Asia

• 24 May 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Focolare Movement reaps fruits of 25 years of service and evangelisation Taipei (Fides Service) - About 25 years ago the first small group of the Catholic church movement Focolare, started by Ms Chiara Lubich, was formed in Taiwan. In these 25 years the group has grown while offering tireless ...
• 24 May 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Christians and Buddhists united to promote harmony and prosperity: Catholic Bishops address message to Buddhist leaders for the feast of Vesakh Seoul (Fides Service) - Both Christianity and Buddhism are religions which strive to help humanity on its spiritual journey and Christians and Buddhists can enter into dialogue and find ground for common activity: this w ...
• 24 May 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - A stable government to lead the country to an era of peace, prosperity and social harmony: local Church in India expresses hopes for the future New Delhi (Fides Service) - A stable government that will inaugurate an era of social harmony, peace, justice economic development and good relations with neighbouring countries: this was the wish voiced by the Catholic ...
• 22 May 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Despite pressure from Muslim fundamentalists local Church continues legal action after murder of 19 year old Catholic boy Anjum Javed, Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha, President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference told Fides Lahore (Fides Service) - Continue legal action, withstand pressure by fundamentalists, sustain the family of the murdered boy and pray: these are the lines of action adopted by the Church in Pakistan with regard to the s ...
• 21 May 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Mother of Mercy Hospital offers a week of free medical check up and treatment to women: a way of transmitting the Blessed Virgin Mary’s spirit of mercy, love and service for all people WenShui (Fides Service) - The Catholic Mother of Mercy Hospital in the village of Xin Li, district of Wen Shui, in the province of Shan Xi, has a staff of 30 directed by Father Ren Min. Recently for a whole week the off ...
• 21 May 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - President Megawati visits Ambon amidst tension and fear - Political, social and religious leaders strive to prevent another conflict Ambon (Fides Service) - Tension is high in Ambon, capital of the Indonesian archipelago of Moluccas. Local sources told Fides there are barricades in several streets and people are still afraid to leave the house. The ci ...
• 21 May 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Eliminate corruption from public life: a task for the new president of the Philippines: the Church is a “watchman ” for morality in the country’s social and political life Manila (Fides Service) - Political and social debate is lively in the Philippines pending the official announcement on 10 June of results of presidential elections held on May 10 Outgoing President Gloria Macapagal Arroy ...
• 21 May 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Dialogue and unity with Buddhists, no to “immoral” conversions: Catholic Bishops pay a visit to Sri Lanka’s leading Buddhists Colombo (Fides Service) - Maintain good relations with Buddhists; offer them the Holy See’s annual message of good wishes on their feast of Vesak; reaffirm that the Catholic Church has nothing to do with so called “i ...
• 19 May 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - First Catholic dispensary opened in China to show God’s love by caring for the sick: first step to building a Catholic Health Care network TianJing (Fides Service) - A Catholic Dispensary, the first of its kind in mainland China, was recently opened in the small town on GuanPuTou, in the JingHai district of TianJing. The Hui Ze Tang , as the Dispensary is c ...
• 19 May 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan Centre for Pastoral Care of Workers hold Round Table discussion on unemployment and how to promote development Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Unemployment and how to promote development were the topics discussed at a Round Table discussion organised by Hong Kong’s Catholic Diocesan Centre for Pastoral Care of Workers. The Centre p ...
• 18 May 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Torture, Islam for abuse fighting Islam for peace, as Iraq struggles to stay on the road to democracy Baghdad (Fides Service)- “ It is time to stop abuse and torture whoever the perpetrators” Father Nizar Semaan, an Iraqi Catholic priest in Mosul, told Fides with regard to torture inflicted on Iraqi prisoners by US t ...
• 18 May 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan group shares experience and plans for effective evangelisation Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Recently the Work Group for the Year of Evangelisation adopted by the diocese of Hong Kong for 2004 to promote more effective missionary activity organised a course to share experience and off ...
• 18 May 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Mainland Catholics mark 80th anniversary of the first Council of the Church in China Primum Concilium Sinense and the founding of the Shrine in honour of Our Lady “Mary Queen of China” DongLu (Fides Service) - On Saturday 15 May, Catholics communities in various parts of mainland China celebrated the 80th anniversary of the first Council of the Church in China Primum Concilium Sinense 15 May1924 to12 ...
• 18 May 2004
  ASIA/THAILAND - “The Asian Face of Christ”: theological symposium organised by the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences Bangkok (Fides Service) - “The Asia Face of Christ” was the title of a Symposium held 10 to 15 May at the Sam Phran Pastoral Centre, a 30 km from Bangkok, organised by the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference FA ...
• 18 May 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A teacher of Islam among the group of Muslim fundamentalists who inflicted mortal torture on young Catholic Javed Anjum, victim of Muslim intolerance Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Pursue legally those responsible for the murder, pray for all victims of fanaticism and intolerance. These two commitment were taken by Catholics in Pakistan following the death of a young Ca ...