Asia
5 October 2009
ASIA/NEPAL - Caritas Nepal celebrates 20th anniversary
Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – Twenty years after its foundation in 1989, Caritas Nepal has extended its work for the poor and marginalized. As local Church sources tell Fides, in celebrating its 20th anniversary, Caritas ...
5 October 2009
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A Camillian tells Fides his testimony: “We thank God that we are still alive, but we are in urgent need of everything.”
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - “We thank God that we are still alive, but we are in urgent need of everything: food, medicine, cooking utensils, eating utensils, mattresses, blankets, and construction materials to rebuild ho ...
2 October 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Catholic workers of the Catholic Social Services Center of Shanghai on pilgrimage to Shrine of “Rosary Village” in the Diocese of Fu Zhou
Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - “The pilgrimage has given us a spiritual boost that helps us to live our faith as all Christians, but also to better carry out our mission in social services and Catholic ministry.” This is ...
30 September 2009
ASIA/JAPAN - Bishop Joseph Fukahori: a life spent for the Gospel in Japan
Takamatsu (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Antonello Iapicca, of the clergy of the Diocese of Takamatsu, sent the following memories of Bishop Joseph Fukahori, Emeritus Bishop of the Diocese, to Agenzia Fides.
“He left this wo ...
29 September 2009
ASIA/HONG KONG - New Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity visits Hong Kong, affirming the desire to carry out service “to the poorest of the poor” on the mainland as well, according to the desires of Mother Teresa
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – During her recent pastoral trip to Hong Kong, which took place September 16-21, Sister Mary Prema, new Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity founded by Blessed Mother Teresa of Cal ...
28 September 2009
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Church working on the frontline to help refugees following Typhoon Ondoy
Manila (Agenzia Fides) – While the number of victims and homeless continues to rise (over 100 dead and 340,000 homeless), the Church in the Philippines has been working to provide rescue and assistance to the thousands ...
28 September 2009
ASIA/JAPAN - Prayer and mission in the Year for Priests in Tokyo on First Sundays
Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of the Year for Priests, the Diocese of Tokyo is dedicating the First Sunday of every month to pray a special prayer for priests and their parish mission. The initiative, Fides was told ...
28 September 2009
ASIA/CHINA - A mission experience concludes with a spiritual retreat of 73 religious from the Congregation of Our Lady's Presentation; 4 sisters sent to work with lepers
Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - “A good weekend: enrich our spiritual life in order to always have a heart interested in the nation, the Church, and the mission of evangelization,” was the theme for the spiritual retreat ...
25 September 2009
VATICAN - AVE MARIA: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - The power of Christ's forgiveness
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Recently we celebrated the feast of Saint Matthew the evangelist. In the light of God's infinite mercy, Matthew himself narrates the unforgettable event of his calling to follow Jesus: “A ...
25 September 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Shi Jingxian of Diocese of Kweiteh: a person of profound spiritual life, with a steadfast faith and outstanding intelligence
Kweiteh (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, September 16, Bishop Nicholas Shi Jingxian, OAR of the Diocese of Kweiteh (Shangqiu), in the Province of Henan (mainland China), passed away. His physical conditions had worsened ...
24 September 2009
ASIA/MYANMAR - A special ministry of evangelization, in the Year for Priests, for two new priests of the Diocese of Banmaw
Banmaw (Agenzia Fides) – They have just begun their ministry in the Year for Priests and they could not be happier for this gift of Divine Providence. We are talking about the two new priests from the Diocese of Banmaw ...
23 September 2009
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 5,000th priest in 164-year history of the Church in Korea ordained in Year for Priests
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – It is a landmark within the Year for Priests, proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI, and which will serve as an inspiration in the vocational ministry in Korea: the Church's celebration of the ordinat ...
23 September 2009
ASIA/HONG KONG - Religion and Morality course: proposal for a Catholic school for the new school year, to offer an integral education and raise good citizens
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – A course on religion and morality in Catholic schools, to offer an integral education and form good citizens is the proposal of the Catholic schools for the new school year. According to a r ...
22 September 2009
ASIA/LEBANON - Solemn Mass for the beginning of Mission Month and presentation of Pope's Message for World Mission Sunday 2009
Batroun (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies of Lebanon are celebrating, as they do every year, the beginning of Mission Month, in communion with the Universal Church. The Holy Mass opening the Mission Mo ...
21 September 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Bartholomew YU Chengti of Hanchung, one of the great witnesses to the freedom of the Church, for which he suffered imprisonment and house arrest, dedicating his entire life to evangelization
Hanchung (Agenzia Fides) – His Excellency Bartholomew YU Chengti, Bishop of the Diocese of Hanchung (Hanzhong), in the Province of Shaanxi (China mainland), died on September 14, 2009. His physical conditions were alre ...
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