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  10 June 2023
  EUROPE/POLAND - Priests and bishops of the diocese of Tarnow on pilgrimage to the shrine of Tuchów, to renew missionary zeal and overcome the pitfalls of "priestly sloth" Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - At the feet of Mary to pray and ask that missionary zeal be revived in hearts. This was experienced by more than 500 priests and 6 bishops of the diocese of Tarnow who, once again this year, at t ...
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  10 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Only God can help us. The testimony of a Salesian missionary from the tormented Sudanese capital Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "Only God's intervention can help the people of this country to overcome the current situation". Faced with the conflict that broke out in Sudan on April 15, and after the announcements of agre ...
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  10 June 2023
  AFRICA/CHAD - Why the conflict in Sudan risks destabilizing Chad as well N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - The clash between military factions in Sudan has serious humanitarian consequences for neighboring States such as Chad and the Central African Republic, countries which have so far hosted 100, ...
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  9 June 2023
  AFRICA/EGYPT - For health reasons: Patriarch Tawadros suspends public audiences Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Like Pope Francis, the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II has had to suspend public audiences and pastoral activities in recent days for health reasons. In the case of Pope Tawadros, the health ...
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  9 June 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Inter-ethnic violence in Manipur continues; first seeds of a possible dialogue Imphal (Agenzia Fides) - The death toll in the ongoing violence in the Indian state of Manipur (in northwest India) between the Kuki and Meitei ethnic communities has risen to 98 people killed, the Manipur Chief Minister ...
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  9 June 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest killed in a road ambush in southern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - This time the perpetrators did not limit themselves to kidnapping a priest, but committed a murder. The victim, Father Charles Onomhoale Igechi, a priest of the Archdiocese of Benin City in southe ...
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  9 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Fighting continues and riots break out: women and children are particularly affected Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Eight weeks after the outbreak of war between the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) and the rapid support forces (RSF), fighting, abuses and violence continue in Sudan, particularly in the capital Kh ...
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  8 June 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Day of Prayer for Reconciliation and Unity: Korean Bishops' Peace Initiative Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "2023 marks the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice of the Korean War (1950-1953). The war that claimed millions of lives is still not officially over. This unfinished conflict is sti ...
• 8 June 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of Bishop of Tanga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 7, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Thomas John Kiangio, of the clergy of Tanga, until now diocesan administrator of the same see, as bishop of Tanga, Tanzania. Msgr. Thomas ...
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  8 June 2023
  AFRICA/TOGO - The proclamation of the Gospel and stories of popular cultures. The singular experience of the missionary Silvano Galli Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - Father Silvano Galli wants to use the knowledge of stories, legends and tales handed down from generation to generation in popular cultures as a testimony of faith, which is why he recently held a ...
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  7 June 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis announces an Apostolic Letter dedicated to Saint Therese of Lisieux, Patroness of Catholic missions Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Missionaries "are not only those who travel long distances, learn new languages, do good works, and are good at proclamation". Missionary is "is anyone who lives as an instrument of God's love wher ...
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  7 June 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attacks by bands of Fulani herders: a conflict that is not only "religious" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - According to the local press, a catechist and his wife were among the dozens of victims of an attack committed last month in a village in the state of Benue, in central Nigeria. In the May 8 raid ...
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  7 June 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - "Marhaba bikum!": Friendship, relationships, life on the margins of society Fès (Agenzia Fides) - "Marhaba bikum! Welcome! This is how one is welcomed in Morocco and in particular in Fès where we live", said Sister Giulia of the Little Sisters of Jesus, who lives and works in Fez with three ot ...
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  7 June 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Episcopal Commission for Indigenous Peoples: safeguarding the life of the Ati People on the island of Boracay Boracay (Agenzia Fides) - The life of the Ati tribes must be safeguarded and not deprived of their lands: this is the vision of the Episcopal Commission for Indigenous Populations, which reported the situation on the isl ...
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  3 June 2023
  VATICAN - In martyrdom, love for Jesus overcomes fear. Cardinal Tagle remembers the Holy Martyrs of Uganda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Suffering in itself is not martyrdom, suffering becomes martyrdom when there is witness". This was emphasized by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangel ...