Asia

• 16 September 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - CHALDEAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALL FOR RECOGNITION AND REPRESENTATION IN THE BUILDING OF NEW DEMOCRATIC IRAQ Baghdad (Fides Service) – The Chaldean Bishops of Iraq sent a declaration on “the role of Chaldeans in the new Iraq” to the Civil Administrator of Iraq Mr Paul Bremer. In their statement signed by 19 Chaldean Bish ...
• 16 September 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - BISHOP MANDAGI OF AMBOINA SAYS THE MOLUCCAS ARE STARTING A NEW LIFE, STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED CLOSED ANOTHER STEP TAKEN TOWARDS LASTING PEACE Ambon (Fides Service) – “The Moluccas are starting a new life. There is a new atmosphere of confidence and hope. People realise that no good can come of conflict and violence. I am confident that a lasting peace agre ...
• 16 September 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - FOLLOWING TYPHOON MAEMI CARITAS KOREA STARTS SOLIDARITY CHAIN - NEXT SUNDAY SPECIAL COLLECTION FOR DISASTER VICTIMS Seoul (Fides Service) – A chain of solidarity was set up by Caritas Korea as an immediate response to help victims of typhoon Maemi which struck the south and east of the peninsula a few days ago. Alex Lee, head of t ...
• 12 September 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - CITY AND RURAL CATHOLIC YOUTH COME TOGETHER TO SHARE EXPERIENCES Beijing (Fides Service) – Their life styles differ but their faith is the same. This discovery was made by a group of Catholic youth during the Summer holidays when a parish community in Beijing organised a visit to a ...
• 12 September 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - KASHMIR’S FIRST MINISTER PRAISES CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: EDUCATION GIVEN BY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AND MISSIONARIES Srinager (Fides Service) – Catholic schools were publicly praised by the first minister of Jammu-Kashmir state in India. In a speech to inaugurate the school years Minister Mufti Mohammad Syeed, addressing teachers, pu ...
• 12 September 2003
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - RELIGIONS CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS PEACE: RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN SINGAPORE ISSUE INTERRELIGIOUS DECLARATION OF HARMONY, AN IMPORTANT STEP AFTER 11 SEPTEMBER Singapore (Fides Service) – Religions in Singapore aim to build harmony to contribute to building peaceful co-existence in the social life of the country. This was the intention of a Meeting of the Interreligious Harmo ...
• 11 September 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - SALESIANS PRODUCE VIDEO ON MOTHER TERESA IN THREE LANGUAGES WITH PARTS OF HER SPEECHES: A VALID TOOL FOR SPREADING AMONG PEOPLES OF OTHER RELIGIONS HER MESSAGE OF LOVE AND SERVICE TO THE POOR Calcutta (Fides Service) - Mother Teresa is loved and admired throughout India, Albania and all over the world: her message of love and service for the poorest of the poor and her wrinkled face belong to the whole of hum ...
• 11 September 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - CHRISTIANS SHOULD TAKE PART IN POLITICS AND BUSINESS TO INFUSE GOSPEL AND CHURCH’S SOCIAL TEACHING: COMBINATION OF FREE MARKET AND EFFECTIVE RULES MAKES FOR GOOD OF SOCIETY Bombay (Fides Service) – Christians can and must take an active part in politics and business in order to carry the Gospel message and values to ambits vital for the life of society. This was affirmed by Bishop Aloysiu ...
• 11 September 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - CHURCH IN KOREA ENCOURAGES BASIC ECCLESIAL COMMUNITIES FOR EVANGELISATION BASED ON WORD OF GOD AND COMMUNITY LIFE Seoul (Fides Service) – Promotion of Basic Ecclesial Communities BEC as a means of evangelisation through laity and families: this is the intention of a group of Catholic Bishops in Korea who recently invited Catholic ...
• 11 September 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - TERRORISM IS A CONCERN BUT PEOPLE ARE PREOCCUPIED WITH ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, UNEMPLOYMENT, POVERTY: SAYS BISHOP SITUMORANG, SECRETARY OF THE INDONESIAN BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE Padang (Fides Service) – “This is a September 11 without tension although fear of terrorism remains after the recent attack, but what peopel are mostly concerned with is work and feeding the family” says Bishop Mar ...
• 10 September 2003
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - SARS ALARM BUT WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION APPEALS FOR CALM BUT NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. CHINESE CATHOLICS CARRY ON DAILY PRAYERS Singapore (Fides Service) – A new case of SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Singapore has put the international community in alarm. In various parts of the world, especially those countries affected by the viru ...
• 10 September 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - MARY OF NAZARETH UNITES MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS: PILGRIMS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY GATHER AT MARIAMBAD SHRINE Mariambad (Fides Service) – “I am truly grateful to the people of Mariambad for their generous collaboration in welcoming pilgrims from all over the country” said Archbishop Lawrence Saldhana of Lahore in his addre ...
• 10 September 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - CATHOLIC CHURCH LAUNCHES ANTI-AIDS CAMPAIGN IN CHURCH-RUN INSTITUTIONS: 5,000 HOSPITALS AND 2,000 REHABILITATION CENTRES New Delhi (Fides Service) – The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India has launched a major nation-wide campaign to coordinate efforts to alleviate the suffering of an estimated 4.5 million HIV positive Indians. The C ...
• 10 September 2003
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - EVERY YEAR 300,000 SRI LANKAN CHILDREN VICTIMS OF PAEDOPHILIA: CATHOLICS COMMITTED TO ELIMINATING THIS HORROR AND OBJECT TO LEGALISATION OF PROSTITUTION WHICH FEEDS ABUSE AND CRIMINALITY Colombo (Fides Service) – Catholics in Colombo are strongly objecting to a petition being circulated in the city to legalise prostitution and organise sexual trade in certain areas of the Sri Lankan capital. The city� ...
• 10 September 2003
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - MARIST BROTHERS OPEN CATHOLIC SCHOOL TO IMPROVE LIFE QUALITY OF DISABLED CHILDREN Rome (Fides Service) – The Marist Brothers, whose charisma is care and teaching for youth, have opened a Catholic school for disabled children in Cambodia 8 km south of Phnom Penh, the capital. At present La Valla Scho ...