Asia

• 28 September 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Salesians mark fifty years of service to Korean youth: education, professional training and evangelisation Seoul (Fides Service) - “Pray and work that one day your love may reach also North Korea, in a united country” Archbishop Nicholas Cheong of Seoul told the Salesian Fathers who recently celebrated 50 years of servic ...
• 28 September 2004
  ASIA /PAKISTAN - The fact that President Musharraf will meet the Holy Father will boost Muslim Christian relations and help the battle to stop terrorism, chairman of the Catholic Bishops told Fides Lahore (Fides Service) - “We are very pleased that president Musharraf will have a meeting with the Pope. This will be good for the Church in Pakistan and for the whole country” Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha of Lahore ...
• 27 September 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Hindu extremists attack and injure a group Mother Teresa’s Sisters. One is seriously wounded. Bishops’ Conference spokesman comments for Fides New Delhi (Fides Service) - “The Bishops strongly condemn this attack on Catholic Sisters, in Kerala yesterday” the spokesman of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in India, Fr Babu Joseph Karakombil told Fides. “W ...
• 24 September 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of Bishop Alfonso Yang Guangyan, Bishop of Zhouzhi: meek and humble, ever faithful to the Holy See: under his guidance the diocese developed considerably Zhouzhi (Fides Service) - On September 4 Bishop Alfonso Yang Guangyan of Zhouzhi in Shaanxi Province, (mainland China), died at the age of 76 comforted by the Sacraments. The Bishop was born on 9 September 1928 and ordai ...
• 23 September 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Together Christians and Muslims demonstrate for peace and tolerance, against terrorism, war and violence Lahore (Fides Service) - Despite the threat of fundamentalist Islamic groups, a latent conflict in the disputed border region of Kashmir, the presence of Jihad radicals in the region of Waziristan on the border with Afgh ...
• 23 September 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Central government takes up defence of Christians attacked by Hindu extremists in Orissa state New Delhi (Fides Service) - Following protests to the central government of India after recent attacks on the Christians in Orissa, the central government of India sent a team of investigators to Raikia, where Hindu extr ...
• 23 September 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - A priest from Hong Kong evangelises in mainland China explaining the catechism to people in Inner Mongolia Hu He Hao Te (Fides Service) - According to Faith Catholic bulleting in Hebei, recently people in a parish in Hu He Hao Te the main city in inner Mongolia had a chance to learn more about the main contents of the Christi ...
• 22 September 2004
  ASIA/VIETNAM - To be a person ready to dialogue with all, a person who promotes the values of freedom justice and solidarity: the work of a Bishop in Vietnam Vatican City (Fides Service) - “To be a Bishop in Vietnam means being a person ready to dialogue with everyone, a bearer of the values of freedom, justice and solidarity, build relations of charity also with non Christ ...
• 22 September 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Commitment for the poor, the voiceless, the marginalised and promoting respect for human rights including religious freedom: programme of India’s Catholic laity New Delhi (Fides Service) - Commitment for the poor, the voiceless, the marginalised and promoting respect for human rights including religious freedom are the main concerns of John Dayal new president of the All India C ...
• 22 September 2004
  ASIA/SAUDI ARABIA - Indian born Brian O’Connor, arrested for possessing a Bible defends himself with the truth Ryadh (Fides Service) - Indian born Brian Savio O’Connor, a Catholic, used the truth, the only resource at hand, to counter false police reports and accusations during a hearing at Ryadh law courts on September 15, Fid ...
• 20 September 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Peaceful presidential elections second ballot - opinion polls put challenger Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the lead Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The second ballot in Indonesia’s first free presidential elections took place in an orderly manner today 20 September, only 11 days since the terrorist bomb blast which destroyed the Australi ...
• 17 September 2004
  ASIA/SAUDI ARABIA - Anxiety and concern for Indian born Brian Savio O’Connor in prison in Saudi Arabia for possessing copies of the Bible: Christians in India and elsewhere continue to pray while human rights activists launch awareness campaigns Ryad (Fides Service) - In India there is growing concern among Catholics and human rights activists for Indian born Brian Savio O’Connor, a Catholic, arrested by the Saudi Arabian religious police in March and detained ...
• 17 September 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Salesians open a new community in northern Sri Lanka for years the centre of cruel civil war Colombo (Fides Service) - The northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka are the poorest areas. The people in this area are mainly Tamils and separatist rebel groups have been claiming independence from Colombo causing a c ...
• 16 September 2004
  ASIA - Asian countries top of the list for violation of religious freedom: report from US State department Washington (Fides Service) - Religious freedom is in serious danger in many countries of Asia according to a report issued by the US state department on violation of religious freedom and the difficulties encountered by ...
• 16 September 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Eve of presidential elections, after the recent bomb blast in Jakarta - Indonesia’s political leaders include army generals and radical Muslims Jakarta (Fides Service) - Amidst tension and uncertainty Indonesia has reached the last stage of presidential elections scheduled for Monday 20 September when the country will at last know the name of its first democrati ...