Asia

• 2 July 2008
  ASIA/ EAST TIMOR - The Year of St Paul in a community where the Apostle of the nations is a familiar figure Dili (Agenzia Fides) – St Paul is a familiar figure for the Catholic Church in East Timor. Dili Major Seminary is named after Saints Peter and Paul, there is a parish of St Paul and a Catholic Foundation for Education ...
• 2 July 2008
  ASIA/NEPAL - Salesian missionary from India shot dead in Nepal Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – Catholics in Nepal and in India are mourning the death of Salesian Fr Lutto Johnson Moyalan, a 60 year old missionary from India shot and mortally wounded on 1 July by gunmen in the Nepalese ...
• 1 July 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN -Parishes dedicated to St Paul welcome Year of St Paul with special Novena Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – “Ecumenism? Instead of waiting for others we must take the first step said Archbishop Hong Shan Chuan, SVD., of Tai Pei, during a novena to welcome the Year of St Paul organised in a parish ...
• 1 July 2008
  ASIA/TURKEY - “Tarsus, kutsal kent. Tarsus Holy City!”: a Franciscan tells Fides about Year of St Paul initiatives in Turkey Tarsus (Agenzia Fides) – “The Year of St Paul will be for Tarsus the birthplace of the Apostle of the nations the Year of St Paul and for the entire Catholic Church in Turkey an unforgettable experience”: said Fria ...
• 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) ...