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• 9 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Official death toll in Owo bombing rises to 40; new massacre in Kaduna state Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The number of victims according to the official toll of the massacre perpetrated on Sunday June 5 in the church of Saint Francis Xavier in Owo (see Fides, 6/6/2022) has risen to 40. This was annou ...
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  9 June 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archdiocese of Seoul celebrates the 100th birth anniversary of Cardinal Stephen Kim Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - One hundred years after his birth, we must remember the late Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, the first Cardinal in South Korea, "as salt and light for the country, for having guided and strengthene ...
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  9 June 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Together with the little deaf and dumb, in honor of Paul VI: the Effetà Institute of Bethlehem celebrates its "Golden Jubilee" Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - Effetà (or Effatà) in the Aramaic language means "open". It is the word used by Jesus to effect the healing of the deaf-mute, reported in the Gospel according to Mark: «They brought him a d ...
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  8 June 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Advincula to young people: seek the truth following the example of Titus Brandsma Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Helping to fight disinformation and always continue to seek the truth: this is the invitation addressed to young people by Cardinal Jose Advincula, Archbishop of Manila while the Philippines is e ...
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  8 June 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Interreligious cooperation to curb violence against Christians Rajshahi (Agenzia Fides) - The collaboration and friendship between believers of different religions is useful to curb violence against Christians, a small minority in Bangladesh: this is what has happened after a young ...
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  8 June 2022
  AMERICA - Enrollment open for the online intercontinental course on theology and practice of synodality Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The organizing team of the Synod on Synodality has opened registration for the free online course "Common Discernment and Decision-Making in the Church", which "aims to accompany the formation of ...
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  8 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Forgotten crises: "The time of the African martyrs is not over yet" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the massacre of the Catholics in the small Nigerian town of Owo (see Fides, 6/6/2022), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NCR) published its annual list of the ten forgotten crises ...
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  8 June 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Diocese of Rome commemorates 65 years of “Fidei donum”: contemporary witnesses report on their experiences Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of Pope Pius XII's missionary encyclical "Fidei Donum", the Missionary Center of the Diocese of Rome, in collaboration with Caritas Rome and the Migrantes Of ...
• 8 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Assault committed by a well-organized group. The number of victims is probably higher than the official number" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Those who committed the June 5 massacre in the Church of St. Francis Xavier in Owo are a well-organized and well-trained group", sources of the Church in Nigeria report to Fides, who, for securit ...
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  8 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - After half a century, the Santarém meeting continues to illuminate the path of evangelization in the Amazon Santarem (Agenzia Fides) - "Be courageous and daring, opening yourselves with trust to the action of God who created everything, gave himself to us in Jesus Christ and inspires us with the Spirit to proclaim the Gospel w ...
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  8 June 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - Opening of the jubilee missionary exhibition "Faces of the mission" Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The stories of missionaries in the world are the protagonists of the exhibition "Faces of the mission" organized by the Polish Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) on the occasion of the celebratio ...
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  8 June 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Annual Assembly of Maronite Bishops begins. Patriarch Raï: may God show his power by giving peace to the world Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The annual Synod of Bishops of the Maronite Church, hosted by the Patriarchal See of Bkirké, began today with three days of spiritual exercises. "We carry in our hearts", declared Patriarch Bé ...
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  7 June 2022
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Bishops in solidarity with the Church of Nicaragua, "concerned about the social and political situation" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops of El Salvador raise our voices today to express our solidarity with the bishops, priests, men and women religious and laity in Nicaragua: we are concerned above all for the sa ...
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  7 June 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Ecumenical dialogue and theology: "responsibility towards oneself and towards society" Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "Why should a Christian study theology today?" said the Deputy Dean of the Theological Faculty of the Orthodox Institute "St. Filaret" in Moscow, Olga Orlova, presenting the new course for which ...
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  7 June 2022
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal Tagle encourages the U.S. Pontifical Mission Societies New York (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer, meetings and pastoral closeness. These are the traits that marked the visit of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, to the Nationa ...