Asia News QATAR Qatar’s first Catholic Church will be inaugurated in February QATAR DOHA MUSLIMS CATHOLICS CHURCH INTER RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE The building stands on lands donated by the Emir and will serve over 140 thousand faithful who live in the country. It will have either bell towers, nor crosses because they go against non Muslim religious norms.
09/25/2007QATAR Qatar’s first Catholic Church will be inaugurated in February The building stands on lands donated by the Emir and will serve over 140 thousand faithful who live in the country. It will have either bell towers, nor crosses because they go against non Muslim religious norms. Doha (AsiaNews) – Qatar’s first Catholic Church will be inaugurated this February. Dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosaries, the Church will serve the 140 thousand Catholics who live in the Muslim nation of almost 800 thousand...
09/24/2007MIDDLE EAST - UN Quartet backing for November peace conference According to Condoleezza Rice the solution to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict is closer. Syria and Saudi Arabia have also been invited to the conference promised by Bush.
09/20/2007VATICAN Pope: May God grant light and strength to “Aid to the Church in Need” In a message marking the 60th anniversary of the international organisation founded by Fr. Werenfried van Straaten, Benedict XVI expresses his concern for the Churches of the near Middle East “whose very existence is threatened”.
09/08/2007VATICAN - AUSTRIA Pope: Abortion, euthanasia, a childless and “spiritually old” Europe Abortion is not a human right; assisted death must not give way to euthanasia; Europe without Christian roots, renounces reason and ages from both a demographical and spiritual point of view; the only way is for Europe to regain its identity if it is to give the necessary contribution to world problems such as poverty and peace. These re just some of the hot topics under discussion in Benedict XVI’s address to the Austrian President and the Diplomatic Corps in Vienna’s Hofburg Palace. Given its importance we publish the full text below.
09/07/2007VATICAN - ISRAEL Shimon Peres: Within a year the most important Israel-Holy See problems resolved The meeting with Benedict XVI, a “great spiritual figure” and an invitation to visit the Holy Land. The Vatican urges peace between Israel and Palestine and closure on negotiations between the Holy See and the Israeli state.
09/05/2007IRAQ Sunni terrorists: fresh suicide attacks for Ramadan The “Iraqi Islamic State” has announced fresh suicide attacks against British and American forces during the holy month of Ramadan. Little outcome from the Helsinki peace meeting between Sunnis and Shiites.
09/04/2007INDIA - IRAQ Mother Teresa, the love of God under the bombs of Iraq Sr Raphael, who accompanied the Blessed to Baghdad in 1991, speaks to AsiaNews about Mother Teresa’s witness of faith and charity, “an inexhaustible source of comfort and love, the greatest blessing of a lifetime”.
08/31/2007SOUTH KOREA – AFGHANISTAN Final hostages freed, Korea evaluates the cost of the kidnapping The remaining 7 hostages, kidnapped in Afghanistan in July, where freed yesterday evening. The government asks families to contribute to the payment of the ransom, while the general public attacks the Presbyterian Church responsible for having organised the mission.
08/30/2007ISLAM - EGYPT Hegazi Case: Islamic and Christian proselytising by Samir Khalil Samir, sj Mohammad Ahmad Hegazi, the young Egyptian man who converted to Christianity and wants his conversion recognised in law, could be put to death for apostasy. This is one way for the Muslim world to protect itself against conversions; another one is through laws that exalt Muslim propaganda but ban that by other religions. In Egypt about 10,000 Christians become Muslim every year but rarely for religious reasons. However, Islam is sick from the lack of spirituality and the reduction of religion to its ethnic, sociological and political element. Here is the second part of an analysis by Fr Samir Khalil Samir, an Egyptian Jesuit and Islam expert.
08/29/2007SOUTH KOREA – AFGHANISTAN Korean bishop expresses joy for hostages, sense of humiliation for Taliban deal by Joseph Yun Li-sun Mgr Lazarus You Heung-sik, bishop of Taejŏn and chairman of Caritas Corea, talks to AsiaNews about the “dangerous precedent” set by the South Korean authorities in dealing directly with Islamic fundamentalists. People in South Korea feel joy that human lives were spared, but also humiliation about Protestant Churches, which have come under intense criticism in South Korean society.
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