Asia
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15 April 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Catholic priest vicar general of Patna archdiocese in critical condition after being beaten and stabbed
Patna (Fides Service) - The Vicar General of the archdiocese of Patna in the north eastern Indian state of Bihar, Rev. Matthew Uzhuthal, is in critical health conditions after being brutally beaten and stabbed. He was at ...
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15 April 2005
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Formation and dialogue for Catholics and Muslim students in the southern Philippines in an area of conflict
Zamboanga (Fides Service) - April is a month of intense activity of formation at Harmony Village, just outside Zamboanga City, in the extreme south of the island of Mindanao, southern Philippines. Harmony Village is th ...
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15 April 2005
ASIA/SRI LANKA - New year, an opportunity to forget the past, stop fighting and forgive! Sinhalese new year prompts common call for peace from civil and religious leaders
Colombo (Fides Service) - Civil and religious organisations in Sri Lanka voiced the wish that New Year’s Day April 13, (Sinhalese new year), would mark the start of an era of peace and reconciliation. In Sri Lanka ther ...
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15 April 2005
ASIA/LEBANON - Religious leaders and youth march for peace: “Love, never again civil war”
Beirut (Fides Service) - Peace march in Beirut in memory of civil war victims: on 13 April Christian and Muslim leaders and hundreds of young Lebanese stage a peaceful march through the capital to the national monument w ...
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15 April 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Shen Yang Seminary renders homage to John Paul II on China’s traditional day for commemorating the dead
Shen Yang (Fides Service) - Seminarians and teaching staff at ShenYang seminary in northern China, rendered homage to Pope John Paul II on China’s traditional day of commemoration of the dead, which fell a few days aft ...
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14 April 2005
ASIA/TURKEY - John Paul II champion of ecumenism: his teaching will inspire new paths of dialogue and peace
Antioch (Fides Service) - The death of Pope John Paul II provoked sadness, sympathy and solidarity among national leaders and ordinary citizens as well as fruits of reconciliation, harmony and unity among the different r ...
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14 April 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Time to reflect on how to continue along the path traced by John Paul II
Beijing (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics continue to render homage to their beloved Pope John Paul II a local Catholic in Beijing told Fides: “The Holy Father’s life was a witness of love for God and love of neigh ...
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14 April 2005
ASIA/JORDAN - Prayers and expectation for the new Pope, confident that he will speak in favour of peace and justice
Amman (Fides Service) - Rev. Raymond Moussalli, Catholic Chaldean priest in Jordan told Fides “the faithful are praying, while waiting to see who the new Pope will be, confident he will be a Good Shepherd, filled with ...
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14 April 2005
ASIA/LAOS - New hope for Laotian Catholics in the north; new church opened and Catholics await pastoral presence and care of Rev. Banchong Thopahong apostolic administrator
Luang Prabang (Fides Service) - There is fresh life and fervour among Catholics in the Vicariate of Luang Prabang where on 11 March a new church the first since 1975 and the communist revolution was blessed and inaugurat ...
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13 April 2005
ASIA/BANGLADESH - “Life in Bangladesh is poverty and slavery”: missionary describes the situation
Dacca (Fides Service) - Grief and dismay reign in Bangladesh for the collapse of the textile factory near Dacca, on 11 April. Rescue workers continue to search for survivors, as the death toll rises and at least 200 peop ...
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13 April 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong young Catholics are deeply grateful to unforgettable Pope John Paul II for his words especially
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Young people of Hong Kong are deeply grateful to John Paul II and his tender affection. Living in a highly developed technical society Hong Kong’s youth might seem apparently to be indiffer ...
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13 April 2005
ASIA/IRAQ - Catholics in Iraq proud to be associated with John Paul II attend solemn public liturgies of commemoration and are filled with new hope for the future
Baghdad (Fides Service) - In Iraq commemoration of Pope John Paul II and his great achievements has given Iraqi Catholics firmer faith and hope as they look to the future of their country and the world. The death of the ...
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13 April 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Poverty, hardship, early marriage, average life expectancy no more than 65: Testimony of Salesian Sisters
Calcutta (Fides Service) - The Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix run three dispensaries in villages far away from the capital where they care for women and children living in poverty and hardship. In rural areas girls marry ...
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12 April 2005
ASIA/INDIA - “The memory of Pope John Paul II will inspire India to work for a society which gives more attention to spiritual values”, says Bishop Thomas Dabre of Vasai
Mumbai (Fides Service) - “It is no wonder that in this predominant non-Christian country there was a tremendous interest in Pope John Paul II, extensive media coverage of the event and glowing tributes paid to the Bish ...
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12 April 2005
ASIA/LEBANON - Pope’s holiness and popularity captures even Lebanon’s Arab media
Beirut (Fides Service) - Even Arab media and press in Lebanon continue to give ample space to the figure of John Paul II. This morning Al Anwar daily newspaper in Beirut had a large title “Pope John Paul II perhaps a S ...
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