Asia
22 January 2004
ASIA/INDIA - NEXT WORLD SOCIAL FORUM IN AFRICA? FIDES ASKED CATHOLIC PARTICIPANTS TO SHARE THEIR IMPRESSIONS
Bombay (Fides Service) – Catholic delegates to the World Social Forum in Bombay 16 to 21 January, came away with mainly positive valuations.
Father Joe Xavier, who led the Jesuit delegation consisting of about 1.300 ...
21 January 2004
ASIA/INDIA APPARENT CALM RETURNS TO JHABUA, BUT THE BISHOP IS CONCERNED; HINDU FUNDAMENTALISTS CONTINUE DEFAMATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST CATHOLICS: BEATEN PRIEST SERIOUSLY INJURED
Jhabua (Fides Service) – After days of tension and violence the situation appears to have returned to normal in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh state on the border with Gujarat. In the past few days Jhabua has been the scene of ...
21 January 2004
ASIA/SRI LANKA - EVIL OF FUNDAMENTALISM INFECTS SRI LANKA’S BUDDHISTS: CHURCHES TORCHED, CHRISTIANS’ ACCUSED OF “FRAUDULENT CONVERSIONS”: CATHOLIC BISHOPS REPLY
Colombo (Fides Service) – There is tension and fear among Catholics in Sri Lanka after recent attacks on Christian communities. In a wave of violence two churches in districts not far from the capital Colombo were torc ...
20 January 2004
ASIA/INDIA – PROTECTING RIGHTS OF TRIBALS AND DALITS AND ALL EXCLUDED PEOPLES: JESUIT MISSION AT WORLD SOCIAL FORUM – INTERVIEW WITH THE HEAD OF JESUIT DELEGATION
Bombay (Fides Service) – Defending the life and culture of tribal populations is the specific mission of more than 1,300 Jesuits attending the 4th World Social Forum (WSF) in Bombay which will close tomorrow 21 Januar ...
20 January 2004
ASIA/MACAO - YOUNG PEOPLE LEAD WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY: “STRIVING TO LIVE AS TRUE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST IN THE WORLD TODAY ”
Macao (Fides Service) – Christians in Macao started the Week of Prayer for the Unity of Christians with an inter-confessional meeting. Organised by the local Catholic and Anglican Churches, the meeting was held on Sund ...
20 January 2004
ASIA/TAIWAN – “LUNAR NEW YEAR IN CHINA WILL BE DEDICATED TO EVANGELISATION” SAYS CARDINAL PAUL SHAN. CHURCH IN CHINA THANKS THE POPE FOR HIS SUNDAY HAPPY NEW YEAR MESSAGE
Kaohsiung (Fides Service) – “The Church in Taiwan will be dedicating the new year to new evangelisation ”, Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Bishop of Kaohsiung told Fides Service. “Parishes have been asked to draft a ...
20 January 2004
ASIA/INDIA APPARENT CALM RETURNS TO JHABUA, BUT THE BISHOP IS CONCERNED; HINDU FUNDAMENTALISTS CONTINUE DEFAMATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST CATHOLICS: BEATEN PRIEST SERIOUSLY INJURED
Jhabua (Fides Service) – After days of tension and violence the situation appears to have returned to normal in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh state on the border with Gujarat. In the past few days Jhabua has been the scene of ...
20 January 2004
ASIA/CHINA - GLOBAL FESTIVITIES FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR IN CHINA AND OVERSEAS
Beijing (Fides Service) – January 22 marks the beginning of festivities for Lunar New Year this year, which for Chinese speaking people the world over has become a globalised event. Chun Jie or the Spring Festival, is ...
20 January 2004
ASIA/CHINA - TRADITIONS AND SYMBOLS IN CHINA FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR: SPRING CLEANED HOMES, PAID BILLS, RED DECORATIONS AT THE WINDOW WELCOME GOOD FORTUNE AND PROSPERITY
Beijing (Fides Service) – For the Chinese, Lunar New Year of Spring festival is the most important holiday of the year. The new year is calculated according to the moon, hence its name Lunar. It is a sign that Winter ...
19 January 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - PARISH, COMMUNICATION AND MISSION THE FOCUS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STANDING COUNCIL OF THE ITALIAN BISHOPS CONFERENCE WHICH OPENS TODAY
Rome (Fides Service) – Today, 19 January, the Standing Council of the Italian Bishops’ Conference CEI will open its annual assembly in Rome. The opening address will be given by the chairman Cardinal Camillo Ruini, ...
19 January 2004
ASIA/IRAQ – IN ADDITION TO BOMB BLASTS: THE GHOST OF ORGANISED CRIME IS BACK IN IRAQ
Baghdad (Fides Service) - “Not only suicide bombings like yesterday’s attack are the cause of instability in Iraq ” a local Church source in Baghdad told Fides with regard to the latest bomb blast yesterday Sunday ...
16 January 2004
ASIA/HOLY LAND - “NOT WALLS BUT BRIDGES”: BISHOPS OF EUROPE AND AMERICA SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH CHRISTIANS IN THE HOLY LAND
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – “Not walls but bridges”, a quote from the Holy Father (Pope John Paul II 16 November 2003), was the title chosen for the declaration issued in Jerusalem by Catholic Bishops of Europe an ...
16 January 2004
ASIA/INDIA - ANTI-CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE IN INDIA HAS ABATED ON THE WHOLE BUT CONCERN REMAINS OVER TENDENCY TO CONFUSE POLITICAL LIFE WITH RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS
Trichur (Fides Service) – On the one hand satisfaction because episodes of violence against Christians or Christian institutions have decreased in the last two years; on the other concern for the climate of tension and ...
16 January 2004
ASIA/INDIA - A CATHOLIC VOICE AT THE “WORLD SOCIAL FORUM”: MORE THAN 1000 JESUITS STAND FOR PEACE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, RESPECT FOR RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF EVERY HUMAN PERSON
Bombay (Fides Service) – There is a large Catholic presence at the 4th World Social Forum (WSF) which opens today in Bombay and closes on 21 January: 1,350 Jesuits from all over the world have arrived in India to rea ...
16 January 2004
ASIA/PAKISTAN – LOCAL CHURCH’S CONCERN FOR POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN PAKISTAN CONFIRMED IN RECENT REPORT ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN ASIA
Islamabad (Fides Service) – The economic and social situation of the people of Pakistan has always been a major concern for the local Catholic Church which more than once, also recently, has stressed the need to decrea ...
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