Asia
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23 February 2004
ASIA/JAPAN - An average of 600 new HIV carriers every year; numbers continues to rise; 87% of new infections due to sexual transmission: the Church in front line to fight the scourge of AIDS
Tokyo (Fides Service) - As part of a year long effort to fight AIDS in April 2003 the Church in Japan established an HIV/AIDS desk to succeed the bishops’ ad hoc committee on HIV issues. The desk’s present activities ...
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23 February 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “The mission of the Church in Korea is founded on Korea’s martyrs”: Bishop Lazzaro You Heung Sik, coadjutor Bishop of Daejeon speaks with Fides.
Rome (Fides Service) - “The mission of the Church in Korea is founded on the Korean martyrs who offered their life for the Lord and for the people: compared to them we feel small but we strive to be faithful to our mis ...
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20 February 2004
ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Missionary Childhood children in Germany help provide food for starving children in North Korea
Aachen (Fides Service ) - To help children in North Korea threatened by starvation, children members of Missionary Childhood in Germany have offered 20,000 Euro to buy food supplies.
For many years the German branch of ...
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20 February 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “No cloning of human embryos ”: local Catholic Church and associations in Korea protest against experiments carried out by local scientists
Seoul (Fides Service) - Strong protest, street demonstrations, condemnation for morally incorrect and irresponsible behaviour: these were the reactions in Korea of the Catholic Church and several associations, Catholic a ...
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19 February 2004
ASIA/IRAN - Tomorrow elections in Iran. Turnout uncertain: women and youth expected to stay at home
Teheran (Fides Service) - Iran prepares for elections tomorrow, 20 February, in an atmosphere of deep uncertainty. Most reform parties have said they will desert the vote. Several reform party members have called for the ...
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19 February 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Local Church fully supports peace talks between India and Pakistan
New Delhi (Fides Service) - “The local Church is strongly in favour of peace talks: we hope India-Pakistan relations will be normalised at all levels, political, economic, commercial, cultural and religious”, Father ...
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18 February 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A Korean priest on mission in Japan to help the local Church with pastoral and missionary work
Seoul (Fides Service) - Rev. Anthony Youn Yeo-ok, a priest at the parish of Sapgyo in the Korean diocese of Taejon, said goodbye to confreres, friends and the faithful and took up the mission mandate given by his Bishop ...
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18 February 2004
ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong journalist one of five new women Consultors to the Pontifical Council for Culture
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Annie Lam Shun-wai, a journalist from Hong Kong, will carry the rich heritage of the Far East to the Pontifical Council for Culture PCC which has the mission to promote dialogue between fait ...
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17 February 2004
ASIA/VIETNAM - More than 430 Vietnamese youth prepare to follow in the foot steps of Don Bosco: the calling to love and to serve wins the hearts of boys in a communist country
Hanoi (Fides Service) - Young men in Vietnam are in love with the charisma of don Bosco: more than 430 aspire to join the Salesian congregation. The ideals of goodness, service, joy in following Christ lived by the follo ...
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17 February 2004
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Migrants a resource both for society and for the Church: Scalabrini Fathers organise formation week for pastoral workers assisting migrants
Manila (Fides Service) - “Exodus: a week of formation for pastoral workers assisting migrants in Asia” is the title of a Seminar scheduled 21 to 27 March in Tagaytay, and the Canossa House of Spirituality. The aim of ...
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17 February 2004
ASIA/INDONESIA - “Many still living in camps need money to move and rebuild a home: religious communities must forgive and forget and start rebuilding society”: Catholic Bishop appeals for help for Moluccas Islands still suffering affects of violent inter-ethnic clashes
Ambon (Fides Service) - “Funds are urgently needed to assist refugees: many are still in camps simply because they have no means of transport or money to rebuild their homes. What the Moluccas need is forgiveness and s ...
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16 February 2004
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Postponed explorative talks between government and Muslim separatists: missionary tells Fides what’s in the way of peace
Manila (Fides Service) - Explorative talks between the Philippines government and Muslim separatist rebels in the south scheduled for 16 February in Malaysia, have been postponed “for administrative reasons”, accordi ...
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14 February 2004
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Politics, society religion in the present stage of the Island’s history
Colombo (Fides Service ) - Today 14 February, Fides presents a special report on Sri Lanka, an all round view of the situation on the eve of elections, analysis of political, social and religious questions. News items, s ...
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13 February 2004
ASIA/SRI LANKA - “Island in situation of political uncertainty. Dangerous mix of politics and religion”: a local missionary reports to Fides
Colombo (Fides Service) - “The elections are unnecessary. The electorate is almost equally divided between the two main groups, supporters of President Kumaratunga and supporters of Prime Minister Wicremesinghe. If the ...
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13 February 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Seoul archdiocese opens an Institute of Theological Studies for lay people
Seoul (Fides Service) - It is a known fact that the laity are the engine of the Church in Korea: their valid cooperation in all fields of pastoral work puts the Church in South Korea among those which have better underst ...
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