Asia

• 10 May 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - To mark the 20th anniversary of TaoYuan Apostolate Formation Centre Hsinchu diocese plans to establish a Diocesan Bible Society Hsinchu (Fides Service) - The TaoYuan Apostolate Formation Centre in Hsinchu diocese, Taiwan, will mark its 20th anniversary in 2005. In view of this during a recent Bible Study meeting at the Centre on May 4 it was deci ...
• 10 May 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Debate on euthanasia gives rise to extra solidarity and care for seriously ill patients Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Recently the Hong Kong Parliament received an e-mail request from A Bin a 30 year old paralysed man to legalise euthanasia. The news sparked heated debate in Hong Kong Society and many citizen ...
• 10 May 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “Word of Love, Word from the Heart”: prayer meeting for Vocations organised by diocesan Commission Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The Diocesan Commission for Vocations of the Catholic diocese of Hong Kong held a prayer meeting for vocations on May 1 with the theme “Word of Love, Word from the Heart”. More than 250 pe ...
• 10 May 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences issues working paper for its next Assembly in August on the theme “The Asian Family towards a Culture of Life” Seoul (Fides Service) - Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences FABC has issued the working paper for its 8th Plenary Assembly 17-22 August in Taejeon, South Korea, on the theme “The Asian Family towards a Culture o ...
• 10 May 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Final act of political elections while there is growing debate on the presence of Christians in civil and political life New Delhi (Fides Service) - While elections in India are at the final stage since mid April there is growing debate as to whether and how Christians should be involved in political. According to some Christian members o ...
• 8 May 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of first Bishop of Bameng, Bishop Guo Zhengji, a bold witness to faith in Christ Yinchuan (Fides Service) - Chinese Bishop Francis Xavier Guo Zhengji, Bishop of Bameng (mainland China) inner Mongolia, died at the age of 91 on Monday May 3, at Yinchuan Hospital where he had been in care for some month ...
• 8 May 2004
  ASIA/JAPAN - A gift of flower seeds with a message from Papal Nuncio welcomes new born babies at Red Cross hospitals all over Japan Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - “Flowers are a gift of the Creator and their beauty speaks a language all their own. To offer a flower is a sign of sharing and caring between the giver and the receiver”. This message, compos ...
• 8 May 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Special Mass for 20th anniversary of the canonisation of Korea’s 103 Catholic martyrs Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - To mark the 20th anniversary of the canonisation in Seoul by Pope John Paul II of Korea’s 103 Catholic Martyrs, a special Mass was celebrated on May 1 at Jeoldusan Shrine presided by Archbishop ...
• 8 May 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Paul Shan encourages Taichung diocese to promote a spirit of evangelisation among parish communities Taichung (Fides) -Cardinal Paul Shan, Bishop of Kaohsiung, recently illustrated a Pastoral Letter issued by the Bishops of Taiwan “Building up the Parish a community of faith, hope and love” to a group of 250 parish ...
• 8 May 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Members of the Canossian Third Order take part in annual retreat reflecting on “How to live the Canossian charisma” Hongkong (Agenzia Fides) - More than 60 members of the Canossian Third Order took part in an annual retreat 24 and 25 April to reflect on the theme How to live the Canossian charisma”. One of the speakers was Sr. Li Mu ...
• 8 May 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishops’ Commission for Pastoral Care of Workers discusses problem of jobs for middle aged unemployed Hong Kong (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the Feast of St Joseph the Worker, Labour Day May 1, this year, the Commission for Pastoral Care of Workers of Hong Kong’s Catholic Bishops Conference organised a Seminar ...
• 7 May 2004
  ASIA/ NORTH KOREA - With its 2004-2005 Plan for Humanitarian aid in North Korea Caritas Hong Kong aims to help more than 500,000 children and offer wide range of social support Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “The humanitarian emergency in North Korea is not over. Results obtained thanks to international aid are threatened by persisting economic difficulties”: this is the appeal launched by Car ...
• 7 May 2004
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Not only victims of recent train tragedy: hunger threatens more than 6.5 million people in North Korea Seoul (Fides Service) - A humanitarian alarm with regard the food situation in North Korea was launched yesterday by the United Nations’ World Food Programme WFP. “While the international community provided immediate ...
• 6 May 2004
  ASIA/JAPAN - A year of evangelisation reaps harvest of 83 new adult Christians in a Tokyo parish Tokyo (Fides Service) - Evangelising society, leading catechumens to receive Baptism is the mission of all Christians and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan keeps a steady record of these happy events. In Koeji ...
• 6 May 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Salesian heads NGO promotes technical training for young people in view of jobs in various sectors of the economy Guwahati (Fides Service) - A non confessional Non Governmental Organisation “Skills for Progress” (SKIP) has asked a Catholic missionary to be its new director. The Missionary chosen by the NGO, which promotes techni ...