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  21 May 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis at the Conference dedicated to the "Concilium Sinense": The Lord in China has safeguarded the faith of God's people Video-Message of His Holiness Pope Francis at the International Conference "100 Years since the Concilium Sinense: Between history and present". Pontifical Urbaniana University, Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Dear broth ...
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  20 May 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - One year after the outbreak of violence: Ethnic division in Manipur Imphal (Agenzia Fides) - There is no solution in sight to the deep ethnic divide in the Indian state of Manipur, in northeastern India, devastated by the inter-ethnic violence that erupted in May 2023. The riots between ...
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  20 May 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The strange coup in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is calm, there are no traffic restrictions and the airport is functioning normally", say local sources, regarding the situation in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic o ...
• 18 May 2024
  AFRICA/BENIN - Appointment of the Rector of the Saint-Gall National Theological Major Seminary in Ouidah Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 31 August 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Father Bertrand Djossou of the clergy in Ouidah as Rector of the Saint-Gall Nat ...
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  18 May 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The "City of Mary" in Mariamabad, a new home for the Virgin Mary Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Our Lord of Mercy, venerated in Mariamabad in the Archdiocese of Lahore, will have a new "Grotto of the Virgin Mary" where the faithful can pray in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary, inspire ...
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  18 May 2024
  ASIA/BAHARAIN - Families and children: the heart of Bahrain's rapidly growing Syro-Malankar Catholic community By Antonella Prenna Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "More than 1,000 believers, including a hundred young people and 100 catechism students, form the heart of the Syro-Malankara Catholic community in Bahrain. It is one of t ...
• 17 May 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Mount Hagen Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Clement Papa, until now interim director of the Spiritual Year at the Good Shepherd Seminary, as coadjutor archbishop of the metropolitan archdioc ...
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  17 May 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Family Month: The focus is on the decline in birth rates Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The issue of the decline in birth rates is at the heart of the "Month of the Family 2024" organized by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. Traditionally, May is Family Month in Korea, a ti ...
• 17 May 2024
  AFRICA/BENIN - Appointment of the Rector of the Saint-Paul National Philosophical Major Seminary of Djimè Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On August 31, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. Télésphore Abley of the clergy of Abomey as Rector of the Saint-Paul Na ...
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  17 May 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest from Onitsha diocese kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "With sadness, we write to inform of the kidnap of one of our priests, Rev. Fr. Basil Gbuzuo". This is how the diocese of Onitsha, in a press release dated May 16 and signed by its Chancellor, Fat ...
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  16 May 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Floods: In view of the increasing number of victims, the bishops ask for solidarity with those affected Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The floods that have hit Kenya since March have so far claimed at least 289 lives, according to to figures presented by the authorities in Nairobi on May 14. Rains could continue as a result of ...
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  16 May 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - One hundred years since the first meeting of bishops in Indonesia: bearers of hope in anticipation of the Pope's visit Jakarta (Agenzi Fides) - For a hundred years, the mission of the Church in Indonesia has been to be a bearer of hope, and the task of the bishops has been to lead a "community of hope" that moves together for the good of ...
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  16 May 2024
  AFRICA/BENIN - Father Giovanni Benetti: Mission means "being fascinated by Jesus Christ" Calavi (Agenzia Fides) - "Mission means being fascinated by Jesus Christ and trying to be a mirror of his goodness, wherever the breath of his Spirit leads us," says the Italian missionary Father Giovanni Benetti, a prie ...
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  15 May 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Regular Army Airstrikes: Two Churches hit in Chin State Kalay (Agenzia Fides) - Air strikes by the Burmese regular army hit a Catholic church and a Baptist church in the village of Lungtak, in the town of Tonzang, in the Burmese state of Chin, western Myanmar. The bombardment ...
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  15 May 2024
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Attack on Macomia: food supplies looted Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - New details have emerged about the attack on Macomia, capital of the district of the same name in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado (see Fides 10/5/2024). The economy in Macomia wa ...