Asia

• 6 June 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop John Wang Xixian who spent 21 years in prison for the faith dies at the age of 79 after a long illness Hohhot (Fides Service) - Bishop John Wang Xixian of the archdiocese of Hohhot in the Inner Mongolia region of China died of on Wednesday 25 May at the age of 79 after two years of suffering with bone cancer. John Wang wa ...
• 6 June 2005
  ASIA - Migration in central Asia: questions, figures, prospects in a report by the International Organisation for Migration Astana (Fides Service) - Migratory streams from Central Asia move towards the Russian Federation and also increasingly towards Europe and Canada according to a report issued by the International Organisation for Migrati ...
• 6 June 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Lay Catholics play important part in Church life in India agents di evangelisation, courageous witnesses of Christ even in hostile environments New Delhi (Fides Service) - Lay Catholics play a major role in evangelisation in India, their specific role and charisma are fundamental in today’s context where Christians often face hostility and attacks by extremist ...
• 3 June 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - In the Year of the Eucharist 400 people take part in pilgrimage on the history of Catholicism in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Making a pilgrimage in the footsteps of the history of Catholicism in Hong Kong was a good way to celebrate the Year of the Eucharist and to build a closer bond with the Lord. This is why the ...
• 3 June 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - First church dedicated to Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta New Delhi (Fides Service) - A new church in the village of Malvalayanvayal, Ramananthapuram district, in the southern India state of Tamil Nadu has been dedicated to Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The church was con ...
• 3 June 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - World Environment Day, the local Church proposes themes on creation protection and bio-ethics Seoul (Fides) - In view of World Environment Day on June 5 the Catholic Church in Korea issued information on a number of questions dear to the community of believers which can offer valid ideas for reflection for all Ko ...
• 3 June 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - May the month of Mary closes with pilgrimage to Hu Zhuang Marian Shrine Ji Nan (Fides) - During the month of May the parish of the Sacred Heart in Hong Jia Lou, archdiocese of Ji Nan, organised various initiatives to celebrate the Marian month of May and also in view of the major feast day o ...
• 2 June 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Archbishop Cheng of Taipei makes pastoral visit to St Joseph’s parish to celebrate Pentecost Taipei (Fides Service) - The pastoral visit of the Archbishop of Taipei Mgr. Cheng arrived at the parish of St Joseph on the solemnity of Pentecost. According to Christian Life Weekly despite terrible weather several hu ...
• 2 June 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hospital volunteers exchange experience to promote a culture of charity Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The Diocesan Commission of Hospital Pastoral recently organised a meeting for volunteers involved in the pastoral care of the sick, the elderly and outcasts. According to Kong Ko Bao diocesan ...
• 2 June 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - In Orissa state where Hindu fundamentalism prospers Catholic Home is only haven for people with leprosy Sambalpur (Fides Service) - In the Indian state of Orissa known for numerous active groups of Hindu extremists which often resort to violence, the only haven for people affected by leprosy regarded as ‘human refuse’ ...
• 31 May 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics in China celebrate Corpus Christ with great fervour and in great numbers Rome (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics celebrated the annual feast of Corpus Christ with great fervour and in great numbers. In a letter for the occasion published earlier Archbishop Cheng of Taipei encouraged Catholic ...
• 31 May 2005
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - “Clementina Cantoni: why is there no general mobilisation?” asks the president of the Catholic Bishops of Pakistan calling for the release of the Italian volunteer “kidnapping is against the precepts of any religion” Lahore (Fides Service - “Not much is said about the kidnapping of Clementina Cantoni. In Pakistan there is hardly any mention of it. There has been no general mobilisation among world media as in the cases of other ho ...
• 31 May 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Tension and disorder in Karachi: Christian leaders call on government to guarantee more security and promote social and inter-religious harmony Lahore (Fides Service) - There is tension in the southern Pakistan port of Karach where violent disorder followed a suicide bomb on 30 May which devastated the Mandinatul Ilm Shiite mosque in the district of Gulshan-e-I ...
• 30 May 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - UNICEF starts building 200 new schools for 40,000 children in tsunami affected areas Banda Aceh (Fides Service) - UNICEF in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration IOM has started a programme to put in place 200 new temporary primary schools in areas around Aceh most seriously af ...
• 30 May 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - RSS (Hindu fundamentalism): 300,000 training schools, 10 million members, 100 million supporters. One of 39 centres of terror listed by Terrorism Research Centre in Virginia USA New Delhi (Fides Service) - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS (National Volunteers Corps) is a movement notorious for anti Christian and anti Muslim violence in India. A fundamentalist Hindu organisation which promotes wit ...