Asia
29 November 2003
ASIA/TURKEY - ST ANDREW’S DAY IN ISTANBUL: ANNUAL GESTURE UNITY AND COMMUNITY AMONG CATHOLIC AND ORTHODOX SISTER CHURCHES THIS YEAR IN THE LIGHT OF SOLIDARITY WITH JEWS AND MUSLIMS
Istanbul (Fides Service ) – “The encounter of Catholic and Orthodox church leaders on the occasion of Saint Andrew’s Day is an important event of brotherhood among Christians. It is an even which demonstrates mutua ...
28 November 2003
ASIA/NEPAL - CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES RECEIVE ROYAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION: QUALITY INSTRUCTION PROVIDED BY THE CHURCH OVERCOMES CULTURAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES
Kathmandu (Fides Service) – The Catholic Church in Nepal, a small community of 6,000 among a population of 23 million, is celebrating since two of its members received a national award from the hands of the King. Two ...
28 November 2003
ASIA/HONG KONG - EVANGELISING THROUGH MEDIA CULTURE, PROMOTING JUSTICE: MEETING OF CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL CIMEMA ORGANISATION OCIC IN ASIA
Hong Kong (Fides Service) – Catholic media must unite to defend justice , promote the rights of citizens and imbue society with the values of the Gospel values. These ideas were voiced by Bishops Joseph Zen of Hong Kon ...
28 November 2003
ASIA/PAKISTAN - CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM WOMEN COMMITTED TO INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE: CONFERENCE ON CONDITION OF WOMEN IN PAKISTAN SOCIETY
Lahore (Fides Service) – Interreligious dialogue travels also via female sensitivity: with an unprecedented initiative, news of which reached Fides Service, a recent study Seminar on the conditions of women in Pakistan ...
27 November 2003
ASIA/HOLY LAND – PILGRIMS BUILD BRIDGES FOR CHRISTIANS FROM EAST AND WEST; HOLY LAND HOPES FOR MORE VISITORS FOR CHRISTMAS 2003 AND IN THE NEW YEAR
Vatican City (Fides Service ) – A pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a way to respond to Pope John Paul II’s urgent call on Sunday 16 November to build “bridges not walls” in the Holy Land. A pilgrimage is a bridge o ...
27 November 2003
ASIA/JAPAN – CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA MEET TO PROMOTE RECONCILIATION BETWEEN COUNTRIES DIVIDED BY HISTORY
Nagasaki (Fides Service ) – A joint appeal to look at history in the light of truth and reconciliation has been launched by the Catholic Bishops of Japan and South Korea meeting recently in Nagasaki, Japan.
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27 November 2003
ASIA/INDIA – ST GABRIEL BROTHERS MARK CENTENARY OF MISSION IN INDIA
Patna (Fides Service) – A hundred years ago in 1903 three French St Gabriel Brothers of Christian Education set out from Saint Laurent sur Sèvre Vandea, France for India and they settled at Pondicherry, in southern In ...
26 November 2003
ASIA/INDIA - “THE CEASE-FIRE A BLESSING FROM GOD, BUT WE CALL ON GOVERNMENTS TO KEEP THEIR PROMISES” KASHMIR’S ONLY BISHOP TOLD FIDES
Srinagar (Fides Service) – “The cease fire is a blessing from God! It comes at the end of Ramadan and it is the Lord’s gift to all the people of Kashmir so sorely tried. We welcome the treaty with great enthusiasm ...
26 November 2003
ASIA/TURKEY - DESPITE FEAR IN RECENT DAYS, AS RAMADAN COMES TO AN END FAMILIES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS GATHER TO SHARE MEALS AND DIALOGUE
Antioch (Fides Service) – In these days of Muslim festivities for the end of Ramadan in Antioch, known to be a city of peace and harmony among peoples and religions, fear has been set aside and the different religious ...
25 November 2003
ASIA/INDIA - HINDU FUNDAMENTALISTS DEVASTATE A CATHOLIC CHURCH, BIBLES BURNED, NUN RAPED
Bhubaneshwar (Fides Service ) – The Catholic community in Orissa state, east India is in a state of shock after a new wave of Hindu fundamentalists against the Indian Catholic Church. A group of men on motor bikes belo ...
25 November 2003
ASIA/TAIWAN - NEW JESUIT PUBLICATION “RENLAI” TO PROMOTE DIALOGUE WITH THE CHINESE WORLD
Taipei (Fides Service) – With a new monthly publication Renlai, Jesuits in Taiwan intend to promote authentic dialogue with the Chinese world. Renlai, meaning “Flute of Humanity”, is published by the “Ricci Cultu ...
25 November 2003
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - KOREAN RELIGIOUS PROMISE GREATER COMMITMENT TO MISSION AD GENTES IN ASIA AND AFRICA
Seoul (Fides Service) – Religious in South Korea have vowed to increase their commitment for missionary activity. This fact emerged from a recent General Assembly of Superiors Major of Religious Institutes and Societi ...
25 November 2003
ASIA/HONG KONG - DEMOCRATIC PARTY WINS ELECTIONS: LOCAL CHURCH ENCOURAGES CATHOLICS TO “PRESERVE DEMOCRACY AND PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHURCH’S SOCIAL TEACHING”.
Hong Kong (Fides Service) – Catholic observers in Kong Kong describe the triumph of the Democratic Party in November 23 elections as a history making event. Local church sources tell Fides that another page has been wr ...
24 November 2003
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2: MAJOR SUPERIORS OF AMERICAN MISSION INSTITUTES REFLECT ON THE PROGRESS BETWEEN CAM 1 AND CAM 2
Guatemala City (Fides Service) – On 22 and 23 November in Guatemala City there was a meeting of Superior Majors of America (SOMIVA). Father Antonio Camacho Muñoz, of the communications office of the Missionaries of G ...
24 November 2003
ASIA/CHINA – DESPITE GOVERNMENT MEASURES CHINA REGISTERS CONCERNING INCREASE IN CASES OF SUICIDE
Beijing (Fides Service) – China has launched a national plan to address the serious problem of suicide. The government has ordered a study to find ways to prevent depression. Last year Beijing opened an Assistance Cent ...
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