Asia

• 4 September 2007
  ASIA/TURKEY - New graphics and contents for official web site of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Antioch, to encourage pilgrimages Antioch (Agenzia Fides) - The faithful, the curious, simple Internet surfers can go to http://www.anadolukatolikkilisesi.org/antakya the new official web site of Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Antioch which offe ...
• 4 September 2007
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Political crisis more acute : former Premier Khaleda Zia arrested on charges of corruption Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - Ever more serious the political crisis in Bangladesh: Mrs Khaleda Zia, former head of government has been arrested by the police in a vast anti-corruption campaign launched by the government led b ...
• 3 September 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of Bishop Filippo Pietro Zhao Zhendong of Xuanhua, tenacious builder of Church unity: just before he died he was studying the recent Papal Letter addressed by Pope Benedict XVI to the Church in China Xuanhua (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 July after suffering for many years from a serious heart condition and diabetes, Bishop Filippo Pietro Zhao Zhendong of Xuanhua diocese in Hebei Province, mainland China, died the day be ...
• 3 September 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "That all may be one" (Jn 17,21) theme of 1st Korean Youth Day Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Enthusiasm among young Catholics in Korea. White young Italians celebrate the Youth Agorà in Loreto, young Catholics in Korea took part in the first ever Korean Youth Day in Jeju, diocese of Chej ...
• 3 September 2007
  ASIA/ SRI LANKA - NGOs warn: new security measures slow down distribution of humanitarian aid to civilians with serious consequences for children Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Stricter security measures undertaken by Colombo and fresh outbursts of fighting between the Tamil rebels and the government troops are causing delays in the distribution of humanitarian aid. Th ...
• 27 July 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic school in north India sacked and devastated: local Church calls for justice and protection New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic school run by the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Graces in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand (or Uttaranchal), was devastated by a gang of radical Hindu militants, member ...
• 27 July 2007
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Earthquake leaves more homeless, but greatest fear is fresh interreligious violence Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - the recent earthquake in Sulawesi (east Indonesia) is not the greatest concern, although more than 100 people are reported dead or missing and the island was already devastated by recent landsl ...
• 27 July 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Pontifical Salesian University reaches academic agreements with three universities in China An interesting development in Catholic Church relations with the Peoples Republic of China was reported by the Salesian news agency ANS. During a seven day visit to China, 2-9 July, a delegation of the Pontifical Salesia ...
• 26 July 2007
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Catholic Community in Japan takes small steps forward: Bishops’ Conference statistics Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Land of the Rising Sun continues her journey of day to day living in pastoral work and initiatives for evangelisation slowly growing in numbers and in faith. This emerge ...
• 26 July 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops criticise new anti-terrorism law Manila (Agenzia Fides) - To protect innocent persons, safeguard the human rights and freedoms of every citizen, prevent abuse by police: in this spirit the Catholic Bishops of the Philippines have criticised a new anti-t ...
• 25 July 2007
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Special Court to try Red Khmer crimes in 2008 Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Observers, relations of the victims, NGOs., religious communities in Cambodia, the man in the street, welcome the news that the International Cambodia Court instituted to examine war crimes c ...
• 24 July 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - India's Catholics congratulate the country's first woman president Pratibha Patil asking her to safeguard the nation's secular character New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in India welcomed the election of Pratibha Patil former governor of Rajasthan as India's first woman president with satisfaction, congratulations and a call to preserve ...
• 24 July 2007
  ASIA - Monfort Missionaries in Asia Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In India, Philippines, Indonesia the missionaries of the Society of Mary, Monfort Missionaries, are helping with the work of evangelisation as well as pastoral care of local Catholic communities ...
• 23 July 2007
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Forced enrolment of minors, civilian casualties, fighting continues. The Island's forces for good appeal to international community Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - In a telephone conversation with Fides the Papal Nuncio in Sri Lanka Archbishop Antonio Zenari outlined a situation of civil war and growing uncertainty and fear. “The situation is uncertain a ...
• 23 July 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Two dioceses start investigations for beatification of Witnesses to the Faith martyred in the 20th century Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Chunchon and Hamhung have begun investigations in view of opening the diocesan stage for the beatification of Korean Catholics put to death during the last century. The respective ...