Asia
2 March 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - Taiwan Catholics deeply devoted to St Joseph rejoice for two new churches dedicated to the Saint, a new one in Kaohsiung and a restructured one in Taichung
Taipei (Fides Service) - Also Taiwan’s Chinese Catholics are deeply devoted to St Joseph the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ to whom they dedicate the month of March. This year there is specia ...
2 March 2006
ASIA/JAPAN - “Where will Japan’s Church be in a quarter of a century?”: future and challenges facing the Catholic community in the land of the Rising Sun: lay people called to play a leading role
Tokyo (Fides Service) - “Where will Japan’s Church be in a quarter of a century? What are the challenges she faces, the priorities for evangelisation?”. With statistics and forecasts concerning population trends in ...
2 March 2006
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - All is calm again on the streets of Manila: coup foiled. “The people listened to the Church’s call ”, says a missionary
Manila (Fides Service) - “The situation on the streets of Manila is calm. Soldiers patrol some parts of the city but people have gone back to work, public transport is working and all is back to normal. The danger of a ...
1 March 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Indian Jesuits launches new Association for Islamic Studies
New Delhi (Fides Service) - To promote reciprocal knowledge between Christians and Muslims and Hindus in India, encourage dialogue and build a culture of tolerance, pluralism and inter-religious harmony the Jesuit commu ...
1 March 2006
ASIA/CHINA - Many young people among worshippers in church this morning for Ash Wednesday penitential liturgy
Beijing (Fides Service) -There were many young people among worshippers in churches in the capital this morning for the Ash Wednesday penitential liturgy which marks the beginning of Lent, says a lay Catholic in Beijing. ...
1 March 2006
ASIA/CAMBOGIA - Inauguration of new Catholic technical training school and comprehensive Care Centre for people with AIDS named after Pope John Paul II
Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - To mark the 450th anniversary of its foundation this year, the Catholic community in Cambodia has a new professional Training School and a Centre for AIDS patients both recently inaugurated b ...
28 February 2006
ASIA/HONG KONG - Lay Catholics help prisoners live Lent more intensely and promote evangelisation in prisons
Hong Kong (Fides) - “Who is the prisoner”? “What can a prisoner do for others”? “How can prisoners live their sentence united with Christ?”: these questions are part of a course organised for Lent 2006 by a H ...
27 February 2006
ASIA/HONG KONG - “Hand in Hand Helping the Poor”: theme of Lenten solidarity campaign 2006
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “Hand in Hand Helping the Poor” is the theme chosen by Hong Kong diocese for its Lenten solidarity campaign 2006. According to the diocesan bulletin Kong Ko Bao (the Lenten campaign is an ...
27 February 2006
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Italian Project Negombo, new centre for children and young people affected by the 2004 tsunami
Colombo (Fides Service) - A new centre for children and young people affected by the 2004 tsunami disaster was recently opened in Dungalpitiya not far from Colombo, promoted by Italy’s Civil Protection unit, the Italia ...
27 February 2006
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The local Church calls for prudence and calm while the state of emergency continues
Manila (Fides Service) - A call for “prudence, sobriety, patience and watchfulness” has been launched by the chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Angelo Lagdameo in the Philippines where there is ...
24 February 2006
ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics mobilised to help mudslide victims on Philippines Island of Leyte
Rome (Fides Service) - On hearing the news of the tragic mudslide in the Philippines last week in the village of Guinsaugon on the island of Leyte, Catholics in China were quick to offer help and prayers. At masses in Ca ...
24 February 2006
AFRICA/LIBERIA - “I would die for Liberia” says Philippine missionary sister in love with the country and the people
Monrovia (Fides Service) - “I would die for Liberia and its people, they have a wonderful way of greeting strangers. A handshake and a click of the fingers mean you are welcome! A series of hellos with a smile made the ...
23 February 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - During celebrations for the feast of Charity Parish Archbishop Cheng underlines the pastoral fruits gathered thanks to work of Comboni missionaries
Tai Pei (Fides Service) - After five years of presence of the Comboni missionaries Charity parish in the archdiocese of Tai Pei has a Sunday School, a choir, a catechism group and a Bible group and various charity groups ...
22 February 2006
ASIA/CHINA - On the eve of the month dedicated to Saint Joseph final logistic touches to facilitate pilgrimage to Ping Yin Shan national shrine of St Joseph patron of the Church in China
Ping Yin Shan (Fides Service) - Saint Joseph is the patron saint of the Catholic Church in China and this year devotees of St Joseph will find it easier to make the tradtional pilgrimage to the Ping Yin Shan national shr ...
21 February 2006
ASIA/HONG KONG - Fr Pascual Chavez, Salesian Rector Major opens Centenary History Museum on a hundred years of Salesian mission in China
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - In the spirit of Don Bosco, to commemorate the missionaries and to help young people today know about Salesian missionary work in the past the Salesian Hong Kong Province opened a Centenary Hi ...
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