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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 ...
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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 ...