Asia

• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Ursuline Sisters of St. Jerome in Somasca missionaries in the state of Tamil Nadu plan to open home for homeless children and orphans Pudur Kundukulam (Fides Service) - Ursuline Sisters of St. Jerome in Somasca on mission in the state of Tamil Nadu plan to open a home for orphans for victims of the December 26 tsunami disaster. The Sisters have alre ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Missionary in Sri Lanka told Fides: “Besides material help the Catholic community is working for moral rehabilitation of the population offering consolation and comfort” Colombo (Fides Service) - “Besides material help the Catholic community is offering consolation and comfort”, extremely necessary in these moments for the population victims of the disaster. We are also working for m ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/CINA - Reflection by a Chinese priest: “The path evangelisation is still long. In China there is even more Christmas atmosphere than Paris and New York, but few have heard of the Infant Jesus” Beijing (Fides Service) - The Chinese Catholic community lived Christmas 2004 as a profound experience of faith: the bitter cold of Winter in Beijing was attenuated by a warm Christmas spirit and unity of prayer. At the ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/THAILAND - “Most of the members of the Catholic parish at Phuket survived because they were in church for Sunday Mass, then the seaquake struck, but they lost everything and will have to start life all over again”, says PIME Father Claudio Corti on mission in Thailand Phuket (Fides Service) - Missionaries of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions PIME are sending aid to Thailand through Father Pietro Bancha, parish priest in Phuket, the Thai area most affected by the tsunami. ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Sri Lanka and Indonesia to deal with emergency: shelter is a priority Colombo (Fides Service) - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR is involved in aid operations in south east Asia for victims of the December 26 tsunami. UNHCR has started major 6 month plans of interventi ...
• 4 January 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Immediate response from Chinese Catholics to help seaquake victims Beijing (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics were quick to respond to provide relief aid for victims of the December 26 seaquake. In collaboration with international charity organisations the Bei Fang Jin De Foundation ha ...
• 4 January 2005
  ASIA/THAILAND - Jesuit in Thailand reports to Fides: “The nation is united. Our Superior is acting as interpreter in hospitals for non Thai seaquake victims” Bangkok (Fides Service) - “I must say that the country is united”, Spanish Jesuit Alfonso de Juan, 40 years on mission in Thailand, told Fides. “Thailand reacted quickly and efficiently”, the missionary said. “ ...
• 4 January 2005
  ASIA/ SRI LANKA - No alarm about children kidnapped for organ trafficking: the Church in Sri Lanka has received no direct reports of missing infants Colombo (Fides Service) - At the moment there have been no reports of children who lost their parents in the seaquake now sadly known as tsunami orphans, being kidnapped or abused or sold as slaves or used for human orga ...
• 4 January 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic community united in grief mourns Father Antonius Lee biblical scholar promoter of the Chinese Bible: Bishop Joseph Zen presides funeral Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Recently Bishop Joseph Zen of Hong Kong presided the funeral of Franciscan Father Antonius Lee who will be for ever remembered for his contribution towards producing a Chinese version of the B ...
• 3 January 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocese collects money for tsunami victims and holds special prayers for the dead and their families Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Besides organising special collections for the peoples affected by the seaquake in southern Asia, Hong Kong diocese also is also holding special prayers in the Cathedral for the people victims ...
• 3 January 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Paul Shan, President of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference makes appeal for seaquake victims Taiwan (Fides Service) - Cardinal Paul Shan, President of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference has launched an appeal for seaquake victims calling on Catholics and all men and women of good will to show solidarity ...
• 3 January 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Sick people and medical helpers among the victims of seaquake in Indonesia: AIFO leprosy service personnel among the dead and missing Jakarta (Fides Service) - The disastrous seaquake in southern Asia did not spare leprosy centres run by the Association of Friends of Raoul Follereau (AIFO) in Indonesia in particular. AIFO rehabilitation Centre in Aceh ...
• 3 January 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Appeal from the Catholic Archbishop of Colombo: “Those who have escaped are just left with only themselves and the clothes they were wearing at the moment of the tragedy” Colombo (Fides Service) - One Sister among the dead, two injured priests, ten churches devastated: this is the first report from the archdiocese of Colombo regarding damage to church personnel and structures. The informa ...
• 3 January 2005
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Inter-religious prayer and solidarity chain for seaquake victims Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) - Although Malaysia was less severely affected by the 26 December tsunami compared to other Asian countries (100 reported dead but many still missing especially on the islands of Peang and Ke ...
• 3 January 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - At least twenty lay Catholics and a nun were swept away by the tsunami as they attended Sunday Mass in church: community mourns Sr Bernadette a school sister much loved and appreciated in the diocese of Galle: Nuncio Archbishop Mario Zenari reports to Fides Colombo (Fides Service) - A nun and at least twenty other worshippers were swept away by the fury of the tsunami as they attended Mass on Sunday 26 December at Our Lady of Victories church in Matara, Sri Lanka. So far Sr ...