Asia

• 16 March 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Migration in southern Asia : a challenge for society and for the Church Bangalore (Fides Service) - Migration, globalisation, human rights, security and poverty were the main issues discussed at a recent seminar in Bangalore organised by the Indian Social Institute and local branch of the Je ...
• 15 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Prayer deepens our relationship with God; fasting helps us draw closer to Him; charity makes us more like Him” says Archbishop of Taipei in Lenten Pastoral Letter Taipei (Fides Service) - “Prayer deepens our relationship with God; fasting helps us draw closer to Him; charity makes us more like Him”, Archbishop Joseph Cheng of Taipei told his people in a Pastoral Letter for Len ...
• 15 March 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic readers in China appreciate religious publications and want more says Faith bulletin Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics say religious publications are valid channels for pastoral care and evangelisation and they are asking for more. This emerged in a survey made by the most widely read Ch ...
• 15 March 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Wave Studio produces new music cassette for Lent 2006 in Urdu and Punjabi: 11 songs on the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Lahore (Fides Service) - “Lord of Life” is the title of a new religious music cassette produced and circulated for Lent 2006 by WAVE Studios in Lahore directed by Fr John Nadeem. The cassette is a collection of 11 hy ...
• 14 March 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic sister stabbed to death in Moluccas Islands convent Ambon (Agenzia Fides) - A young Catholic nun resident in a convent at Jalan Pattimura near Ambon the main city of the Indonesian province of Moluccas was killed on March 10. The 33 year old Sister, a member of a communit ...
• 14 March 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Be living tabernacles and witnesses of the Lord’s salvation Mgr Dominic Chan tells Catholic Hospital Pastoral workers Hong Kong (Fides Service) -“Be living tabernacles, witnesses in daily life of the Lord’s Salvation. The mission of Hospital pastoral operators is to witness to the presence of Christ and build a relationship of suppo ...
• 14 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Let us pray this community may be ever more mature in its faith and offer a service of evangelisation thanks to active participation of the laity”, says Bishop Wang at celebrations for 50th anniversary of Our Lady of Lourdes parish Taipei (Fides Service) - “We pray this community may be ever more mature in the faith and offer a service of evangelisation thanks to active participation of the laity who are already of great help to the parish pries ...
• 13 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Hundred years of mission in China, an occasion to renew the Salesian spirit and carry on the work of God says Rev. Pascual Chavez, Salesian rector major Taipei (Fides Service) - The Salesian family in Taiwan gave a warm welcome to Salesian rector major Rev Pascual Chavez, accompanied by Rev Savio Hon superior of the Chinese province after his visit to Macao and Hong Kon ...
• 13 March 2006
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Commitment of the Catholic Church in Myanmar in the words and presence of Apostolic Delegate Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio Yangon (Fides Service) - The Church in Myanmar recently celebrated two happy events with the presence in Yangon of Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, Apostolic Delegate for Myanmar. The Archbishop visited Pennacchio Yang ...
• 10 March 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Ten years on seventy couples renew marriage promises during a special Mass centred on the Christian understanding of married life and the family Beijing (Fides Service) - Seventy married couples recently renewed their promises 10 years on during a special mass at Gao Qing parish church in the diocese of Zhou Cun in Shang Dong coastal province of China. In the sa ...
• 9 March 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Poor country children in Shan Xi province go to school thanks to a group of city Catholics in Beijing Beijing (Fides Service) - Thanks to a group of city Catholics in Beijing poor country children in Shan Xi province can now go to school.: “We do not have a lot to give, our contribution is small, a drop in the ocean, a ...
• 9 March 2006
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Asia-Pacific religious leaders unite to stop terrorism and eliminate poverty Cebu (Fides Service) - Leaders of different religions in the Asia-Pacific region have vowed to work together to help stop terrorism, eliminate poverty and injustice and promote peace and social harmony. The resolution wa ...
• 9 March 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Ahmedabad diocese starts “Year of the Family” 2006: vocation and mission of the Christian family in the third millennium Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - To promote reflection on the Christian family, its calling and mission in the third millennium in an era of global culture and major social changes and in view of growing threats to the family ...
• 9 March 2006
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - East Timor ever poorer: economy and development among the slowest in Asia Dili (Fides Service) - The youngest nation in Asia East Timor which will celebrate the 4th anniversary of its independence from Indonesia on May 20, lives in a situation of concerning economic under development and pover ...
• 8 March 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - “Today our thoughts go our mothers and sisters and first of all to the most perfect of women, Mary, our heavenly Mother”, says a priest in Beijing Beijing (Fides Service) - To mark March 8 international Women’s Day special prayers were said in many churches in Bejing: “Today our thoughts go to our mothers and sisters and first of all to the most perfect of wome ...