Asia

• 13 November 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Attacks on civilians are deplorable, international bodies and local Catholic Church condemn conflict in Sri Lanka Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - “Blatant attacks on civilians, by any of the parties to this conflict, are deplorable. An immediate and solemn resumption of peace talks between the warring parties is the only way to prevent ...
• 10 November 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Come, feed my sheep!”: vocation testimony at prayer meeting leads parents to make family “first school for vocations” Tai Nan (Agenzia Fides) - “Come, feed my sheep!” was the theme of a Meeting of Prayer for Vocations held recently in Dong Men parish, diocese of Tai Nan, presided by Bishop Bosco Lin. According to Christian Life Week ...
• 8 November 2006
  ASIA/NEPAL - Agreement between government and rebels “but there is still no stability or reconciliation. We must build a culture of peace”, Pro-Prefect Apostolic tells Fides News Service Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - A peace agreement was signed on 7 November by Nepal’s interim government and Maoist rebel groups which control impervious parts of the country. According to the agreement signed under the a ...
• 8 November 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “With Jesus Christ”: diocese of Masan celebrates 40th anniversary with a campaign of evangelisation Masan (Agenzia Fides) - With a new capillary campaign “With Jesus Christ” to announce the Gospel with door to door mission, Masan diocese is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Festivities opened with a special Mass pr ...
• 8 November 2006
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Government vows to preserve religious harmony and public order and suppress attempts to cause inter-religious violence Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said his government intends to keep religious harmony and public order and that it will show no indulgence with fundamentalist groups which want to star ...
• 7 November 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - For mission in a context of globalisation and religious pluralism India’s Jesuits retrace the steps of their fathers, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Francis Xavier and Blessed Pedro Fabre New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In view of more significant and effective missionary activity in the Indian context, the Jesuits of India organised a meeting at the National Catechism Centre in Bangalore to focus on three fo ...
• 6 November 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholics in Bangalore form special group to pray for and sustain vocations to the priestly and religious life Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Bangalore have formed a special group to pray for and sustain vocations to the priestly and religious life. Bangalore is in the south western Indian state of Karnataka. Families, ...
• 6 November 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Religion and Culture Festival promotes harmony and dialogue in Korea and collects funds for needy North Koreans Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The 10th Religion and Culture Festival in Korea organised by the Korean Council of Religious Leaders was held recently on the theme “Believers Efforts to Promote the Culture of Sharing and Dona ...
• 3 November 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI celebrates All Saints Day: “being a Saint means: living close to God, living in his family. This is the vocation of all of us, heavily underlined by the Second Vatican Council and today re-proposed for our attention in a solemn manner ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The liturgy invites us to share the heavenly happiness of the saints, to taste this joy. The saints are not a small group of elected persons, but rather a countless host towards which th ...
• 3 November 2006
  ASIA/HONGKONG - Holy Family Parish and Xavier Chapel celebrate 500th anniversary of the birth of the Saint Francis with works of charity and service to the elderly Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Announcing the Gospel, service of assistance and medical visit, a cultural spectacle and an exhibition marked celebrations in Holy Family Parish and the Chapel of Saint Francis Xavier on the 5 ...
• 3 November 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - In India twenty three teachers from Fu Ren Catholic University share experience of voluntary work at the Home for the Dying in Calcutta Tai Pai (Agenzia Fides) - “Doing little things with lots of love” was how Professor Chen Shao Hua of the Law Faculty of Fu Ren Catholic University described his experience in India shared with over 70 volunteers and ...
• 30 October 2006
  ASIA/HONGKONG - Salesian Father Peter Newbery receives state award for his work in the field of education Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) -Kong Ko Bao bulletin of the Catholic diocese of Hong Kong reports that Salesian Father Peter Newbery has been proclaimed the best teacher of the year and offered a Honorary Doctorate by the Hon ...
• 30 October 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Bishop Wang blesses new Church dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary Tai Chung (Agenzia Fides) - Seven years ago a Catholic church in Cao Tun in the diocese of Tai Chung was among the many building destroyed in a severe earthquake which affected central Taiwan. Considering the geological ...
• 30 October 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Caritas Korea will continue to provide aid for North Korea: principles for cooperation projects Seoul (Agenzia Fides) -In its latest report sent to Fides Caritas Korea says in view of aid programme 2007 for N. Korea, it formed a team and held Senior Working-level meetings with N. Korean counterparts, explaining tha ...
• 30 October 2006
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Tension and instability, violence in the streets for the formation of interim government in view of elections in 2007 Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - Difficult months led ahead as Bangladesh waits for general elections early in 2007. Recently violence exploded in the streets of Dacca between supporters of the main political coalitions Awami Le ...