Asia

• 17 June 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Young people, please stay in Iraq!” says Iraqi Catholic priest Father Bashar Warda working to keep hope alive Baghdad (Fides) - “Young people please stay in Iraq and help our society develop!”: this was the calllaunched by Iraqi Catholic priest, Father Bashar Warda, aged 32, who teaches in Baghdad at Babel College for Philos ...
• 16 June 2004
  ASIA/MYANMAR - New institute of consecrated life opened in Myanmar based on the spirituality of Saint Theresa the Little Flower Hakha (Fides Service) - “Sisters of the Little Way of Saint Theresa”: is the official name of an Institute of Consecrated Life of Carmelite spirituality, founded jointly by Bishop Nicholas Mang Thang, of Hakha dioces ...
• 16 June 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “We have a real opportunity for peace in Southern Philippines ”: analysis by Father Eliseo Mercado, head of the Office for Justice and Peace of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Manila (Fides Service) - “The Philippines has a real opportunity to end the conflict between the government and rebels of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front MILF in the southern islands”: this is the opinion voiced by ...
• 16 June 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Form laity to carry out pastoral and social tasks: urgency for the Church in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Fides Service) - According to Italian missionary Father Giorgio Pasini, PIME, parish priest at St Andrews Catholic parish in Hong Kong, priests and especially parish priests must get out of their offices and c ...
• 16 June 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics learn the joy of voluntary work: more Catholics serving at centres for disabled persons and leprosy sufferers Beijing (Fides Service) - A growing number of Catholics are volunteering to serve at “Hui Ling Community Service for People with disabilities” in Beijing, a Church run centre with the help of missionaries for childre ...
• 15 June 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Seminar on “Evangelisation and Ecumenical Encounter” for young Catholics and young Presbyterians Taipei (Fides Service) - In Taiwan, and not only in Taiwan, ecumenism and interreligious dialogue are fundamental for social harmony. Recently Father Albert Poulet-Mathis, head of the Commission interreligious dialogue a ...
• 15 June 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Salesian Superior of the Chinese province leads course of spiritual theology for the Sisters of St Joseph in Beijing Beijing (Fides Service) - Salesian Father Savio Hon, Superior of the Chinese province, was recently invited to Beijing to give a series of conferences to the community of the Sisters of St Joseph. According to the local ...
• 14 June 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Twelve hour adoration of the Blessed Sacrament to mark Corpus Christi: Chinese Catholics welcome with enthusiasm the Year of the Eucharist announced by the Pope Beijing (Fides Service) -All over China Catholics celebrated the annual Feast of Corpus Christi, some on Thursday 10 June and the rest on Sunday 13 June. A priest in Beijing told Fides about the celebrations: “Sunday c ...
• 12 June 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Form laity for mission in Communications: an antidote to spreading Hindu fundamentalism in Orissa State News Delhi (Fides Service) - An eight month formation course in communications for lay missionaries and catechists in Orissa, has been organised by the Orissa Catholic Regional Communications Centre, in agreement with th ...
• 12 June 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Local Church in Goa committed to protect nature Goa (Fides Service) - The Church in Goa is determined to help protect creation. “Priests, men and women Religious and lay Catholics are called to restore balance in relations between man and nature in Goa”: this call ...
• 11 June 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Taipei diocese prepares for annual Corpus Christi procession through the streets and National Eucharistic Congress in December Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - “The Eucharist is the heart of our Christian life. As we adore the Body and Blood of Christ and are filled with God’s love we are spurred to go out to serve all people. It is through works of ...
• 11 June 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “I disagree with a sort of pacifism which I would call “ideological” which thinks in theory but not in reality” says Iraqi priest Baghdad (Fides Service)- “I am not in favour of war but as a citizen of Iraq I wish the foreign troops to stay in our country” Father Nizar Semaan, a Catholic priest in the northern Iraqi town of Mosul told Fides. � ...
• 11 June 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Complete Bible now in the local language spoken in Assam state: the Word of God accessible to Christians and non New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - After 24 years of hard work, started in 1980, the complete Bible is available in a translation in the local language in the north eastern Indian state of Assam. The translation is the work of ...
• 11 June 2004
  ASIA/NEPAL - On mission in Nepal for 25 years serving the poor and the needy: Nazareth Sisters of Charity and the rest of the local Church continue mission to assist people suffering from war and violence Kathmandu (Fides Service) - Educating children and young people, works of apostolate, offering comfort to the sick and prison inmates, offering work training classes to women: these are the sectors of the activity of the ...
• 9 June 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Only now Iraqis slowly discover democracy. Ideological pacifism plays the game of fundamentalism” Iraqi priest comments UN resolution Baghdad (Fides Service)- “The new UN resolution and release of the four foreign hostages is good news” Father Nizar Semaan, a Catholic priest in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul told Fides. “These latest events sho ...