Asia

• 30 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Alarm in earthquake affected areas: first deaths due to cold weather Lahore (Fides Service) - With the arrival of Winter conditions in camps for earthquake victims in Kashmir since the major quake on October 8 become more critical. The first deaths due to cold have been reported and these ...
• 29 November 2005
  ASIA/CINA - Catholic Sisters from Liao Ning visit clinic in Hebei run by other Catholic Sisters and share pastoral experience Beijing (Fides Service) - A group of Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus from the north eastern Chinese province of Liao Ning paid a visit to the Missionaries of Mary Mediatri ...
• 29 November 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Tension among government and Tamil community following presidential elections Colombo (Fides Service) - After presidential elections there is uncertainty in Sri Lanka with regards to the future. The new president Mahinda Rajapakse, has said he intends to revise the cease fire agreement signed in F ...
• 29 November 2005
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Visit to North Korea by German Catholic aid workers rare occasion for Mass in Pyongyang attended by 80 local Catholics Pyongyang (Fides Service) - Mass is a rare event in Pyongyang which only happens when Catholic priests or other church personnel come here from South Korea or other countries. Recently a visit to north Korea by German Ca ...
• 28 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics offer earthquake victims material and spiritual solidarity Jiu Jiang (Fides Service) - During a 5.7 Richter scale earthquake on 26 November 13 people were killed, 8,000 injured and 600,000 lost their homes, 18,000 buildings were destroyed and 150,000 were seriously damaged in th ...
• 28 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Bandits attack Catholic convent, some nuns seriously injured, arrival of police helps avoid a higher toll, authorities investigating to bring culprits to justice Xi An (Fides Service) - On 23 November in the diocese Xi An in Central China bandits broke into a convent of a diocesan congregation of the Sacred Heart and attacked the nuns injuring some of the Sisters. When the police ...
• 25 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Qi Zuang parishioners in Xian Xian diocese lively evangelisers with 300 baptisms in two years Cang Zhou (Fides Service) -“Our people evangelise with great joy and this attracts many new people to embrace the faith and to want share it with others” said Fr Li Guang Qi, parish priest in Qi Zhuang, in the dioces ...
• 24 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic school pupils help earthquake victims Lahore (Fides Service) - Although they cannot take concrete aid to people in disaster sites Catholic school children in Pakistan are showing great solidarity with earthquake victims in Kashmir. In Lahore pupils at Franci ...
• 24 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - “Living the Word of God with social service” course for over 120 young Catholics San Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - “Christians are called to live the Gospel and through social service take part in the Church’s mission to spread the Good News” said Fr Zhang Hong Shun, parish priest at Hu Jia Zhai pari ...
• 24 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Italian aid volunteers keep up the good work Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo Islamabad (Fides Service)- For almost two months Salesian Fathers and volunteers have been working to assemble and equip tent camps for earthquake victims in Pakistan: Abbodabad camp 180 tents has been completed and work ...
• 23 November 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Bishops’ Conference launches “Beatitudes Credit Card” to expand Christian charity work and social services Taipei (Fides Service) - Would you like to be “a little angel of the Beatitudes”? Ask your bank for a “Beatitudes Credit Card”. This call was launched by the Catholic Bishops of Taiwan to Catholics and all men an ...
• 23 November 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Rebuilding normality a year after the tsunami: results of efforts by Catholic communities and international bodies in affected areas Colombo (Fides Service) - “We have rebuilt homes and villages, given the people new fishing boats and nets so they can resume normal life and our main concern now is to guarantee education for children who lost their p ...
• 22 November 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Divine Word Missionaries mark 130 years of presence in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Over 500 people wearing ‘I am a SVD Friend’ T shirts took part in celebrations to mark 130 years of presence of the Divine Word Missionaries in Holy Family Catholic parish in Hong Kong. Th ...
• 22 November 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - From Mindanao to all Asia: Archbishop Orlando Quevedo new General of the Federation of Asia Bishops’ Conferences Cotabato (Fides Service) - Archbishop Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato in Mindanao, southern Philippines, has been appointed secretary general (head) of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences. Archbishop Quevedo who ...
• 22 November 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Tighter security measures in view of Christmas: Christians in Moluccas and Sulawesi fear terrorist attacks Ambon (Fides Service) - In the eastern Indonesian provinces of Moluccas and Sulawesi there is rising tension and people fear civil conflict between Muslim communities and Protestant Christian communities may break out ag ...