Asia

• 22 November 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Courageous Catholics in Iraq continue to rebuild destroyed churches” Catholic priest in northern Iraq told Fides Baghdad (Fides Service)- “The week was dramatic and very difficult for everyone here” Father Nizar Semaan, a Catholic priest in the northern city of Mosul, told Fides with regard to violence in over the past few days ...
• 22 November 2004
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catholic media operators and journalists discuss freedom of expression and mass media at the service of peace Dacca (Fides Service) - Freedom of expression as a fundamental right in every society, media at the service of peace and harmony, the importance of sharing of information among countries in Southern Asia were some of the ...
• 16 November 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Security measures intensified for traditional exposition of relics of Saint Francis Xavier starting 21 November Goa (Fides Service) - Last minute preparations are underway for the exposition of the relics of Saint Francis Xavier from 21 November 2004 to 2 January 2005. Security measures are being intensified at Bom Jesus Basilica ...
• 16 November 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Humanitarian situation in Aceh (Northern Sumatra) ever more critical NGOs warn Jakarta (Fides Service) - While the Indonesian government led by the new President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has prolonged the state of civil emergency in Aceh province northern Sumatra, where Jakarta’s troops are figh ...
• 15 November 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Missionaries in Ivory Coast send more testimony: “Bullets whistled over our heads, but despite the danger we will not leave, we will stay with the people” Abidjan (Fides Service)- Missionaries working in Ivory Coast continue to send messages to Fides with regard to the situation there, the most recent came from two Italian Fidei Donum missionaries from Belluno - Feltre dio ...
• 15 November 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Three new priests Mozambique: Korean Foreign Mission Society starts evangelising mission in Africa Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Moved by the situation of millions of sick, poor and abandoned children in Africa, the Korean Foreign Mission Society, KFMS established in 1929, has extended its mission to that continent. In earl ...
• 12 November 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Laity Day Sunday 14 November to foster more involvement of laity as pastoral helpers and focus on the family Seoul (Fides Service) - “Embellishing the family and society” is the slogan chosen by the Catholic Church in Korea for Laity Day on Sunday 14 November. The Laity Commission led by a layman John Bosco Son Byeong-du a ...
• 12 November 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In southern Philippines Christians join Muslims at the end of Ramadan Zamboanga (Fides Service) - While there is hope for the imminent resumption of negotiations between the Philippines government and separatist Muslim movements fighting for independence in Mindanao, at the same time initi ...
• 11 November 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian leaders in Orissa state protest against forced re-conversion campaign by Hindu extremists Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) - Christian leaders in the eastern Indian state of Orissa say steps must be taken to stop the phenomenon of forced “re-conversion” among Tribals who have embraced the Christian faith and ...
• 11 November 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong Catholics share experience of International Eucharistic Congress in Mexico Hong Kong (Fides Service) - A delegation of Catholics from Hong Kong who took part in the 48th International Eucharistic Congress accompanied by Bishop Zen of Hong Kong and Father Fernando Montes, provincial superior of ...
• 10 November 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Bishops in Ninive send best wishes message to Muslims for Ramadan and affirm: “this violence is totally foreign to the Iraqi people” Baghdad (Fides Service)- In a message dated 8 November to Iraqi Muslims for the end of the month of Ramadan, the Christian Bishops of Ninive in northern Iraq issued a call for peace and national unity. Besides sending be ...
• 10 November 2004
  ASIA/JAPAN - Association supports 351 Japanese missionaries involved in pastoral work abroad Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - Some 351 Japanese missionaries engaged in pastoral work abroad are supported by the Japan Catholic Association to Assist Overseas Missionaries. Supported by donors all over the country the Associ ...
• 9 November 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians, moderate Muslims and human rights activists applaud government decision not to mark religious identity on passports Lahore (Fides Service) - Christians, human rights activities and civil rights associations have welcomed the Pakistani government’s decision to exclude religious identity from national passports on the grounds that it ...
• 9 November 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians call on United States President to promote religious freedom, the foundation of democracy, in southern Asia New Delhi (Fides Service) - India’s Christian have called on the president of the United States of America George Bush to promote religious freedom in southern Asia. In a message signed by John Dayal, chairman of the ...
• 8 November 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Our martyred nation has urgent need of a new school system” - Lay Christian in Baghdad makes appeal through Fides: “Terrorists funded from abroad: for a new Iraq we need to start with the children who are the future” Baghdad (Fides Service) - Pending the election of a stable and democratic executive in January, the interim government in Iraq engaged in the difficult task of reconstruction, needs to guarantee security and renew the sc ...