Asia

• 18 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Attacks on Christians continue: Iraqi priest Father Nizar Semaan appeals for help to restore peaceful coexistence Baghdad (Fides Service)- “Fundamentalist criminals continue to attack our churches which have always been places of peace and symbols of traditional peaceful co-existence among Christians and Muslims in Iraq. I would m ...
• 18 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Maronite Church voices solidarity with Iraqi Christians “there must be an international awareness campaign to protect Iraqi Christians” and voices concern for attack on Christians all over the Middle East Baghdad (Fides Service) - “We are close to you and we pray for you and we will help you” Maronite Christians assure Iraq’s Christians following attacks on five churches in Baghdad. In a statement issued on behalf ...
• 18 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian minority leaders issue joint statement on the situation Baghdad (Fides) - Following bomb blasts in five churches in Baghdad on 16 October, the Christians in Iraq stated that they would not be intimidated and they would remain in Iraq. In a joint statement the leaders of the ...
• 18 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Long before the first Muslims arrived there were Christians in this region and we intend to stay here. We will not abandon our country”, a member of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad told Fides Baghdad (Fides Service) - “These attacks on churches clearly aim to frighten Christians and make them leave Iraq” a member of the Chaldean Catholic in Baghdad told Fides. The source said Christians are in fact leavin ...
• 16 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - If the massacre continues what future for Iraq’s Christian community? Local community sends Fides “list of horror” with names of local Christians killed by Islamic fanatics Baghdad (Fides Service) - The most recent victim was a little Chaldean Christian girl brutally murdered by a group of Islamic terrorists in Baghdad. The group kidnapped the child and demanded ransom money for her release ...
• 15 October 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Religious communities work to promote reconciliation and peace- local Catholic Church holds Synod Ambon (Fides Service) - Religious communities in the Moluccas want to build a future of peace for their islands through more commitment at the level of education and social initiatives to promote a culture of peace, espe ...
• 14 October 2004
  ASIA/TERRA SANTA - Salesian bakery marks anniversary with initiative “Bread for Bethlehem” to help poor Palestinian families Bethlehem (Fides Service) -A Salesian bakery in Bethlehem, which helps Palestinian families impoverished by war and absence of tourists, is marking its hundred anniversary. Since the start of the second Intifada four ye ...
• 14 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Life is a nightmare for Christians in Mosul, fundamentalists kidnap and kill. Catholic nun tells Fides: “some Imam are saying it is not a crime to kill a Christian” Mosul (Fides) - “The situation is serious. Christian live in constant fear of being attacked, kidnapped and killed by radical Islamic groups of terrorists. Once Mosul was a quiet town now life is impossible, an Iraqi C ...
• 13 October 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholics all over the country pray for the recovery of ailing Cardinal Jaime Sin Manila (Fides Service) - Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales of Manila has called on the people to pray for the deeply loved Cardinal Jaime Sin, hospitalised in Manila. Clergy, men and women religious, laity, movements, schools ...
• 13 October 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - President Musharraf said Kashmir problem could be solved in 24 hours with “withdrawal of Indian troops and an agreement for the region” Islamabad (Fides Service) - While, despite a cease fire agreement and steps of reconciliation taken by the two neighbouring powers, reports on isolated clashes in region of Kashmir continue to arrive, the president of P ...
• 13 October 2004
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Where does Islamic terrorism come from? In 30 lines Italian Comboni missionary in Egypt provides the answer Cairo (Fides Service)- “The west is so proud of its studies sociology and yet it fails to grasp the complexity of Islam” Italian Comboni missionary Father Giuseppe Scatolin an expert on Islam told Fides. “Islamic t ...
• 13 October 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In the south the battle against terror continues, while the government tries to revive the peace process - six members of Abu Sayyaf committed for trial for Ferry boat attack Manila (Fides Service) - Six members of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group were committed for trial in the Philippines for the 27 February attack on Superferry 14, in which more than 100 were killed. Announcing the indictmen ...
• 13 October 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Missionaries from Spain, Jesuits and Salesians, religious and lay members, promote education for development of Tribals in Gujarat New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Missionaries from Spain, Jesuits and Salesians, religious and lay members are busy preparing teachers to help the development of Tribals in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The missionarie ...
• 12 October 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Torch light procession, all night prayer and special Mass in Manila cathedral will mark the start of the Year of the Eucharist in the capital: Catholics pray for ailing Cardinal Sin Manila (Fides Service) - The Church in the Philippines has organised a torch light procession through the streets of Manila on Saturday 23 October and a solemn Mass on the Cathedral on Sunday 24 October to mark the openi ...
• 11 October 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - New diocese of Uijongbu on the border with North Korea takes first steps Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - With a meeting of all its priests the newly created diocese of Uijongbu, situated close to the border with north Korea, took its first steps to organise pastoral activity . The Council of Presbyte ...