Asia

• 7 December 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - 150th anniversary of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception - “Mary, Model for Christians in India”: from the Shrine of Our Lady of Health at Vailankanni, India Vailankanni (Agenzia Fides) - The Shrine of Our Lady of Health at Vailankanni in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is one of the most famous Marian shrines in Asia. Here in the 16th century Our Lady appeared to a H ...
• 7 December 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - “Francis Xavier a precious saint for our times: a man with total trust in the power of God ”, says Papal Nuncio in India Goa (Fides Service) - “Francis Xavier was successful in his mission because he had faith in God’s plan” said Papal Nuncio in India Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana, in Goa where he went to take part in celebrations ...
• 7 December 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - New Translation of the Bible should be ready at last by Spring 2005 Seoul (Fides Service) - Korean Catholics will soon have at their disposal a new translation of the Bible expected to be ready by next Spring. This edition. prepared by the Biblical Commission of the Korean Bishops’ Con ...
• 7 December 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - La Salesian Publishers presents special texts for Year of the Eucharist Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - In communion with the universal Church, Catholics in Taiwan are striving to live with intensity the Year of the Eucharist announced by Pope John Paul II. The local Church is planning various init ...
• 6 December 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Chain of solidarity for flood victims in northern Philippines Manila (Fides Service) - A chain of solidarity is being organised to provide aid for victims of the tropical storms which struck the eastern part of the island of Luzon, the largest of the archipelago, on which the capit ...
• 6 December 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church is committed to protecting and promoting human rights: message from Justice and Peace Commission of Korean Bishops’ Conference Seoul (Fides Service) - “The Church has always worked to protect the inalienable rights of every human person and to promote respect for the human dignity of every person from birth to death and it will continue to do ...
• 2 December 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - “The Feast day of St Francis Xavier and the exposition of his relics offer an opportunity to rediscover our great missionary tradition”: Catholic Archbishop of Goa told Fides. Hindus and Muslims join Christians to venerate the Catholic saint Goa (Fides Service) - “The Feast day of St Francis Xavier at this time when his relics are exposed for veneration is an opportunity to rediscover our great missionary tradition” the Catholic Archbishop of Goa Mgr Fel ...
• 2 December 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Members of Asian Parliaments unite to rid the continent of poverty, hunger and terrorism Islamabad (Fides Service) - Representatives from more than 30 countries in Asia, from Turkey to Japan, are taking part in an Assembly of Members of Asian Parliaments in Islamabad, Pakistan, to discuss major challenges fa ...
• 2 December 2004
  ASIA/HONGKONG - Hong Kong Catholic doctors teach health care in Taunggyi diocese in Myanmar Hong Kong (Fides Service) - A medical team of four Hong Kong doctors and a nurse recently returned from a mission in Myanmar, where, in Taunggyi diocese, one of the poorest in the county, they trained missionaries and lo ...
• 1 December 2004
  ASIA/CAMBODIA -info Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of a visit by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, here is some information ...
• 1 December 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Typhoon Winnie hits northern Philippines: many killed and missing after flash floods and landslides Manila (Fides Service) - The death toll caused by typhoon Winnie in northern Philippines continues to rise. Local authorities in Luzon, say that flash floods and landslides left at least 447 persons dead and over 300 mo ...
• 1 December 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Once again… 36 Tribal Christian converts are sent away from their village New Delhi (Fides Service) - There is no end to anti-minority discrimination and violence in India. A report from Jagdalpur diocese in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, said that recently the people of the village ...
• 30 November 2004
  ASIA/TURKEY - Catholics and Orthodox give warm welcome to relics of St John Chrysostom and St Gregory Nanzianzen arrived from Rome - Jesuit House returned to Syro-Catholic community Istanbul (Fides Service) - An ecumenical assembly, including civil authorities and many Catholic Bishops gathered yesterday in the St George’s Orthodox Cathedral to welcome the relics of St Gregory Nazianzen and St Joh ...
• 30 November 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic Bishops of Korea and Japan committed to regular meetings to re-read painful episodes of history in the light of truth and reconciliation Seoul (Fides Service) - Recently Catholic Bishops of Japan and Korea met in Cheju, South Korea for their traditional annual meeting to exchange ideas and experience in an atmosphere of friendship. A total of thirty one ...
• 29 November 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “People are getting their breath back after the assaults a few days ago” source in Mosul told Fides Baghdad (Fides Service)- “Things are a little quieter thank goodness. Some parts of the city are calm although in other districts fighting continues” Father Nizar Semaan told Fides, after contacting people in the nor ...