Asia
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9 October 2006
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Church and civil society mobilise for World Day Against Death Penalty 10 October
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The World Day Against the Death Penalty on 10 October will be celebrated in the Philippines with widespread mobilisation of human rights groups, Catholic associations and movements, civil society ...
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6 October 2006
ASIA/SRI LANKA - “Tamil children must be guaranteed instruction, gateway to the future”: Catholic Bishop of Jaffna
Jaffna (Agenzia Fides) - Every effort must be made to guarantee instruction for Tamil children and young people despite the present situation of violence and conflict. Both parties, government troops and Tamil separatist ...
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4 October 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Ever more mission-minded laity deserve better formation and more space for pastoral collaboration
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - To form lay Catholics in view of cooperation with pastoral work and ever more convincing Christian witness in society the Laity Commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India recent ...
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4 October 2006
ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - United Nations High Commission for Refugees says increasing violence in the south is causing number of internally displaced persons to rise
Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - In Afghanistan growing instability and insecurity has brought the problem of refugees and internally displaced persons which troubled the country for years back to the surface. After the fall of t ...
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4 October 2006
ASIA/HONG KONG - Belgian missionary sisters dies at the age of 106: 20 years on mission in Mongolia and 26 in Hong Kong
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - A Belgian missionary Sister who spent many years of her life caring for Chinese refugees in Mongolia and in Hong Kong has died in her home country at the age of 106. According to Hong Kong dio ...
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3 October 2006
ASIA/CHINA -University students in Shanghai diocese reflect on “Mane Nobiscum Domine (Lk 24,29)”
Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) - “Mane Nobiscum Domine (Lk 24,29)” was the theme of a week long retreat for about 100 university Catholic and non Catholic students from every parish of Shanghai diocese. Six priests and th ...
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2 October 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - Our Lady of Luo Dong Catholic Hospital celebrates 54th anniversary: Camillian missionaries loved for their dedicated and qualified service
Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - “These fifty four years of service have been 54 years of grace” said Fr Raimondo Yang Chia-Men, M.I., director general for pastoral care at Our Lady of Luo Dong Catholic Hospital during a rec ...
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2 October 2006
ASIA/PAKISTAN - In view of Mission Sunday 2006 lay Catholics attend apostolate formation Course promoted by Pontifical Mission Societies Pakistan
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - Prepare lay Catholics for works of apostolate, reflect on the laity’s role, tasks and place in the Church, discuss problems and identify remedies in society of the third millennium: these were ...
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2 October 2006
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops-Ulama Conference urges parties to stop wasting time and return to the negotiating table to reach peace
Davao (Agenzia Fides) - To restart the process of peace and reconciliation with Muslim separatists in Mindanao, BUC the Bishops-Ulama Conference will meet 9 and 10 October in Davao for a “Consultation of Peace with al ...
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29 September 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - “We entrust to Mary the Cause for Life”: Chinese Regional Bishops Conference welcomes appeal from Fatima to unite with recitation of Rosary Prayer on Sunday 8 October
Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - “Mary, to You we entrust the cause of Life” is the theme of the next meeting 4 - 8 October in Fatima, Portugal, organised by The World Apostolate of Fatima. The Apostolate has called for a wo ...
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29 September 2006
ASIA/INDIA - In tsunami affected Tamil Nadu life returns to normal with new homes and new schools
Pondicherry (Agenzia Fides) - “We are working to help tsunami affected people in Tamil Nadu resume normal life rebuilding and repairing structures but also offering psychological care for traumatised people, mainly chi ...
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28 September 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - Some 6,800 first year students at Fu Ren Catholic University attend academic year opening ceremony presided by Grand Chancellor, Archbishop Cheng
Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - The Summer holidays over, some 6,800 first year students gathered at Fu Ren Catholic University on 15 September for the opening ceremony for the new academic year presided by the University’s G ...
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28 September 2006
ASIA/JAPAN - Children's letters and poems dedicated to Francis Xavier on show in Kagoshima to mark the 5th centenary of his birth: an opportunity to rediscover the Saint’s missionary charisma
Kagoshima (Agenzia Fides) - “Dear Fr Francis thank you for looking after us” a little girl at a Catholic primary school in Kagoshima writes in a letter composed as part of thanksgiving celebrations to commemorate th ...
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28 September 2006
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Courageous witness of tiny Catholic community in Quetta, an impervious region of Pakistan bordering on Iran and Afghanistan
Quetta (Agenzia Fides) - It is not easy, but the small Catholic community in Quetta keeps the flame of faith burning. Catholics in the apostolic prefecture of Quetta, which borders on Iran and Afghanistan, are mainly sub ...
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27 September 2006
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - With optimism and enthusiasm Caritas South Korea prepares to shoulder responsibility for cooperation programmes in north Korea
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - “We are very busy at the Caritas South Korea offices in Seoul”, says Stella Koh, head of International Cooperation at Caritas Korea. Religious, laity, volunteers, are preparing to take over co ...
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