Asia
1 July 2008
ASIA/CAMBODIA - “With Paul to announce the Gospel”: Phnom Penh Vicariate Apostolic issues Pastoral Letter for Year of St Paul
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – “With Paul to announce the Gospel ”: is the title of a Pastoral Letter issued by the Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh Archbishop Emiles Destombes on the occasion of the opening of the Year ...
30 June 2008
ASIA/CHINA - A year ago today Benedict XVI's "Letter to the bishops, priests, consecrated men and women and lay faithful of the Catholic Church in the Peoples' Republic of China ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A year after the Holy Father's Letter to Chinese Catholics was made public (30 June 2007), it would seem impossible to list the effects of that gesture. A far longer period of time must pas ...
27 June 2008
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Irradiate the spirituality of St Paul everywhere: local Church initiatives for the Year of St Paul
Manila (Agenzia Fides) – “We welcome the Year of St Paul with great joy. We open our hearts and minds to the light of grace which will lead us to a better understanding of the life and writings left to us by the belo ...
26 June 2008
ASIA/INDIA - Some 1,000 young Indian Catholics in Sydney for World Youth Day
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Some 1,000 young Indian Catholics accompanied by 14 bishops, 80 priests and numerous men and women religious, pastoral workers, as well as representatives of other religions in India, Hindus ...
26 June 2008
ASIA/BANGLADESH - results and recognition for Catholic consecrated life in Bangladesh
Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic religious life in Bangladesh, active in education and social assistance, recently received national recognition for fifty years of service to the nation in the field of schooling.
The ...
25 June 2008
ASIA/HONG KONG - School pastoral support project
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – To support Catholic school volunteers and pupils and ensure better pastoral care within the school, the Hong Kong diocesan Youth Pastoral Commission recently presented a programme for youth ...
25 June 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Solemn Mass in Zhou Zhi Cathedral for the Feast day of Saint John the Baptist: “let us imitate John and prepare the way for Christ, indicating to everyone the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world ”
Zhou Zhi (Agenzia Fides) – “We must imitate St John the Baptist and prepare the way for Christ, indicating to everyone the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, and calling them to convert their hearts to ...
25 June 2008
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Enthusiastic delegation of young Catholics prepares to travel to Sydney for World Youth Day next month
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – Preparation completed, the day of departure is close. A group of young Cambodian Catholics filled with emotion, hope and expectations, is ready to travel to Sydney to take part in World You ...
25 June 2008
ASIA/JAPAN - Bishops' annual assembly agenda: Martyrs Beatification Mass, commitment for pace, Year of St Paul initiatives
Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – Putting the finishing touches to the Beatification of 188 Japanese Catholic Martyrs to take place on 24 November in Nagasaki; discussing initiatives to promote “Justice and Peace” to mark 60 ...
24 June 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Thirty priests celebrating their 10th anniversary of priesthood take part in the “Annual Formation Course,” which includes a visit to the Diocese of Macao
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – Improve the quality of priests, promote pastoral work, opening oneself to a perspective of pastoral care and evangelization at the service of the Church and society: these were the obje ...
24 June 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Local authorities announce the reconstruction of the old church in Bai Lu, built by Foreign Missions Priests of Paris 100 years ago and later destroyed by the earthquake in 8-seconds’ time
Peng Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – According to the official government site of China, Xinhuanet, the Supervisory Department for Archeological Sites in Si Chuan has announced that it “will reconstruct (on the original site) ...
24 June 2008
ASIA/SRI LANKA - More fighting and victims in the North: the Church renews her appeal for an end to the violence
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – While the North of the country continues to face conflict and fighting, resulting in numerous victims, the Church in Sri Lanka is once again calling for an end to the hostility and for reconci ...
23 June 2008
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Typhoon Fengshen hits the Philippines; the Church’s aid efforts
Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The victims’ toll for Typhoon Fengshen, that recently hit the western coast of the Philippines, continues to rise. There are over 1,000 dead, over 500 missing, and 65,000 have fled their home ...
23 June 2008
ASIA - Corruption is the continent’s “worst evil”: a Report from the United Nations Human Development Program
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Corruption, on all levels of society, is an extremely wide-spread evil on the Asian continent and forms the root and primary cause of the poverty in which millions of people live. Effectively ...
20 June 2008
ASIA/CHINA - “Wherever His Love is, there also is the Lord Himself”: the diary of Sr. Ji, written in the tent where she worked among the earthquake victims of Sichuan
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – “We are Catholic religious, from various religious congregations from the different dioceses and provinces.” This was the response given by Sister Ji Yong-Jing, of the Congregation ...
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