Asia
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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28 October 2006
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Ecumenical visit where the Catholic faith first arrived 450 years ago
Kompong Cham (Agenzia Fides) - Many in Cambodia including the public authorities, regard Christianity as a foreign religion imported by the French when the country was a French Protectorate from 1863 to 1953, or the Unit ...
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28 October 2006
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Amidst rising hopes although violence continues government and Tamil separatist rebels resume talks
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Hopes rise in Sri Lanka as the government and the Tamil separatists start a new two day session of talks 28 and 29 October in Geneva with the mediation of a delegation from Norway.
The first ai ...
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27 October 2006
ASIA/TURKEY - Turkish edition of the summary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church in view of Pope Benedict’s visit next month
Roma (Agenzia Fides) - "I Believe" is the title of a Turkish edition of the summary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church prepared by the aid agency of Pontifical right, Aid to the Church in Need, on the occasion of th ...
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27 October 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Catholic Schools in Andra Pradesh form Harmony Clubs for inter-religious dialogue and prayer
Hyderabad (Agenzia Fides) - To build harmony among young Indians of different religious and to promote peace and encourage dialogue and mutual respect, the Commission for Ecumenism and Dialogue of the Catholic Bishops’ ...
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27 October 2006
ASIA/JAPAN - Missionary vitality of the Church in Japan: 361 Japanese Catholic missionaries ad gentes all over the world
Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Japanese Missionaries Association the Church in Japan has 361 missionaries ad gentes, priests, religious and lay persons who are helping to spread the Good News in many parts of t ...
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26 October 2006
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - One hundred images of Our Lady from all over the Philippines on show in Manila exhibition organised by Radio Veritas
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - One hundred images of the Blessed Virgin Mary from all over the Philippines on show in Manila, are a sign of the deep devotion for Mary among the people of this country. The images are part of a ...
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