Asia

• 8 March 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Authorities call for social peace and calm after bomb blasts in Varanasi; police all over the country on the alert New Delhi (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in India has voiced deep sadness and firm disapproval after the attack on India’s most famous Hindu shrine in Varanasi in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. “The ...
• 7 March 2006
  ASIA/THAILAND - Meeting for Italian Fidei Donum priests on mission in Asia and Oceania: towards the 50th anniversary of the Fidei Donum Encyclical Chiang-Mai (Fides Service) - A Meeting for Italian Fidei Donum priests on mission in Asia and Oceania started yesterday 6 March in Chiang-Mai, Thailand. The meeting is part of initiatives to celebrate the 50th anniversar ...
• 7 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Catholics mourn passing of Spanish Jesuit missionary Fr Fernando Zallo who devoted his life to mission in Taiwan and other parts of Asia Taipei (Fides Service) - “As we are gathered here for the funeral of Fr. Zallo we wish first of all to thank God for this missionary who dedicated his whole life to mission. He introduced us to Christ he distributed hi ...
• 7 March 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of Bishop Joseph Sun Yuanmo of the diocese of Linfen: “He always encouraged us to pray, particularly in front of the Blessed Sacrament” Beijing (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholic Bishop Joseph Sun Yuanmo of the diocese of Linfen in the Shanxi province of mainland China, died on 23 February after a long illness. Joseph Sun Yuanmo was born on 7 November ...
• 7 March 2006
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - New inter-confessional Bible in Tagalog: the Word of God for remote communities with little schooling Manila (Fides Service) - A warm welcome has been given to new inter-confessional Bible in Tagalog, the official national language of the Republic of the Philippines where English is also used in public administration. T ...
• 7 March 2006
  ASIA/THAILAND - Tensions and protests in electoral campaign in view of 2 April vote; local Catholic Church calls for calm Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Street protests in Thailand continue: for four weeks in a row thousands of demonstrators in the streets of Bangkok have been calling for Premier Thaksin Shinawatra to resign. It is feared that t ...
• 6 March 2006
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Charity, antidote to individualism and fanaticism: Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem issues Lenten Message Jerusalem (Fides Service) - In his Message for Lent 2006 the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah underlined that despite the difficulties and suffering they experience Christians in the Holy Land must realise that ...
• 6 March 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu fundamentalist ideology: an analysis by Indian Redemptorist Fr. Desmond de Sousa Goa (Fides Service) - Crisis In Hindutva: Growth or Decline? Will Hindu fundamentalism continue to threaten other religious groups? Will its capillary diffusion or political links succeed in influencing the social and po ...
• 6 March 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Ms Yan Jia Yi a member of Hong Kong Association of Lay Missionaries sent on mission to Cambodia Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “I am grateful to the Lord for calling me to be a channel of his grace and I know that going on mission means giving but also receiving” said Ms Yan Jia Yi, a member of the Catholic Assoc ...
• 3 March 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Holy Spirit Study Centre bridge between East and West 25 years at the service of the Church in China Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Holy Spirit Study Centre in Hong Kong, opened in 1980, has served as a bridge between East and West for 25 years. The Centre offers opportunities for research and study and formation in Christ ...
• 3 March 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocesan community of Zhu Ma Dian lives faith with devotion, dynamism and trust in Divine Providence despite difficulties Zhu Ma Dian (Fides Service) - It all started 73 years ago when 20 Chinese priests of Zhu Ma Dian guided by the Apostolic Prefect Mgr Peter Wang overcame the harsh trial of lack of funds and personnel and red tape and ini ...
• 3 March 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Reconciliation with “brothers and sisters in North Korea”, pastoral priority for Archbishop Nicholas Cheong of Seoul Seoul (Fides Service) - Korea’s newly named Cardinal Archbishop Nicholas Cheong of Seoul has urged Catholics to be “salt, light and leaven in society”, to assist poor, excluded and marginalised people and channels ...
• 2 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Taiwan Catholics deeply devoted to St Joseph rejoice for two new churches dedicated to the Saint, a new one in Kaohsiung and a restructured one in Taichung Taipei (Fides Service) - Also Taiwan’s Chinese Catholics are deeply devoted to St Joseph the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ to whom they dedicate the month of March. This year there is specia ...
• 2 March 2006
  ASIA/JAPAN - “Where will Japan’s Church be in a quarter of a century?”: future and challenges facing the Catholic community in the land of the Rising Sun: lay people called to play a leading role Tokyo (Fides Service) - “Where will Japan’s Church be in a quarter of a century? What are the challenges she faces, the priorities for evangelisation?”. With statistics and forecasts concerning population trends in ...
• 2 March 2006
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - All is calm again on the streets of Manila: coup foiled. “The people listened to the Church’s call ”, says a missionary Manila (Fides Service) - “The situation on the streets of Manila is calm. Soldiers patrol some parts of the city but people have gone back to work, public transport is working and all is back to normal. The danger of a ...