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  14 June 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Illegal "initiation schools": abuse of young people is on the rise Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 138 boys were rescued by the police after they were kidnapped from illegal initiation schools in several locations in the province of Gauteng, according to local press reports. T ...
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  13 June 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - "Smile and the world will smile at you": World Children's Day celebrated for the first time in Bahrain Awali (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 children of different nationalities took part in World Children's Day, celebrated for the first time in the Catholic community of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia. "It ...
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  13 June 2024
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - "The persecution of the past has given new impetus to the Church which is now appreciated by all" Malabo (Agenzia Fides) - "We are living in a period of new dynamics in our Church," affirms the President of the Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea, Juan Domingo-Beka Esono Ayang, Bishop of Mongomo, in an intervie ...
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  13 June 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Fraternity and mercy, the words that express the meaning of the Pope's visit to Indonesia Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The importance of Pope Francis' visit to Indonesia will be marked by the two terms that will also be the leitmotif of his presence in the Asian archipelago: fraternity and mercy. This is what th ...
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  13 June 2024
  ASIA/IRAQ - Cardinal Sako returns to Baghdad: "We are not a Church of strangers" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "We are not a Church of strangers" because "we are the descendants of Abraham the Chaldean, the father of all believers" and "we are one of the colors of the beautiful Iraqi fabric that must be ...
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  12 June 2024
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi government recognizes Chaldean Patriarch Sako as responsible for the properties of the Chaldean Church Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A decree signed by Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa al-Sudani "appoints" Iraqi Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako as Patriarch of the Chaldean Church "in Iraq and in the world" and recognizes him as ...
• 12 June 2024
  OCEANIA/SAMOA - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Samoa-Apia (Samoa) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Mosese Vitolio Tui, S.DB., until now parish priest of Saint Paul, Massey, diocese of Auckland, New Zealand, provincial counsellor and delegat ...
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  12 June 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - More violence in Manipur: residents vote for opposition coalition Imphal (Agenzia Fides) - In the troubled state of Manipur, in north-east India, there are renewed signs of tension and violence. After the parliamentary elections and the inauguration of Narendra Modi, leader of the nati ...
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  12 June 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Province of West Africa: White Fathers and their commitment to the poor, marginalized and exploited Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Born in Africa and for Africa, the White Fathers and the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa continue to keep alive the charism of their founder, the Bishop of Algiers Charles Lavigerie ...
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  12 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Belgian delegation led by Cardinal Jozef De Kesel visits mainland China Ulaan Chab (Agenzia Fides) - A five-member Belgian delegation led by Cardinal Jozef De Kesel, Archbishop Emeritus of Malines-Brussels and President of the Ferdinand Verbiest Foundation of Leuven is visiting China. The d ...
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  12 June 2024
  AFRICA/MALAWI - 21 days of national mourning after the death of Vice President Chilima Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The death of Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima in a plane crash (see Fides, 11/6/2024) has shaken Malawi. President Lazarus Chakwera has declared 21 days of national mourning. "We are sho ...
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  11 June 2024
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Vice President of Malawi dies in a plane crash Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "I regret to inform you that the rescue teams have found the remains of the plane in the forest. There are no survivors. All people on board died on impact," said the President of Malawi, Lazar ...
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  11 June 2024
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Cardinal Rugambwa on the occasion of the centenary of the Seminary in Kipalapala: “a source of new life and growth” Tabora (Agenzia Fides) - "We are grateful to God for the continuous growth of vocations in the St. Paul's major Seminary in Kipalapala, where about 290 seminarians are currently pursuing their theological studies. Togeth ...
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  11 June 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - International Network "Talitha Kum": Father Gonsum on the fight against human trafficking in Africa Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Father Augustine Rotshak Gonsum is originally from northern Nigeria, precisely from Pankshin in the state of Plateau. He is a priest of the Society of African Missionaries (White Fathers) in ...
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  11 June 2024
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The legacy of Pope John XXIII shapes studies at the Academy in Vinh Vinh (Agenzia Fides) - Humility, goodness, listening, gentleness, attention to the "little ones" and the "last" must characterize the path of study and integral and missionary formation, in the sign of patience and in-de ...