Asia

• 4 June 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Not only bad news from Iraq: “Highlighting only violence is playing the game of the extremists” Iraqi priest tells the media. Baghdad (Fides Service)-“Give space to positive events in Iraq, not only to attacks and the dead” Iraqi priest Father Nizar Semaan in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul told Fides. “I urge all the media not to presen ...
• 4 June 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholics among 60,000 at Vigil to commemorate the dead on the 15th anniversary of the tragedy in Tiananmen Square Beijing Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Catholics in Hong Kong took to the streets as part of the 60,000 people who attended a vigil on June 4th to mark the 15th anniversary of student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in Beijing o ...
• 4 June 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Franciscans Third Order creates group of volunteers to meet social urgencies Taipei (Fides Service) - The Association of Third Order Franciscan Volunteers is receiving marks of appreciation and support. The goal of the Association, started by members of the Third Order of Franciscans in Taiwan, i ...
• 4 June 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - “Parents co-authors of creation”: Seminar organised by the Commission for the Family of the Indian Bishops’ Conference New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - God calls parents to be those who give life, co-authors of creation: to spread awareness and responsiblity among Christian parents was the aim of a recent seminar organised by the Commission f ...
• 3 June 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - India and Pakistan start new negotiation on Kashmir and nuclear safety on June 27th and 28th. New Delhi (Fides Agency) - Peace seems behind the corner: the new Indian government declared it wants to put an end as soon as possible to its dispute with Pakistan on the Kashmir region and now dates have been selected ...
• 3 June 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - New Regional Seminary in Gujarat Ahmedabad (Fides Agency) - On June 12th His Excellency Monsignor Pedro Lopez Quintana, Apostolic Nuncio in India, shall preside over the Eucharistic Celebration opening the new Regional Seminary in the Diocese of Baroda, ...
• 3 June 2004
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The courageous witness of five doctors urges us not to sell off the values of democracy, peace and development. Vatican City (Fides Agency) - The five doctors belonging to Médecins Sans Frontières were killed in an ambush in north-western Afghanistan. Their mission was to bring medical relief to people in danger, to the sick, th ...
• 3 June 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - The Catholic Church exhorts the families to promote religious vocations Shaan Xi (Fides Agency) - The Catholic community of San Yuan, in the province of Shaan Xi, has always focused much of its attention on religious vocations. In the area, many families have offered several of their childre ...
• 3 June 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The parish of St Joseph of FanLing celebrates its fiftieth anniversary at the presence of the Bishop, H.E. Monsignor Joseph Zen Hong Kong (Fides Agency) - On May 1st, the day of St Joseph, the parish of St Joseph of FanLing in Hong Kong celebrated its 50th anniversary remembering its history and especially its first parish priest, the well known ...
• 2 June 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - The new Iraqi government is “a decisive step towards free and democratic Iraq” said Fr Nizar Semaan, Iraqi priest Baghdad (Fides Agency) - “A very important step for the creation of a free and independent Iraq, fully re-inserted into the international community”: this is how Fr Nizar Semaan, a Syrian priest from Mosul, welcomed ...
• 2 June 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The executive secretary of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences Laypeople Committee visits Hong Kong and stresses the importance of promoting women in society today Hong Kong (Fides Agency) - The Executive Secretary of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) Laypeople Committee, Mrs V. Saldhana, paid visit to Hong Kong and stressed the importance of the promotion of wo ...
• 2 June 2004
  ASIA/THAILAND - Young Buddhists and Christians united in interreligious and intercultural dialogue Bangkok (Fides Agency) - “The bonds joining us together are stronger than the barriers which divide us”: it is what young Buddhists and Christians said at a recent five day seminar organised in Bangkok by the Institu ...
• 2 June 2004
  ASIA/CINA - The Catholic Church in China helps poor children to continue their studies Zun Yi (Fides Agency) - The local Church in the province of Gui Zhou, the poorest area in Continental China, always focused much of its attention on child education. The catholic community has built schools, offering the ...
• 2 June 2004
  ASIA - For Asian Bishops interreligious dialogue represents their hope to build harmony throughout the whole continent Bangkok (Fides Agency) - Interreligious dialogue is an effective way of bringing reconciliation and building peace throughout the Asian continent: the Bishops of Asia believe this is true and they are working to increase ...
• 2 June 2004
  ASIA PHILIPPINES - “In the Philippines we need a government of national unity to bring peace to the country and resolve economic problems” is the opinion of a Fides Agency missionary Manila (Fides Agency) - “In the Philippines we need a government of national unity to bring peace to the country and resolve the problems affecting economy, politics and society as a whole. There is a high rate in unem ...