of Mangalore Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The local Catholic community in India continues to provide education and professional training all over the country. A new Youth Formation Centre was recently opened by Bishop Aloysius D’Sou ...
• 1 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Christian values promote happy marriages and happy family life: Feng Xi parish in diocese of Tai Yuan hosts Meeting for Faith and Life Sharing Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - “Jesus teaching, Christian values help us to life a happy family life and be witnesses of a lived Gospel”. This emerged from a three day Meeting for Faith and Life Sharing organised by Feng ...
• 29 May 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics live month of May with special prayers, pilgrimages, witness of faith and charity work Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Month of May for Chinese Catholics, deeply devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, is always a deeply spiritual time. Favourite feast days include Our Lady Of Fatima, May 13, Our Lady of China o ...
• 29 May 2007
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Civil war is having disastrous effect on children humanitarian organisations warn Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Non declared but real civil war in Sri Lanka - with vast military operations on both sides - is having a disastrous effect on children according to local NGOs and UNICEF. The humanitarian o ...
• 29 May 2007
  ASIA - Global warming and scarcity of water intensify migration and refugee crisis Christian Aid Report London (Agenzia Fides) - At least 1 billion people will be forced from their homes between now and 2050 as the effects of climate change deepen an already burgeoning global migration crisis, according to new report "Huma ...
• 29 May 2007
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - President Josè Ramos Horta installed: the nation hopes for a new start Dili (Fides Service) - East Timor's civil society, the Catholic community as well as international bodes hope the installation of the new president and approaching general elections will mark a new start and a future of ...
• 28 May 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Newly baptised Christians play major role at Pentecost; Pentecost charity party in Tai Pei park Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics received into the Church at Easter played a major part in liturgies on Pentecost Sunday in China, especially in Beijing. During a solemn Mass on Sunday 27 May the newly baptised receiv ...
• 28 May 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Process of beatification for 36 servants of God missionaries in labour camps during the Korean War Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Order of St Benedict of Wagwan has announced the opening of a process of Beatification for 36 Servants of God who died in labour camps and prison camps in the years of the Korean War 1949 to 1 ...
• 25 May 2007
  ASIA/TURKEY - Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Antioch opens official web site Antioch (Agenzia Fides) - The Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Antioch has opened its own web site http://www.anadolukatolikkilisesi.org/antakya with information on the history, activities and spirit of the small ...
• 25 May 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops' message for Day for Life, 27 May Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the annual Day for Life on 27 May, the Catholic Bishops of South Korea have issued a message "Respect for Life Today and Always". The message, signed by the head of the Bisho ...
• 24 May 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of ninety year old Archbishop. Bernardino Dong Guangqing of Hankow, enterprising and active Franciscan who launched numerous initiatives in the Catholic community Hankow (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Bernardino Dong Guangqing, O.F.M., of Hankow (Hankou), in Hubei province, China passed away on 12 May at the age of ninety. He was suffering from cancer of the lung. Born to fervent Ca ...
• 24 May 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic Justice and Peace Commission reports threats to Christian minority, forced conversion or migration Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Christian minorities in northern Pakistan are subject to threats and intimidation by groups of Islamic fundamentalists. Whole families are intimidated by destruction of homes and small busines ...
• 23 May 2007
  ASIA/JAPAN - With regard to constitutional amendments the Catholic Bishops religious freedom and separation of Government and Religion must be respected Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - “Give to Cesar what belongs to Cesar and to God what belongs to God”: the Catholic Church in Japan recalls that for a correct harmony between government and religion it is useful to follow th ...
• 23 May 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - New Pastoral Centre for Vietnamese immigrant workers. Catholic religious orders organise assistance for immigrants Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Vietnamese immigrant workers in Korea have a new social and pastoral centre where they can meet, share experience, pray together and take part in social, cultural and spiritual activities. The Vie ...