Asia

• 26 October 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - New President of Korean Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Augustune Cheong Myeng-cho presents plans Seoul (Fides Service) - The Church in Korea will continue to give serious attention to the mission of evangelisation, to promoting the good of the nation, to keeping the Church ‘young and dynamic and working for nation ...
• 25 October 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Proclamation, witness and sharing, young Salesians in Daejeong Daejeong (Fides Service) - Two thousands people contacted, met, evangelised: this was the fruit of activities of festivity and proclamation connected with the Feast of Saint John Bosco, recently by pupils at Salesian sch ...
• 25 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Protests and rising tension in Kerala after attack on Catholic Bishop’s residence Cochin (Fides Service) - While the police have arrested 8 suspects with regard to the recent attack on the residence of the Catholic Bishop of Neyyatinkara actions of protest are being organised by the civil community . ...
• 25 October 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “Do not forget last year’s tsunami victims!”: Jesuits call to international community Jakarta (Fides Service) - The earthquake disaster in Pakistan must not make people forget the victims of the December 2004 tsunami, say Indonesian volunteers working to assist seaquake victims. One of the most active or ...
• 24 October 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “The challenge now is to co-ordinate aid” said head of Caritas Pakistan Bishop Joseph Coutts Islamabad (Fides Service) - Bishop Joseph Coutts, director of Caritas Pakistan has just returned from a visit to people in areas affected by the October 8 earthquake. Reporting from Caritas base in Rawalpindi the Bishops ...
• 24 October 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Take note of the signs of the times, listen to the “flock of the faithful”: Manila archdiocese closet pastoral assembly with 2,000 delegates Manila (Fides Service) - At the end of a general pastoral assembly organised by the archdiocese of Manila, yesterday 23 October, Archbishop Gaudencio B. Rosales said on behalf of the whole community “We wish to be a pe ...
• 20 October 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Ramadan in Moluccas provides opportunities for Muslim - Christian reconciliation Ambon (Fides Service) - Local Church sources in Amboina diocese, Moluccas Islands, say Ramadan the annual Muslim month of prayer and fasting is an opportunity for promoting reconciliation and joint social activities. The ...
• 20 October 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Stephen Kim: “A collapsed building can be reconstructed, it is not so difficult. However if the sense of values and dignity of life collapses it will be very difficult to restore”. Seoul (Fides Service) - Cardinal Stephen Kim, emeritus archbishop of di Seoul has reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s position that the “human embryo is a human life, with precise and undeniable dignity which demands to ...
• 19 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Priests and religious in Andhra Pradesh close year of the Eucharist with a Special Retreat Hyderabad (Fides Service) - About a hundred priests and men and women religious in Hyderabad diocese who took part in a special retreat to reflect on the Year of the Eucharist and identify pastoral priorities, expressed ...
• 18 October 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Peter Zhang Bairen of Hanyang dies at the age of 90: a man of faith and courage, proud of his loyalty to the Pope Hanyang (Fides Service) - On October 12 Bishop Peter Zhang Bairen of Hanyang, Hubei province mainland China, died of heart failure at the age of 90. Born on 14 February 1915 in Zhangjiazhuang, Xiantao district, 1,230 km ...
• 18 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops’ Residence in Neyyatinkara, Kerala attacked by four unidentified gunmen Cochi (Fides Service) - Catholics in the southern Indian state of Kerala are deeply shocked after the residence of the Bishop of Neyyatinkara diocese was attacked by four gunmen as yet unidentified. During the night last ...
• 18 October 2005
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - “The future for the Church in Afghanistan is promising”, says Papal Nuncio on a pastoral visit to Kabul Islamabad (Fides Service) - “I have been delighted by what I saw and heard. The future for the Church in Afghanistan is promising” said Archbishop Alessandro D’ Errico, papal nuncio in Pakistan, at the end of a pas ...
• 17 October 2005
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Eucharist source of hope in years of civil strife, source of strength for the poorest of the poor Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The Eucharist has always been a point of reference for the people of East Timor, 800,000 people 95% Catholics. East Timor voted for and obtained independence from Indonesia in 2002. Daily Mass ...
• 15 October 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In an atmosphere of inter-religious solidarity Catholic NGOs help assist earthquake victims Kasur (Fides Service) - Numerous young Catholic volunteers are helping to assist and resettle families affected by the October 8 earthquake in Kashmir Pakistan and Kashmir India. The volunteers work with Caritas Pakistan ...
• 15 October 2005
  ASIA/JAPAN - Young Catholics from China, Japan and Korea promote peace in the Far East: Church in Japan organises Symposium Tokyo (Fides Service) - Every year the local Catholic Church in Japan invites young Catholics from Japan, China and Korea to take part in a symposium to discuss questions of justice and peace in Asia. About 30 young peo ...