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  17 July 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Sowing peace and hope in the face of incitement to violence and religious hatred Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "Our mission is to sow peace and hope in this life, in which the Lord Jesus Christ is our hope and our peace", says Msgr. Joseph Arshad, Archbishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, speaking about the ...
• 17 July 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Resignation and succession of Bishop of Taungngu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 16, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Taungngu, Myanmar, presented by Bishop Isaac Danu. He is succeeded by Bishop John Saw Gawdy, u ...
• 17 July 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of auxiliary bishops of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Father Edouard Tsimba Ngoma and Father Edouard Isango Nkoyo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 15, the Holy Father appointed the following as auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan archdiocese of Kinshasa: Reverend Fr. Edouard Tsimba Ngoma, C.I.C.M., until now missionary in Be ...
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  15 July 2023
  VATICAN - Cardinal Parolin: Pope appoints the Bishop of Shanghai "for good of diocese and dialogue" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today, Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Joseph Shen Bin as bishop of Shanghai, in continental China, transferring him from the diocese of Haimen, province of Jiangsu. We report the inte ...
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  15 July 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - "An esteemed Pastor". Bishop Shen Bin in Shanghai, reasons and implications of an appointment by Gianni Valente Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - Today Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Joseph Shen Bin as bishop of Shanghai, in continental China, transferring him from the diocese of Haimen, province of Jiangsu. An app ...
• 15 July 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Appointment of Bishop of Shanghai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Bishop Joseph Shen Bin as bishop of Shanghai, in continental China, transferring him from the diocese of Haimen, province of Jiangsu. Bishop Joseph ...
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  15 July 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Missionary Bishop Wenceslao Padilla, a "good and faithful servant" who gave his life for the rebirth of the Church by Paolo Affatato "The God of our fathers was truly abounding in grace and love, and he protected and guided us at every step of our journey of faith in our small community of believers in Mongolia". With these words, i ...
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  15 July 2023
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Mission in the Pygmy village Monasao (Agenzia Fides) - "They know all the seasons well, and at every time of the year they know what the forest can give". "They" are the Bayaka Pygmies who live in the Monasao mission, in the Catholic diocese of Berb ...
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  14 July 2023
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Health and education to fight poverty: missionaries in a small village on the outskirts Daloa (Agenzia Fides) - "Improving people's health is a way of fighting poverty". Starting from this principle, Father Ysmael Herbin Gbagoué, a missionary in Daloa, spoke of the need to restructure a dispensary that th ...
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  14 July 2023
  AFRICA/NIGER - "The Lord gives us priests from persecuted communities" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Father Laurent has only been a priest for a week. He is originally from Kankani, a village on the border with Burkina Faso where people are threatened by armed groups, who had to flee to Makalond ...
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  14 July 2023
  ASIA/THAILAND - The dramatic "limbo" of Burmese refugees Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – More than 90,000 Burmese refugees are living in nine refugee camps organised by the Thai government along the Thai-Myanmar border and, according to data from the United Nations High Commission ...
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  14 July 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Sister Elena and the boat on the Nile that rescues refugees fleeing the war in Sudan Malakal (Agenzia Fides) - Sudan is on the brink of the collapse. From a low-intensity conflict, hostilities are transitioning into open war three months after the outbreak. After the umpteenth ceasefire agreed and not re ...
• 14 July 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Father Asif John Khokhar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 24, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, confirmed the position of Father Asif John Khokhar (for biographical notes see Fides 26/7/2018) a ...
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  13 July 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Human rights activists receive death threats from Burundian rebels Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Three human rights activists have received death threats in South Kivu, eastern DRC, by a Burundian rebel group active in that part of the country. According to a communiqué from the "Lutte Po ...
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  13 July 2023
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - President Bio confirmed in office: Second term marked by numerous challenges and protests from the opposition Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - Among the 13 candidates, 12 men and 1 woman, who presented themselves for the presidential elections held on June 24, Julius Maada Bio was re-elected and confirmed in office by the People's Par ...