Asia

• 25 March 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The challenge of migration in Asia and the Church’s solutions Chiesa: Scalabrini fathers organise Week of Formation Manila (Fides Service) - What challenges does migration put to the Church in Asia? What are the most effective means of pastoral care? These questions were the focus of “Exodus - Week of Formation” for pastoral worke ...
• 24 March 2004
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - European Religious Leaders appeal for peace in the Middle East: “Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders in the region must play a direct role to resume peace process” Moscow (Fides Service) - Put an end to violence, reopen paths of dialogue restore hope in a situation of hatred and desperation: this was the appeal for Peace in the Middle East launched by members of the Council of Eur ...
• 24 March 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Refugees on Pakistan-Afghanistan border assisted by international agencies and Salesian Fathers Islamabad (Fides Service) - There are still Afghan refugees in the Pakistan province North West Frontier on the border with Afghanistan, an area in the eye of international attention at the moment because it is here that ...
• 24 March 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Beatification cause of Korea’s second Catholic priest who could become the country’s first non martyr Saint Seoul (Fides Service) - The Church in Korea has received permission from Rome to begin the cause of beatification of Confessor Thomas Choe Yang-eop, who died in 1861 and was Korea’s second Catholic priest. This will be ...
• 23 March 2004
  ASIA/JAPAN - “People with AIDS are our brothers and sisters”: a Japanese nun in front line to combat prejudice and help people with HIV/AIDS Tokyo (Fides Service) - Counselling moral support, concrete assistance for people with HIV/AIDS is the mission of a Japanese Catholic nun Sister Shigehisa Machi, who works as a volunteer at the HIV and Human Rights Info ...
• 23 March 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Amidst hopes and fears Ivory Coast waits for outcome of Opposition demonstration on March 25 Abidjan (Fides Service)- Ivory Coast is waiting to see what happens during the Opposition demonstration on March 25. “Today there is less tension then yesterday when people feared the nation was on the edge of a precip ...
• 23 March 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Padayon Centre run by the Emmanuel Community engaged in building interreligious harmony and serving the poor, marks 1st anniversary Zamboanga (Fides Service) - Promote interreligious dialogue and offer assistance to poor families is the mission of Padayon Center in Zamboanga, in southern Mindanao, in the Philippines. Padayon in the local language me ...
• 23 March 2004
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Election victory for moderate Islam led by Abdullah Badawi: relief among ethnic and religious minorities Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) - There is general satisfaction particularly among ethnic and religious minorities for the outcome of the vote on 21 March. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, his party Barisan Nasional BN ...
• 22 March 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Laity Meeting: leading role in the local Church committed to promoting family values and evangelising society Seoul (Fides Service) - Korea’s lay Catholics are exemplary for their vivacity, dynamism, maturity and ability to evangelise. The Church in Korea is solidly based on active participation of lay people who make an impor ...
• 18 March 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Evangelisation through music in Lent looking towards Easter: Catholic “Wave” studios announces new production Lahore (Fides Service) - Announcing the Easter Message of Resurrection through music is the latest initiative undertaken by Wave Studio in Lahore, directed by Father John Nadeem. The project consists of a new audio-casse ...
• 17 March 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese police release Catholic Bishop Wei Jingyi arrested on 5 March Vatican City (Fides Service) - With great joy Fides learned of the release of Bishop Wei Jingyi, Bishop of the Chinese diocese of Qiqihar, detained by the Chinese police on March 5. The news of the arrest of Bishop Wei J ...
• 17 March 2004
  ASIA/JAPAN - Catholic students in Japan fight trafficking and sexual abuse of minors Tokyo (Fides Service) - Catholic students in Japan are working to eliminate trafficking and sexual abuse of minors in Japan and elsewhere: many of Tokyo’s young people work as volunteers at the offices of the Japanese ...
• 17 March 2004
  ASIA/ PHILIPPINES - “Reconciliation will only come through forgiveness” say Christians and Muslims leaders in the southern Philippines Manila (Fides Service) - “The only way to heal the trauma, the wounds of war victims is to promote reconciliation through forgiveness”: this affirmation was made by the Bishops-Ulema Conference, (BUC), formed in 1996 ...
• 16 March 2004
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Holy Cross Congregation concludes celebrations for 150 years of evangelising activity in Bangladesh Dhaka (Fides Service) - Thanks to the evangelising work of the Holy Cross Congregation, in 150 years the number of Catholics in Bangladesh grew from 13,000 to more than 270, 000. The Congregation has just marked he 150th ...
• 16 March 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslims and Christians share evening meal to break the Christian Lenten fast: Muslim leaders welcome Christian delegation to Pakistan’s most important Mosque Lahore (Fides Service) - In Pakistan collaboration among Muslims Christians is growing and acts of friendship are multiplying. Following a first visit in January by a Christian delegation to Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, th ...