Asia
21 March 2006
ASIA/CHINA - Three year refresher course for women religious in Han Dan diocese
Han Dan (Fides Service) - Women religious in the diocese of Han Dan will be offered a three year updating course to foster spiritual and intellectual growth in view of ever better service in the work of evangelisation a ...
21 March 2006
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Local Church opens John Paul II Pro-Life Centre for families with HIV/AIDS
Kep City (Fides Service) - In 2003 in Cambodia 20 new cases of HIV-AIDS were registered every day. In 2005 in nine months 10,000 new cases of HIV and 19,811 cases of AIDS were registered, according to the Department of S ...
20 March 2006
ASIA/CHINA - Catholic young people and immigrant foreign workers celebrate St Joseph national patron anxious to learn from him the virtue of humility
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “In a world where so much importance is given in success and getting rich, and fundamental values of the family, faith and humility are undervalued St Joseph can be of great help” a priest i ...
20 March 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Parish priest killed in archdiocese of Goa
Goa (Fides Service) - A Catholic Fr. Eusebio Ferrao, aged 61, parish priest of St Francis church at Macasana in the southern part of the state of Goa, south west India, was found dead on 18 March. The body was found by ...
18 March 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Only 10% of the population has access to healthcare. Catholic nun at successful Jivadara therapy centre treats poor villagers with chronic diseases
Kerala (Fides Service) - In southern Kerala a Catholic nun Sr Mary Eassy runs a centre for holistic Jivadara therapy for poor villagers suffering from chronic diseases.
Assisi Holistic Research Centre at Panavalli, nea ...
18 March 2006
ASIA/CHINA - Celebrating Catholics brave snow and ice to witness profession of 6 local Franciscan Missionaries of Mary
San Yuan (Fides) - Ice and snow in the north western Shaan Xi province of China did not keep local Catholics from taking part in a Mass for the final profession of six local Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. During Mass ...
18 March 2006
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholics in Pakistan welcome new UN Human Rights Council
Lahore (Fides Service) - Several Catholic organisations in Pakistan have welcomed the institution by the new United Nations general assembly of a standing Human Rights Council hoping it will promote greater respect for ...
17 March 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Christian school strike and hunger strike in West Bengal to protest against new School Service Commission Bill 2006
Calcutta (Fides Service) - Christians in West Bengal are planning to join other minority groups in a strike on 7 April to protest against a new recently approved state School Service Commission Bill 2006 which they claim ...
17 March 2006
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholics in Cheongju prepare to celebrate diocese’s 50th anniversary with Diocesan Synod
Cheongju (Fides Service) - Preparations in Cheongju for a diocesan Synod in 2008 to mark the 50th anniversary of the diocese continue. Recently the local Church published the results of a preparatory survey involving 40, ...
17 March 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - Duns Scotus Centre organises initiatives to promote Bible study
Taipei (Fides Service) - To encourage the study of the Bible the John Duns Scotus Bible Reading Promotion Centre in Taiwan has started several new initiatives including a daily Mass at lunch time for office worker Cathol ...
16 March 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - Profound educational significance of Lenten charity: joint open letter from Caritas and Bishops’ Commission for Social Development
Taipei (Fides Service) - The Taiwan Bishops’ Commission for Social Development and Caritas issued a joint open letter for Lent calling Catholics to exercise charity. “During Lent the faithful should be encouraged to ...
16 March 2006
ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archdiocese Singapore to open new Divine Mercy parish
Singapore (Fides Service) - Catholics in the tiny city-state of Singapore (166,000 in a population of 4.5 million) are celebrating the news that a new parish will be opened and it will be dedicated to Divine Mercy. The t ...
16 March 2006
ASIA/NEPAL - Peace ever more urgent for people ever more impoverished: Catholics help refugee families
Kathmandu (Fides Service) - “We need lasting peace. We continue to shelter homeless impoverished families in our churches, pastoral centres and schools. We are concerned for the people in the grip of poverty. We suf ...
16 March 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Migration in southern Asia : a challenge for society and for the Church
Bangalore (Fides Service) - Migration, globalisation, human rights, security and poverty were the main issues discussed at a recent seminar in Bangalore organised by the Indian Social Institute and local branch of the Je ...
15 March 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - “Prayer deepens our relationship with God; fasting helps us draw closer to Him; charity makes us more like Him” says Archbishop of Taipei in Lenten Pastoral Letter
Taipei (Fides Service) - “Prayer deepens our relationship with God; fasting helps us draw closer to Him; charity makes us more like Him”, Archbishop Joseph Cheng of Taipei told his people in a Pastoral Letter for Len ...
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