Asia
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9 March 2006
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Asia-Pacific religious leaders unite to stop terrorism and eliminate poverty
Cebu (Fides Service) - Leaders of different religions in the Asia-Pacific region have vowed to work together to help stop terrorism, eliminate poverty and injustice and promote peace and social harmony. The resolution wa ...
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9 March 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Ahmedabad diocese starts “Year of the Family” 2006: vocation and mission of the Christian family in the third millennium
Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - To promote reflection on the Christian family, its calling and mission in the third millennium in an era of global culture and major social changes and in view of growing threats to the family ...
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9 March 2006
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - East Timor ever poorer: economy and development among the slowest in Asia
Dili (Fides Service) - The youngest nation in Asia East Timor which will celebrate the 4th anniversary of its independence from Indonesia on May 20, lives in a situation of concerning economic under development and pover ...
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8 March 2006
ASIA/CHINA - “Today our thoughts go our mothers and sisters and first of all to the most perfect of women, Mary, our heavenly Mother”, says a priest in Beijing
Beijing (Fides Service) - To mark March 8 international Women’s Day special prayers were said in many churches in Bejing: “Today our thoughts go to our mothers and sisters and first of all to the most perfect of wome ...
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8 March 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Authorities call for social peace and calm after bomb blasts in Varanasi; police all over the country on the alert
New Delhi (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in India has voiced deep sadness and firm disapproval after the attack on India’s most famous Hindu shrine in Varanasi in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. “The ...
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7 March 2006
ASIA/THAILAND - Meeting for Italian Fidei Donum priests on mission in Asia and Oceania: towards the 50th anniversary of the Fidei Donum Encyclical
Chiang-Mai (Fides Service) - A Meeting for Italian Fidei Donum priests on mission in Asia and Oceania started yesterday 6 March in Chiang-Mai, Thailand. The meeting is part of initiatives to celebrate the 50th anniversar ...
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7 March 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - Catholics mourn passing of Spanish Jesuit missionary Fr Fernando Zallo who devoted his life to mission in Taiwan and other parts of Asia
Taipei (Fides Service) - “As we are gathered here for the funeral of Fr. Zallo we wish first of all to thank God for this missionary who dedicated his whole life to mission. He introduced us to Christ he distributed hi ...
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7 March 2006
ASIA/CHINA - Death of Bishop Joseph Sun Yuanmo of the diocese of Linfen: “He always encouraged us to pray, particularly in front of the Blessed Sacrament”
Beijing (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholic Bishop Joseph Sun Yuanmo of the diocese of Linfen in the Shanxi province of mainland China, died on 23 February after a long illness.
Joseph Sun Yuanmo was born on 7 November ...
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7 March 2006
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - New inter-confessional Bible in Tagalog: the Word of God for remote communities with little schooling
Manila (Fides Service) - A warm welcome has been given to new inter-confessional Bible in Tagalog, the official national language of the Republic of the Philippines where English is also used in public administration. T ...
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7 March 2006
ASIA/THAILAND - Tensions and protests in electoral campaign in view of 2 April vote; local Catholic Church calls for calm
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Street protests in Thailand continue: for four weeks in a row thousands of demonstrators in the streets of Bangkok have been calling for Premier Thaksin Shinawatra to resign. It is feared that t ...
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6 March 2006
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Charity, antidote to individualism and fanaticism: Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem issues Lenten Message
Jerusalem (Fides Service) - In his Message for Lent 2006 the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah underlined that despite the difficulties and suffering they experience Christians in the Holy Land must realise that ...
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6 March 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Hindu fundamentalist ideology: an analysis by Indian Redemptorist Fr. Desmond de Sousa
Goa (Fides Service) - Crisis In Hindutva: Growth or Decline? Will Hindu fundamentalism continue to threaten other religious groups? Will its capillary diffusion or political links succeed in influencing the social and po ...
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6 March 2006
ASIA/HONG KONG - Ms Yan Jia Yi a member of Hong Kong Association of Lay Missionaries sent on mission to Cambodia
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “I am grateful to the Lord for calling me to be a channel of his grace and I know that going on mission means giving but also receiving” said Ms Yan Jia Yi, a member of the Catholic Assoc ...
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3 March 2006
ASIA/HONG KONG - Holy Spirit Study Centre bridge between East and West 25 years at the service of the Church in China
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Holy Spirit Study Centre in Hong Kong, opened in 1980, has served as a bridge between East and West for 25 years. The Centre offers opportunities for research and study and formation in Christ ...
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3 March 2006
ASIA/CHINA - Diocesan community of Zhu Ma Dian lives faith with devotion, dynamism and trust in Divine Providence despite difficulties
Zhu Ma Dian (Fides Service) - It all started 73 years ago when 20 Chinese priests of Zhu Ma Dian guided by the Apostolic Prefect Mgr Peter Wang overcame the harsh trial of lack of funds and personnel and red tape and ini ...
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