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YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Jesuit Father David Mark Neuhaus, a German-Israeli, says Israel’s actions in Gaza count as a “genocide.”Neuhaus is superior of the Jesuit community at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Jerusalem, and is a member of the Jesuit Institute of South Africa. From 2009 to 2017, he also served as patriarchal vicar for Hebrew-speaking Catholics in the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

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MANILA, Philippines – Ateneo de Manila University, the leading Jesuit school in the Philippines, awarded an honorary doctorate in sociology to former senator Leila de Lima, who was jailed for nearly seven years under former president Rodrigo Duterte. The 65-year-old De Lima, one of Duterte’s fiercest critics, received her honorary doctorate and delivered a speech before graduating Ateneo students on Friday.

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SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Archbishop Jorge Cavazos Arizpe of San Luis Potosi, a city with more than 800,000 residents in Mexico, asked the local state governor to cancel a concert of rockstar Marilyn Manson scheduled to happen on Aug. 10, claiming that it can “take to situations of evil.”Cavazos told journalists on Jun. 15 during a press conference that he had sent a letter to Governor Ricardo Gallardo Cardona asking him to cancel the presentation.

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SÃO PAULO, Brazil – A tragic accident occurred in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina state, on Jun. 21, when a hot air balloon caught fire and fell, killing 8 among the 21 passengers, shocked a number of communities in Brazil. The accident happened around 9:30 AM local time, when a blowtorch caused flames in the basket, which the pilot was unable to put out. As the fire spread, the balloon went down and the pilot told the passengers to jump from it, which most people managed to do.

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MUMBAI, India – A mob of Hindu nationalists attacked a group of Protestant Christians in an Odisha village on Saturday for resisting alleged pressure to convert to Hinduism, leaving eight of them injured, Christian leaders said on Sunday. The injured, attacked while returning from church at Kotamateru village in Odisha state’s Malkangiri district, are being treated at the district hospital, police said, reported The Telegraph.