Asia

• 26 July 2006
  ASIA/ EAST TIMOR - A sign of hope in difficult times: ready to serve the Church and the common good of the whole community two new Salesians make their profession Dili (Agenzia Fides) - If more young men ask to serve the Lord and consecrate their lives to service of the Church and the people in East Timor, there is still hope for the youngest democracy in Asia, despite conditions ...
• 26 July 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Mary and Asian-Oceania Religious: importance of prayer and contemplative life to face pastoral challenges in the region Zhang Hua (Agenzia Fides) - Marian spirituality, theology of contemplation in the light of a relationship with Mary, a Marian theological reflection “Blessed are women of faith: women religious of Asia-Oceania called t ...
• 25 July 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Media conference today in Beijing: hepatitis B vaccine for 11 million children. It is hoped this will prevent 200.000 deaths caused by possible chronic consequences Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Eleven million children in China are being vaccinated against Hepatitis B thanks to a campaign launched by GAVI Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation in collaboration with the Chinese gover ...
• 24 July 2006
  ASIA/LEBANON - “The situation is extremely difficult. There is destruction everywhere. People are frightened and demoralised”, says local Superior of the Paulist Fathers Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Superior of the Society of Saint Paul in Lebanon, Paulist Father Elias Aghaei told Fides about the situation in Beirut: “Things are very difficult. There is destruction everywhere. The peop ...
• 24 July 2006
  ASIA/LEBANON - “We have refugees sheltering in our schools”: Catholic Brothers in Lebanon care for homeless civilians Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Lebanon are helping to assist some of the hundreds of thousands of families forced to flee their homes to escape the bombing Brother Georges Absi, Superior in Lebanon community of th ...
• 24 July 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - In Tai Yuan archdiocese young men and women take formation course to consolidate their faith and discern their calling Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - Recently in the archdiocese of Tai Yuan over 100 young men and women aged 18 to 25 attended a Course of Christian Formation held at Ge Liao Gou parish. The course was the third in a series orga ...
• 24 July 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - International Stem Cell Symposium: “a significant occasion for the strategic and systematic development of adult cell therapy researches”, says Cardinal Nicholas Cheong, archbishop of Seoul Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The 4th Catholic International Stem Cell Symposium was held earlier this month at the Catholic research Institute of Medical Science of the Catholic University of Korea in Seoul. The purpose of th ...
• 24 July 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - During Mass on the Day of Prayer and Penance for Peace for the Middle East Cardinal Cipriani calls for cease fire and urges charitable organisations to show solidarity to the suffering people Lima (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 23 July in Lima Cathedral Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lima, presided a special Mass for Peace in the Middle East in communion with Pope Benedict XVI and Christians a ...
• 22 July 2006
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholics respond to Nuncio’s call to join Pope Benedict XVI’s prayer on Sunday 23 July for peace in the Middle East Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in the Philippines will join the call to pray on Sunday 23 July for peace in the Middle East launched by Pope Benedict XVI. People in the Philippines are deeply concerned for the tragi ...
• 22 July 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hosting families for Asian Youth Day receive mandate to share the God’s love with young guests Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Hong Kong diocese is almost ready to host Asian Youth Day, 30 July to 5 August. Recently at the Hong Kong Caritas Centre 200 local hosting families in 32 different parishes received a special ...
• 21 July 2006
  AFRICA/D. CONGO - Catholic Bishops’ Message: coming elections, at stake, “the life or death of our country” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “May transition end in national harmony” is the title of a message issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Democratic Congo on 20 July. In the document signed by Archbishop Laurent ...
• 20 July 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of Bishop Paul Guo Wenzhi, emeritus of the Apostolic Prefecture of Tsitsihar: a man of silence, firm and faithful in his ministry as a Bishop Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday 29 June 2006, the emeritus Bishop of the apostolic prefecture of di Tsitsihar (Qiqihar), in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang, Bishop Paul Guo Wenzhi, died at the age of 89 after a l ...
• 20 July 2006
  ASIA/LEBANON - In Lebanon dramatic situation of 700 homeless. Caritas and UN High Commission for Refugees provide aid Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of refugees in Lebanon is serious with over 700,000 displaced persons fleeing for safety in other parts of the country or in Syria since 12 July when the violence started. The Unite ...
• 19 July 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Local Pontifical Mission Societies office assists earthquake victims in diocese of Bandung Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies office in Indonesia is helping with the work of assisting the victims of the earthquake and ensuing tsunami on 17 July on the island of Java in the district of B ...
• 19 July 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Evening classes in Christian Formation for lay people employed Fu Ren Catholic University Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - It is enrolment time for a new term of Evening Classes in Christian Formation for lay people at Fu Ren Catholic University. According to Tai Pei archdiocesan bulletin Christian Life Weekly the ...