Asia

• 13 November 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - INDIA THREATENED BY GROWING HINDU FASCISM: CATHOLIC CLERGY VOICE CONCERN Patna (Fides Service) – India’s Catholic priests are alarmed by a growing spirit of intolerance felt all over the country threatened by waves of ideological fascism and Hindu fundamentalism based on Hiindutva. This e ...
• 13 November 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - PRESIDENT ARROYO’S NATIONAL UNITY PLAN WANTS HELP FROM LOCAL CHURCH AND BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE PRESIDENT ARCHBISHOP CAPALLA Zamboanga (Fides Service) – The national plan for unity and reconciliation launched by President Gloria Arroyo “is a good opportunity to re-launch dialogue and the peace process although there is a danger that this i ...
• 12 November 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - ITALIAN TROOPS KILLED: IRAQI CHRISTIANS VOICE SYMPATHY TO ITALY THROUGH FATHER NIZAR SEMAAN Rome (Fides Service)- “We firmly condemn the attack on Italian troops on a peacekeeping mission in Iraq” Catholic priest Father Nizar Semaan of Ninive tells Fides expressing sympathy with Italy of all the Christians ...
• 12 November 2003
  ASIA/NEPAL - JESUIT REFUGEES SERVICE CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HELP SOLVE CRISIS OF BHUTAN REFUGEES IN NEPAL Kathmandu (Fides Service) – A call for an International Conference between the governments of Bhutan and Nepal and the UN High Commission for Refugees UNHCR to find a lasting solution to the 12 year crisis of Bhutanes ...
• 12 November 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - “WE ARE A DYNAMIC AND VIBRANT, WHICH RUNS MANY SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS DESPITE OBSTACLES POSED BY TAMIL NADU LOCAL GOVERNMENT”: ARCHBISHOP JAMES ARUL DAS OF MADRAS SPEAKS TO FIDES Vatican City (Fides Service) – “In Tamil Nadu the Church is dynamic and vibrant. We have about 3.2 million Catholics in the state and we are present with various social institutions, schools, hospitals and orphanages ...
• 12 November 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - MORE THAN 1,300 JESUITS TO ATTEND BOMBAY SOCIAL FORUM IN JANUARY TO DISCUSS GLOBALISATION AND EXCLUSION, TAKING SIDES WITH THE POOR Bombay (Fides Service ) – More than 1.300 Jesuits from all over the world will take part in the 4th World Social Forum WSF in Bombay 16 - 21 January 2004, Father Joe Xavier S J, head the organising committee told Fid ...
• 12 November 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “FAMILY SANCTIFICATION DEPARTMENT ” IN EVERY PARISH IN CHONJU DIOCESE TO ANIMATE FAMILY PASTORAL AND ANNOUNCE THE GOSPEL TO NON CHRISTIAN FAMILIES Chonju (Fides Service ) – The Catholic Bishops of Korea have chosen the family as the focal point of the pastoral concern because they say the family must be seen both as the object and subject of evangelisation, a fun ...
• 11 November 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - BISHOPS’ LETTER ON PASTORAL CARE OF KOREAN EMIGRANTS Seoul (Fides Service) – Korean Catholics who emigrate must be provided with special pastoral care chaplains. Especially trained priests should accompany Korean Catholic communities overseas for at least five years to e ...
• 11 November 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - ON SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER CATHOLIC CHURCH IN INDIA MARKS NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DAY: COMMUNICATORS MUST BE AGENTS OF JUSTICE, TRUTH, FREEDOM, LOVE New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 16 November the Catholic Church in India marks National Communications Day, reflecting on the theme chosen by Pope John Paul II for the World Day this year “Media at the service ...
• 11 November 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - BEIJING OPENS DIGITAL LIBRARY OF 12 MILLION CYBER-DOCUMENTS TO THE PUBLIC: BUT IS THE CHOICE OF DOCUMENTS IDEOLOGICAL OR DEMOCRATIC? Beijing (Fides Service) – A database consisting of 12 million documents forms the heart of the largest digital Chinese language library in the world opened in Beijing on 8 November. The aim of the government sponsored ...
• 10 November 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - NEW PASSIONIST SPIRITUALITY CENTRE IN FLORES INDONESIA’S CATHOLIC STRONGHOLD TO SUSTAIN VOCATIONS AND PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICE Ende (Agenzia Fides) – A Spirituality Centre to support vocations and also offer social service has been opened by the Passionist Fathers on the Indonesian Island of Flores where there is a large Catholic community. F ...
• 8 November 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - NATIONAL MINORITY COMMISSION: CHRISTIANS PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION SERVICE, THEIR RIGHTS MUST BE DEFENDED New Delhi (Fides Service) – India’s National Minority Commission comprising representatives of the different of ethnic and religious minorities, has called on Christian church leaders in India to work to defend the r ...
• 7 November 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - FILM ON LIFE AND WORK OF ITALIAN JESUIT GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE, GREAT MISSIONARY ARTIST TO THE COURT OF CHINA IN 17-18TH CENTURIES Beijing (Fides Service) – Early next year a film on the life and work of Italian Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione (1688– 1766), well known in China as an artist and architect, will be shown on national television. The fil ...
• 7 November 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - FILIPINO IMMIGRANTS IN EUROPE, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE MIDDLE EAST: CHALLENGES FACING PASTORAL CARE FOR IMMIGRANTS Rome (Fides Service) –The number of Filipino immigrants to Europe grows steadily and this presents a major challenge for the Churches in the West. In Middle East countries Catholic Filipino immigrants find it difficult ...
• 7 November 2003
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - CRISIS IN SRI LANKA, A QUESTION OF REACHING POLITICAL AGREEMENT , COULD ASSUME A RELIGIOUS HUE Colombo (Fides Service) – The present crisis in Sri Lanka risks becoming a mixture of politics and religion: reliable local analysts who prefer to remain unnamed tell Fides. They say that the peace process is influence ...