Asia

• 24 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic school pupils help earthquake victims Lahore (Fides Service) - Although they cannot take concrete aid to people in disaster sites Catholic school children in Pakistan are showing great solidarity with earthquake victims in Kashmir. In Lahore pupils at Franci ...
• 24 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - “Living the Word of God with social service” course for over 120 young Catholics San Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - “Christians are called to live the Gospel and through social service take part in the Church’s mission to spread the Good News” said Fr Zhang Hong Shun, parish priest at Hu Jia Zhai pari ...
• 24 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Italian aid volunteers keep up the good work Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo Islamabad (Fides Service)- For almost two months Salesian Fathers and volunteers have been working to assemble and equip tent camps for earthquake victims in Pakistan: Abbodabad camp 180 tents has been completed and work ...
• 23 November 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Bishops’ Conference launches “Beatitudes Credit Card” to expand Christian charity work and social services Taipei (Fides Service) - Would you like to be “a little angel of the Beatitudes”? Ask your bank for a “Beatitudes Credit Card”. This call was launched by the Catholic Bishops of Taiwan to Catholics and all men an ...
• 23 November 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Rebuilding normality a year after the tsunami: results of efforts by Catholic communities and international bodies in affected areas Colombo (Fides Service) - “We have rebuilt homes and villages, given the people new fishing boats and nets so they can resume normal life and our main concern now is to guarantee education for children who lost their p ...
• 22 November 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Divine Word Missionaries mark 130 years of presence in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Over 500 people wearing ‘I am a SVD Friend’ T shirts took part in celebrations to mark 130 years of presence of the Divine Word Missionaries in Holy Family Catholic parish in Hong Kong. Th ...
• 22 November 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - From Mindanao to all Asia: Archbishop Orlando Quevedo new General of the Federation of Asia Bishops’ Conferences Cotabato (Fides Service) - Archbishop Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato in Mindanao, southern Philippines, has been appointed secretary general (head) of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences. Archbishop Quevedo who ...
• 22 November 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Tighter security measures in view of Christmas: Christians in Moluccas and Sulawesi fear terrorist attacks Ambon (Fides Service) - In the eastern Indonesian provinces of Moluccas and Sulawesi there is rising tension and people fear civil conflict between Muslim communities and Protestant Christian communities may break out ag ...
• 22 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistan is promised more than enough money to rebuild earthquake hit area: donors offer 6 billion more than requested Lahore (Fides Service) - Thanks to international donors Pakistan can start the work of rebuilding after the October 8 earthquake in Kashmir which killed 73,000 and left 3 million people homeless. Donor governments and in ...
• 21 November 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic School of Social Doctrine, ten years of formation to help Catholics take an active and responsible part in social and economic and political matters Seoul (Fides Service) - Christian witness in society, the economy and politics is essential for promoting values and the centrality of the person. In a decade of activity the Catholic School of Social Doctrine in Seoul, ...
• 21 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics petition for a Museum in memory of Italian missionary Matteo Ricci in the grounds of the complex where the great missionary Jesuit is buried Beijing (Fides Service) - The 16th century Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci is recognised by historians, theologians, scholars as a pioneer in cultural and religious exchange between the West and the Far East. The ...
• 21 November 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholics in Orissa take up social challenges: fighting trafficking of tribal women Sambalpur (Fides Service) - In India’s north eastern state of Orissa the local authorities, NGOs and religious communities are working to put an end to the phenomenon of trafficking of tribal women. Catholic dioceses ...
• 19 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Dear volunteers we love you” Muslim children in earthquake affected Kashmir give Caritas helpers warm welcome. Conference on Rebuilding opens today Lahore (Fides Service) - An unforgettable welcome: when Caritas volunteers arrived in the village of Boi about an hour and a half’s drive from Caritas offices in the town of Mansehra North West Frontier Province, they ...
• 19 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Celebrations to close Year of the Eucharist in various Catholic Beijing (Fides Service) - For the Church in China the Eucharist has always been the centre of its life: for Chinese Catholics the Eucharist is an experience of lived faith in Jesus Christ. Catholic communities all over C ...
• 19 November 2005
  ASIA - Jesuit Refugee Service marks 25 years of mission in Asia Bangkok (Fides Service) - In refugee camps on the border between Thailand and Myanmar, in tent camps set up in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, after last year’s tsunami tragedy, and also on the Nepal Bhutan border and in ...