Asia

• 16 September 2005
  ASIA/GEORGIA - A Camillian brother is the first Catholic religious to make his profession in Georgia in two centuries Tbilisi(Fides) - In Georgia for the first time in two hundred years a Catholic religious has just taken his perpetual vows. Camillan brother Akaki Chelidre made his perpetual vows on 4 September in the Church of Saints P ...
• 16 September 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Schools open and rebuilding projects completed tsunami victims resume life as usual Colombo (Fides Service) - With great difficulty and after overcoming many obstacles, life is returning to normal for villagers in areas of Sri Lanka affected by last year’s 26 December tsunami tragedy. With new homes a ...
• 16 September 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Disciples of the Lord founded by Cardinal Celso Costantini welcome new members Taipei (Fides Service) - Recently the Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord, China’s first community of men religious welcomed new brothers. The congregation was founded by Cardinal Celso Costantini (1876-1958) fi ...
• 16 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Lucknow removes architectural barriers first city in India to do so Catholic community helps Lucknow (Fides Service) - A society which understands and meets the needs of citizens with a disability is a society of civil culture and solidarity. Realising this the city of Lucknow capital of Uttar Pradesh state has ...
• 15 September 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Week of Prayer across bamboo curtain for brother and sister Christians in North Korea Seoul (Fides Service) - Seven days of intense prayer to ask God to grant light and protection to brother and sister Christians in North Korea: this initiative 19-25 September will involve Korean Christians in South Korea ...
• 15 September 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - 3rd Cycle of Courses in Basic Catholic Theology in Beijing: “Young Catholics thirst to know more about the faith but they need expert guidance” Beijing (Fides Service) - The Institute for Studies in Catholic Faith and Culture in Beijing is starting a new three cycle of courses in Basic Catholic Theology. The Course Director Rev. Peter Zhao said “Our young Cath ...
• 15 September 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Hyderabad Catholic Culture Centre builds interreligious dialogue Hyderabad (Fides Service) - Joty Educational and Cultural Centre for education and intereligious dialogue aims to build good relations with Muslims, marginalise all forms of integralism and violence and promote social ha ...
• 14 September 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Taipei Laity Council discusses future orientations and plans pilgrimage to new Shrine of Our Lady of China’s Martyr Saints Taipei (Fides Service) - To assume more responsibility for the life of the Church, intensify collaboration with the clergy and promote evangelisation in parishes were the main commitments emerging from a recent meeting o ...
• 14 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Police arrest four suspects for murder of Catholic priest in Jharkhand New Delhi (Fides Service) - Catholics in India expressed appreciation for swift action on the part of police with regard to the recent murder of a Catholic priest in Simdega, Jharkhand state. The Catholic priest Fr Ignat ...
• 13 September 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Missionaries of Charity in Taipei renew their vows in the hands of Archbishop Cheng to serve the poor and needy Taipei (Fides Service) - Five Missionaries of Charity, a congregation founded by Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, renewed their religious profession during a solemn Mass on the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary p ...
• 13 September 2005
  ASIA/JAPAN - A Church that transcends nationality: Japanese diocese sends priest on mission to Brazil Yokohama (Agenzia Fides) - “We want to be a Church that transcends nationality” said Bishop Umemura Masahiro of Yokohama who recently assigned a diocesan priest to Brazil in an experiment of ‘reverse missison’ co ...
• 13 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Another Catholic priest is murdered: Bishops call for an official investigation New Delhi (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of India have urged the National Commission for Minorities to demand an official investigation into the the murder of a Catholic priest yesterday 12 September in the dioce ...
• 12 September 2005
  ASIA/AZERBAIJAN - Cardinal Sepe praises Catholics in Azerbaijan for keeping the faith “despite long decades of violent persecution” and “for building constructive interreligious dialogue, peaceful co-existence among Muslims, orthodox Christians, Jews and Catholics” Baku (Agenzia Fides) - “The totalitarian ideology of Communism, now in the past, tried with every imaginable and possibile means to remove every sign of the presence of God from these lands and to eradicate and uproot ...
• 12 September 2005
  ASIA/AZERBAIJAN - The laying of the foundation stone for a new church in Baku “is a dream come true for the local Catholic community” said Cardinal Sepe who also blessed building site for a new Home for the Poor to be entrusted to Mother Teresa’s Sisters Baku (Fides Service) - In the afternoon on Sunday 11 September in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, presided a ceremony for the laying o ...
• 12 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - New hope for peace and development in Kashmir as leaders of India and Pakistan prepare to talk Jammu (Fides Service) - “The situation is quite calm and we are pleased and hopeful at the news that India and Pakistan will soon meet again for talks. We are sure this means relations between the counries are really i ...