Asia

• 21 November 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholics in Orissa take up social challenges: fighting trafficking of tribal women Sambalpur (Fides Service) - In India’s north eastern state of Orissa the local authorities, NGOs and religious communities are working to put an end to the phenomenon of trafficking of tribal women. Catholic dioceses ...
• 19 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Dear volunteers we love you” Muslim children in earthquake affected Kashmir give Caritas helpers warm welcome. Conference on Rebuilding opens today Lahore (Fides Service) - An unforgettable welcome: when Caritas volunteers arrived in the village of Boi about an hour and a half’s drive from Caritas offices in the town of Mansehra North West Frontier Province, they ...
• 19 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Celebrations to close Year of the Eucharist in various Catholic Beijing (Fides Service) - For the Church in China the Eucharist has always been the centre of its life: for Chinese Catholics the Eucharist is an experience of lived faith in Jesus Christ. Catholic communities all over C ...
• 19 November 2005
  ASIA - Jesuit Refugee Service marks 25 years of mission in Asia Bangkok (Fides Service) - In refugee camps on the border between Thailand and Myanmar, in tent camps set up in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, after last year’s tsunami tragedy, and also on the Nepal Bhutan border and in ...
• 19 November 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Lay formation programme in Seoul: bear witness in Korean society to Gospel values and form Basic Church communities Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Trinity leadership Programme to train lay Catholics to be leaders of Basic Church Communities aBCC and agents of new evangelisation, is a new undertaking with which Seoul archdiocese intends to ha ...
• 18 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Over 2,000 Catholics in Hei Long Jiang take part in ordination of 5 new local priests with joy and hope Hei Long Jiang (Fides Service) - There was great rejoicing among Catholics in Hei Long Jiang province in north east mainland China where 5 new priests were recently ordained. Some 2,000 Catholics took part in the solemn ...
• 18 November 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “The freshness of the Word: the living and abiding Word of God”: 2005 Bible Week message Seoul (Fides Service) - “The freshness of the Word: the living and abiding Word of God” was the title of a message issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference for the annual Bible Week in South Korea, held at the e ...
• 18 November 2005
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Salesian Day of Christian witness and socialisation in Vietnam Hanoi (Fides Service) - Every Salesian community in Vietnam, priests, sisters and lay members, volunteers, friends, benefactors and school pupils celebrates an annual Salesian Day with a special theme and initiatives to ...
• 18 November 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Mahinda Rajapakse is the country’s new president: national reconciliation and recovery of economy Colombo (Fides Service) - Mahinda Rajapakse was the winner in Sri Lanka’s presidential election on 17 November. He overtook his adversary Ranil Wikremesinghe by a small margin, 50.33% compared to 48.4%, obtaining 180,0 ...
• 17 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese priests and nuns from Beijing make ecumenical journey in northern Europe Beijing (Fides Service) - Ever more frequently Chinese priests and nuns travel abroad to meet other members of the universal Church. Recently two Beijing priests and a Sister visited three cities in northern Europe: Hels ...
• 17 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New impulse in evangelisation following missionary month in Pakistan Lahore (Fides Service) - Despite difficulties and fears after recent episodes of anti-Christian violence in Pakistan mission continues involving more and more people, children and adults. Fr Mario Rodrigues, national dir ...
• 17 November 2005
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - “We have a message for the world: help us keep Bethlehem, Christians here are ever fewer”, Holy Land Custodian Vicar says on the occasion of Israeli president’s visit to the Vatican Jerusalem (Fides Service) - Promote good relations with the people of Israel, support Christians in the Holy Land were two questions brought to international attention by Franciscan Fr Artemio Vitores, Order of Friars Mi ...
• 16 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Korean ethnic Catholics in Yan Ji active and committed Yan Ji (Fides Service) - The community of 4,000 Catholics in Yan Ji in the north eastern Ji Ling province of mainland China is 80% Korean ethnic origin. The lively community, clergy and lay people is active in catechism, ...
• 16 November 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The country looks towards presidential elections amidst fears of more conflict with Tamil minority. Local Church calls for national reconciliation Colombo (Fides Service) - Sri Lanka stands at a turning point: in presidential elections on 17 November citizens of what Marco Polo described as “the most beautiful island in the world” (13 million eligible voters) w ...
• 16 November 2005
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Salesians open new Home for orphans and street children near the border with Thailand an area of poverty and criminality Phnom Phen (Fides Service) - To give concrete help and promote education in an area of poverty and marginalisation the Salesians Fathers in Cambodia have opened a new Home for orphans and street children in Poipet, provi ...