Asia

• 25 November 2003
  ASIA/HONG KONG - DEMOCRATIC PARTY WINS ELECTIONS: LOCAL CHURCH ENCOURAGES CATHOLICS TO “PRESERVE DEMOCRACY AND PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHURCH’S SOCIAL TEACHING”. Hong Kong (Fides Service) – Catholic observers in Kong Kong describe the triumph of the Democratic Party in November 23 elections as a history making event. Local church sources tell Fides that another page has been wr ...
• 24 November 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2: MAJOR SUPERIORS OF AMERICAN MISSION INSTITUTES REFLECT ON THE PROGRESS BETWEEN CAM 1 AND CAM 2 Guatemala City (Fides Service) – On 22 and 23 November in Guatemala City there was a meeting of Superior Majors of America (SOMIVA). Father Antonio Camacho Muñoz, of the communications office of the Missionaries of G ...
• 24 November 2003
  ASIA/CHINA – DESPITE GOVERNMENT MEASURES CHINA REGISTERS CONCERNING INCREASE IN CASES OF SUICIDE Beijing (Fides Service) – China has launched a national plan to address the serious problem of suicide. The government has ordered a study to find ways to prevent depression. Last year Beijing opened an Assistance Cent ...
• 24 November 2003
  ASIA/TURKEY - REGARDLESS OF TENSION AND FEAR FRANCISCAN FRIARS OPEN INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY FOR MISSION OF ECUMENICAL AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE Istanbul (Fides Service) – On November 29 with a solemn Mass at the church of Santa Maria Draperis in Istanbul a new International Fraternity will be opened by the Order of Friars Minor in the presence of Minister Gene ...
• 24 November 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - WAVE OF VIOLENCE IN NORTH EAST INDIA LEAVES THOUSANDS HOMELESS AND DOES NOT SPARE THE CHURCH, ARCHBISHOP OF SHILLONG TELLS FIDES Shillong (Fides Service) – “Thousands are homeless, thousands of students are without lessons. Innocent people die. May God forgive those who commit such evil. The violence does not even spare religious ministers or ...
• 21 November 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - YOUTH AGAINST TERRORISM, COMMITTED TO PEACE AND A FUTURE OF BROTHERHOOD: 600 TO ATTEND WORLD YOUTH SUMMIT SPONSORED BY UNITED NATIONS Bombay (Fides Service) – Indian youth is taking up the challenge to work for peace. “Do you care about the future of humanity, are you ready to work for peace? Are you good at planning and decision making? Are you in ...
• 21 November 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS CLOSE RAMADAN IN UNITY AND HARMONY: FUNDAMENTALISM MUST BE ISOLATED – GOVERNMENT OUTLAWS THREE EXTREMIST GROUPS Islamabad (Fides Service) – Increase common initiatives, in a spirit of tolerance and harmony; isolate fundamentalists: these decisions were taken by Muslim and Christian leaders at a Dinner on 19 November in Lahore or ...
• 20 November 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - WIDESPREAD CONCERN FOR KILLING OF CHRISTIANS IN CENTRAL SULAWESI: EXTREMIST GROUPS TRY TO RE-IGNITE VIOLENCE. ARRESTED PROTESTANT CHURCH INFORMATION/CRISIS CENTRE OFFICER: SERVICE OF TRUTH TARGETED Poso (Fides Service ) – Four Protestants killed on Sunday 16 November, including Pastor Oranje Tadjodja, aged 58; 10 killed in October; Pastor Rinaldy Damanik, head of Protestant Crisis Centre in central Sulawesi, arre ...
• 19 November 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - CATHOLICS AND DIPLOMATS ORGANISE FRIENDSHIP DAY POT LUCK CHARITY LUNCH TO BUILD A NEW CHURCH AND SEND POOR STUDENTS TO UNIVERSITY Beijing (Fides Service) – The Catholic community in Beijing has always had good relations with the diplomats and international organisations personnel stationed in Beijing. Many foreign citizens attend Sunday Mass in ...
• 19 November 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - WAVE STUDIO DISTRIBUTES “PEACE ON EARTH” CD AND AUDIOCASSETTE TO CATHOLIC FAMILIES SCHOOLS, RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS, PARISHES AND ALSO MUSLIM INSTITUTES AND ASSOCIATIONS Lahore (Fides Service) – “Peace on Earth” is the title of a new Compact Disc produced by Lahore diocese’s Catholic Wave Studio whose director is Father John Nadeem. Wave recording studios was opened by the Socia ...
• 19 November 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - CHURCH CONCERNED FOR IRREGULAR IMMIGRANT WORKERS WITHOUT RIGHTS OR ASSISTANCE, DESTINED TO BE REPATRIATED Seoul (Fides Service) – Concern for the situation of irregular immigrant workers in South Korea, whose living conditions are often at the limit of survival and human dignity, was voiced by the Korean Bishops’ Commiss ...
• 18 November 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - ON DAY OF STATE FUNERAL OF 19 ITALIAN SOLDIERS BOMB BLAST VICTIMS, CHALDEAN CATHOLIC MONK TELLS FIDES: “WE SYMPATHISE DEEPLY WITH THE FAMILIES AND WITH ALL ITALY AND WE ASK THE ITALIAN MISSION NOT TO ABANDON IRAQ BUT TO CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE GOOD OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE!” Rome (Fides Service) – Solidarity, prayers and a call on the Italian mission not to leave Iraq but to stay in Nassirya was the message sent to Fides by Iraqi Father Berjou Mansoor on behalf of the Chaldean Monks in Rom ...
• 18 November 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - “MAY ITALIAN BLOOD SHED ON IRAQI SOIL HELP OLIVE TREE OF PEACE TO GROW AT LAST” IRAQI FATHER NIZAR SEMAAN SPEAKS FOR IRAQI CHRISTIANS Rome (Fides Service)- “On behalf of the Christians in Iraq I wish to voice sympathy and solidarity to the families of the soldiers killed by the bomb attack on the Italian mission head quarters in Nassiriya on November ...
• 18 November 2003
  ASIA/TURKEY - “ISTANBUL MASSACRE FORGES STRONGER BONDS OF SOLIDARITY AND FRIENDSHIP AMONG BELIEVERS IN THE BOOK”: SPOKESMAN OF TURKISH BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE TOLD FIDES. DAY OF MOURNING RELIGIOUS LEADERS VOW TO ISOLATE FUNDAMENTALISM Istanbul (Fides Service ) – Today 18 November is a day of mourning not only in Italy but also in Turkey where this morning funerals were held for those killed by two bomb blasts in Istanbul synagogues on Saturday 15 No ...
• 18 November 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - WORD OF GOD NOW ACCESSIBLE TO MORE THAN 200 MILLION PEOPLE THANKS TO 35 YEARS OF DEDICATED WORK TO PRODUCE BIBLE IN BENGALI Calcutta (Fides Service) – The complete Bible has been translated and published in Bengali thanks to the Xavier Publications House in Calcutta. The Bengali Bible was presented to the press at the Jesuit Communications ...