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  24 May 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Marian devotion: Catholics' love for the rosary Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Vincent Costa suddenly fell ill. Due to the effects of a heart attack, he was no longer able to walk properly. The 55-year-old man tells Fides: "I was shocked and sad. I did not know what to do. I ...
• 23 May 2024
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Appointment of the new Rector of the interdiocesan Seminary of the "Holy Cross" in Auckland Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 6, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rector of the interdiocesan Seminary of the "Holy Cross" in the diocese of Au ...
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  23 May 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young Indonesians, between memory and justice Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Coming to terms with the past and the search for justice in light of the events of the past are issues that are mainly addressed by young Indonesians, but could also pose new challenges for the ...
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  23 May 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Diocese of Tombura-Yambio: Funeral prayer for the priest and his driver kidnapped a month ago Juba (Agenzia Fides) - In the hope, albeit weak, of finding alive the priest and his driver who disappeared on April 27, the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio, Edward Hiiboro Kussala, announced funeral prayers for the two men. "I ...
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  23 May 2024
  AFRICA/NIGER - Attack on refugee camp in Boni: The exact death toll is not yet known Makalondi (Agenzia Fides) - The recent attacks on the military and refugees in the refugee camp in Boni (Torodi department, Makalondi municipality) left people dead and injured. "The first tragic clash took place on ...
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  22 May 2024
  VATICAN - Between memory and prophecy. Insights from the "Council of Shanghai" documents by Gianni Valente (We publish the speech of the Director of Fides Agency on the International Conference "100 years since the Concilium Sinense: between history and present" - Pontifical Urbaniana University, May 2 ...
• 22 May 2024
  AFRICA/GHANA - Appointment of bishop of Wa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Francis Bomansaan, M.Afr., until now deputy superior general of the Missionaries of Africa, as bishop of the diocese of Wa, Ghana. Msgr. Fran ...
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  22 May 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Rohingya refugees seriously threatened: In the crossfire between the Burmese armed forces and the Arakan Army Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The existence of Rohingya refugees is seriously threatened: this is the warning from sixteen Rohingya organizations and various non-governmental organizations from all over the world that fight f ...
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  22 May 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another priest kidnapped in Nigeria within days Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – A few days after the kidnapping of Father Basil Gbuzuo (see Fides, 17/5/2024), another priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. He is Father Oliver Buba from Yola Diocese in Adamawa State. This was ...
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  22 May 2024
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - 11 Confirmations celebrated: the importance of an event capable of recreating unity and participation worthy of Pentecost Bora Bora (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of the parish of Saint Pier Celestino in Bora Bora lived three intense days. The occasion was the celebration of the sacrament of Confirmation on Sunday, May 19. The Mas ...
• 22 May 2024
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the rector of the propaedeutic Seminary in Nden Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 6, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Father Pierre Sylvain Bikono of the Obala clergy as Rector of the Propaedeut ...
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  21 May 2024
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle: the "new beginning" of the Council of Shanghai and the mission of the Church today We publish the speech of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, who concluded the International Conference "100 years since the Concilium Sinense: between history and present" (Pont ...
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  21 May 2024
  VATICAN - Video on the 100th anniversary of the "Concilium Sinense" of Shanghai (1924): between history and present Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Shanghai, May 15, 1924: the first Council of the Catholic Church in China opens in Saint Ignatius Cathedral. It is the assembly of a Church still entirely led by foreign bishops and missi ...
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  21 May 2024
  VATICAN - Bishop Shen Bin: Rooted in China, to open new horizons for the proclamation of the Gospel by Joseph Shen Bin, Bishop of Shanghai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We publish the speech of Joseph Shen Bin, Bishop of Shanghai, on the occasion of the International Conference "100 years since the Concilium Sinen ...
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  21 May 2024
  VATICAN - Cardinal Parolin: communion with the Pope is the best guarantee of a faith free from external political interests We publish the speech of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of His Holiness, at the International Conference "100 years since the Concilium Sinense: between history and present" (Pontifical Urbaniana University, ...