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  30 July 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “The seed sown is growing and bearing fruit”: new priestly ordinations among the Camillians on the island of Flores Maumere (Agenzia Fides) – “The seed sown … is growing and bearing fruit – reports to Fides Father Luigi Galvani, missionary of the Order of the Ministers of the Sick (MI), Camillians, on the island of Flores. He ...
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  29 July 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - In Nusantara, the new Indonesian capital, a Basilica dedicated to St. Francis Xavier Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - In the new Indonesian capital, "Nusantara", in Indonesian Borneo, a Catholic basilica dedicated to St. Francis Xavier will be built. This is what the "General Direction for the orientation of th ...
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  29 July 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops: “No to the petition to remove President Ruto from office; our name was included without consulting us” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “We distance ourselves from the petition to remove the president, from office.” This is the response of the Bishops of Kenya, through the words of Msgr. Maurice Muhatia Makumba, Archbishop o ...
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  29 July 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - After years, the Diocese of Shanghai celebrates the patronal feast of St. Ignatius with its Bishop Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - In the footsteps of the Patron Saint Ignatius of Loyola, who exercised an authentic spirituality, you too exchange daily dialogues with the Lord through prayer and exercise charity: this is the ...
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  29 July 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Youth, culture and hope: Seoul prepares for WYD 2027 Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - There are still three years to go until World Youth Day in Seoul, but in South Korea preparations for the great event are already in full swing. The flags of 193 countries are currently flying ove ...
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  29 July 2024
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Father Avò's mission: to find people as Jesus found them, even in the most absurd situations Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "Without catechists, nothing can be done here," says Father Renzo Adorni, a missionary in Luanda in the parish of Bom Pastor. "In our parish we had many, about 400; and we also sent them to the n ...
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  27 July 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic Community celebrates World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly according to the Gospel and Confucian teachings Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the IV World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, which will be celebrated on Sunday 28 July 2024, with the theme chosen by the Holy Father, "In old age do not abandon me" (cf. Ps 71 ...
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  27 July 2024
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Among the huts of Bigene, the mission begins with the sign of the cross by Fabio Beretta Bigene (Agenzia Fides) - Bad roads, tropical temperatures, and among the woods small villages of huts surrounded by fields of rice, mango and cadjù. This is the corner of the world where a group of ...
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  26 July 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Typhoon Gaemi hits Southeast Asia: the Church of Manila rushes to help the displaced Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Typhoon Gaemi continues to hit Southeast Asia. The storm is heading towards Taiwan, leaving behind death and destruction in the Philippines. In this country, the fury of nature has hit especially ...
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  26 July 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Islam embraces Pope Francis: peace and fraternity among peoples, nations and religions by Paolo Affatato Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The main Indonesian Islamic organizations welcome with deep gratitude the visit of Pope Francis to Indonesia from 3 to 9 September and appreciate its important significance ...
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  26 July 2024
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Apostolic Administrator of Soddo tells Fides about the landslide that has seriously affected the area: "We are not yet sure how many people have died, it is a disastrous accident" by Antonella Prenna Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "A shocking and disastrous accident. Many have lost their lives suddenly, more than 260 bodies have been recovered to date as reported by local news". These are the w ...
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  26 July 2024
  ASIA - The Ancient Church of the East in China: A Missionary Perspective by Gianni Valente (We publish below the presentation by the Director of Fides at the 2024 Xi'an International Jingjiao Forum, a Conference dedicated to the Syriac Church of the East (Jingjiao in Chinese) held from 5 ...
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  25 July 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Tribal war does not stop: massacres of women and children in the Kanduanum parish area Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) – Children tortured, women raped. Then murdered and their bodies thrown into the river. This is the most recent and frightening balance of the tribal war that has been ravaging the villages ...
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  25 July 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Director for European Affairs: "Indonesia and the Holy See united to bring a message of peace and fraternity to the world" by Paolo Affatato Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope's visit to Indonesia is a historic moment for the nation. It not only has a religious meaning, but also a civil and political one, in the broadest sense of the te ...
• 25 July 2024
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Bouaké Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa, until now apostolic administrator of the metropolitan archdiocese of Bouaké, Cote d’Ivoire, as metropolitan archbishop of the ...