Asia

• 30 July 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Heze diocese mourns its Bishop Joseph Wang Dian Duo: ten months of the year he would visit parishes on his bicycle encouraging the people in the faith and administering the Sacraments Heze (Fides Service) -Bishop Joseph Wang Dian Duo, O.A.R Bishop of Heze, Tsachow, mainland China died of a heart attack at the age of 83 on Tuesday 27 July. Born on 3 February 1921, on leaving school in 1938, Joseph en ...
• 29 July 2004
  AFRICA/TOGO - Passport returned to Togo Opposition leader thanks to mediation by S. Egidio Community Rome (Fides Service) - The Rome based S. Egidio Community which has often mediated in difficult situations in Africa and elsewhere in the world has achieved another success. Yesterday Wednesday 28 July at the Sant’Egid ...
• 29 July 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Seminar on “Eucharist, Sacrament of Salvation”, in preparation for the Year of the Eucharist announced by Pope John Paul II Ahmedabad ( Fides Service) - The Church in India has welcomed Pope John Paul II’s decision to call a Year of the Eucharist October 2004 - October 2005 and is planning various initiatives to prepare and celebration this ...
• 29 July 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Sri Lanka's Peace in danger: mutual trust teeters between government and rebels -Catholic Bishops urge parties “persevere on the path to peace” Colombo (Fides Service) - Hopes for peace in Sri Lanka are the lowest they have been for two years, the vice foreign minister of Norway Vidar Helgesen said after a few days of meditating talks between the parties in conf ...
• 28 July 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Remember O’Connor, Indian Christian detained in a Saudi Arabia prison on false charges of drug abuse: appeal from Middle East Concern New Delhi (Fides Service) - A call to persevere with the international prayer campaign and with political mobilisation to obtain the release of Brian Savio O’Connor from prison in Saudi Arabia has been launched by the ...
• 28 July 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Return to the negotiation table, revive dialogue to reach just and lasting peace: Bishops and Ulama launch joint appeal to Philippines government and Muslim separatists Davao (Fides Service) - A call for the government of the Philippines and the Muslim separatist movement in Mindanao to make peace, has been launched by the Bishops Ulama Conference (BUC) whose members are Catholic and no ...
• 28 July 2004
  ASIA/CHINA/MACAO - Bishop appoints new episcopal delegate for pastoral care of Portuguese speaking Catholics Macao (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishop of Macao diocese, Bishop José Lai Hung-seng, has appointed Father Luis Lei Xavier episcopal delegate for pastoral care of Portuguese speaking Catholics for a five year mandate ...
• 27 July 2004
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Thousands of families need urgent help: Caritas Internationalis collects funds in aid of flood victims in Bangladesh Dhaka (Fides Service) - Food and medical supplies must be provided for hundreds of thousands of flood victims in Bangladesh to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and epidemics of disease. Caritas Internationalis warns as ...
• 27 July 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Jesuit appointed director of Interdisciplinary Communications Centre at Gregorian University in Rome Bangalore (Fides Service) - The appointment of Jesuit father from Patna in India, Father Jacob Srampickal, as Director of the Interdisciplinary Communications Centre at Gregorian University in Rome, where he has been tea ...
• 27 July 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Bird flu alarm: European Union extends ban on Asia poultry and domestic birds Rome (Fides Service) - The European Union has decided to extend until December 15 its ban on poultry and domestic birds from Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Pakistan, China, South Korea and Vietnam, countries ...
• 27 July 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - President speaks on the state of the nation promising to fight corruption and poverty, boost the economy and show concern for every citizen Manila (Fides Service) - Cut red tape in public administration, help millions of poor to rise above the poverty line, care for each and every citizen: these were the promises made by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, re ...
• 23 July 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Business man becomes a priest: the vocation of Philip Motha manager now a promoter of the Kingdom of God Colombo (Fides Service) - The Lord called him late in life: former Sri Lankan businessman Philip Motha was recently ordained a priest for Colombo archdiocese at the age of 72. The Ordination, held in Colombo Cathedral, ...
• 23 July 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong Book Fair 2004 proving great success Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Hong Kong Book Fair 2004, opened on July 21, is giving special attention to Catholic publications. The sector on Catholicism includes two series of books presented by the Council for the Laity ...
• 23 July 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Talks between India and Pakistan to increase economic cooperation and strengthen peace in Kashmir: the role of Christians for reconciliation Islamabad (Fides Service) - Strengthen peace, increase economic cooperation were the main topics of talks between Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf and India’s Foreign Minister Natwar Singh, as part of the proces ...
• 22 July 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - In Gujarat a Church under construction was destroyed by Hindu fundamentalist extremists Ahmedabad (Fides Agency) - After the recent episode in Hyderabad, in Andra Pradesh State (southeastern India), where a group of 100 extremists attacked several priests and Catholic believers, the Hindu extremists have ag ...