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  11 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - “Open, inclusive, innovative, rational”. Chinese universities and scholars praise the philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas and publish the "Summa Theologiae" in Chinese Wuhan (Agenzia Fides) - "Openness, inclusiveness, innovation, rationality" and many other characteristics of the philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) were the focus of the "Fifth National Forum on Medieval Phil ...
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  11 June 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Gabriel Ukeh, kidnapped on June 9, is free again Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian priest Gabriel Ukeh, kidnapped on Sunday, June 9, has been released (see Fides, 10/6/2024). This was announced by the spokesman for the Diocese of Kafanchan, Father Gabriel Okafor. ...
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  10 June 2024
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ten years after the ISIS occupation: less than 50 Christian families have returned to Mosul by Gianni Valente Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Mosul, ten years later. It was June 10, 2014 when the jihadist militiamen of the Islamic State (IS) managed for the first time to raise their black flags in the second Iraqi ci ...
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  10 June 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Shamanism on social media has many young followers Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - In a country known worldwide for its technological progress, shamanism is experiencing a rebirth among younger generations, promoted by social media. Although more than half of the country's 51 ...
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  10 June 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Eastern Congo: ADF militias commit new massacres Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - At least 41 people were killed, according to official information from the Congolese government today, June 10, in a series of attacks carried out by ADF militias on June 7 in the Beni region o ...
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  10 June 2024
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - The power of prayer and dialogue: young Bahrainis testify to a living Church at the International Youth Pastoral Congress Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "Participating in the global meeting of young people from all over the world and meeting Pope Francis has strengthened my faith in the power of prayer, dialogue, connection and the search for ins ...
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  10 June 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest kidnapped in Kaduna State Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Father Gabriel Ukeh, parish priest of St. Thomas Church, Zango Kataf Local Government Area, in Kaduna State, in northwestern Nigeria, has been kidnapped. The priest was taken prisoner by armed men ...
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  8 June 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Obstacles to peace and that olive tree planted in the Vatican gardens by Father Ibrahim Faltas ofm* Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis wished to recall the June 8, 2014 meeting between the President of the Palestinian Authority Abu Mazen and President of the State of Israel Shimon ...
• 8 June 2024
  VATICAN - Appointment of members of the Dicastery for Evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the following as members of the Dicastery for Evangelization in the Section for First Evangelization and the new particular Churches: the Reverend Fathers Ferr ...
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  8 June 2024
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - A community linked to the memory of the martyrs Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "We are a small Church that is still closely linked to the memory of the martyrs. Our young Cambodians are being trained in the seminary where the Cambodian Bishop Joseph Chmar Salas also liv ...
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  8 June 2024
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops launch digitization in the dioceses Pando (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Eugenio Coter, Apostolic Vicar of Pando in northern Bolivia, wants to initiate a process of digitization and modernization in the country's dioceses. "The introduction of special softwa ...
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  8 June 2024
  ASIA/CINA - Priests and nuns of Guizhou study to "adapt" catechism to new pastoral needs Guizhou (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty-two priests and thirty-two nuns from the province of Guizhou took part in a "refresher" course to better adapt the transmission of Catholic doctrine through catechism to the needs of toda ...
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  7 June 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Forced recruitment pushes young people into the ranks of the resistance Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The military junta of Myanmar, engaged in the ongoing civil conflict, is trying to strengthen its ranks with the forced recruitment campaign announced last February and has now recruited 9,000 ne ...
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  7 June 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Father Víctor Auguste: “The situation is difficult to describe in words” Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Life in Haiti, especially in the metropolitan area Port-au-Prince, is difficult to describe in words. We are in a state of almost total anarchy. People are generally unable to carry out ...
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  7 June 2024
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Great participation at the funeral of Father Ramón Arturo Montejo, killed in a robbery Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - In the presence of hundreds of priests from the Province of Ocaña and numerous faithful, the funeral of Father Ramón Arturo Montejo Peinado, parish priest of San José in Buenavista, who was b ...