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  3 June 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis to the Pontifical Mission Societies: mission flourishes from the heart of Christ and from the "disorder" of the Holy Spirit Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Church's mission in the world has its "heart" and its source in the very heart of Jesus. Missionary work "does not come naturally", it is born in "those who allow themselves to be drawn by the ...
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  2 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Resumption of clashes: Missionaries remain on site Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The fighting in Khartoum has intensified and 18 people have died and 106 civilians have been wounded in clashes between air raids and heavy artillery in the middle of residential areas. This is ...
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  2 June 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Saint Scalabrini shows us the way of welcoming migrants and refugees" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Saint John the Baptist Scalabrini is a great model to whom we can turn in prayer, because he lived what we live as Church with migrants and refugees in South Africa", said Msgr. Joseph Mar ...
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  1 June 2023
  VATICAN - The mission, the work of God in our "vessels of clay". Cardinal Tagle addresses the Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies Ciampino (Agenzia Fides) - Every authentic apostolic mission is the work of Christ, who acts by grace and in the lives and hearts of his disciples, thus making himself "perceptible" to others. This was recalled by Cardin ...
• 1 June 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of bishop of Pathein Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Henry Eikhlein, of the clergy of Pathein, Myanmar, until now diocesan administrator of the same diocese, as bishop of the diocese of Pathein, Myan ...
• 1 June 2023
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Resignation of vicar apostolic of Napo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the apostolic vicariate of Napo, Ecuador, presented by Bishop Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.J., titular of Abthugni. (EG) (A ...
• 1 June 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Resignation and succession of bishop of Mawlamyine, Myanmar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Mawlamyine, Myanmar, presented by Bishop Raymond Saw Po Ray. He is succeeded by Bishop Maurine Nyunt W ...
• 1 June 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of Bishop of Jullundur Vatican City - (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Jullundur, India, presented by Bishop Franco Mulakkal (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 1/6/2023) ...
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  1 June 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Dioceses and parishes committed to "carbon neutrality", in the spirit of Laudato Sì Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the global climate crisis, humanity faces the great task of so-called "carbon neutrality", defined in climatology as "the state of equilibrium between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of ...
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  1 June 2023
  AFRICA/GHANA - Resolve local conflicts to eliminate fertile ground for jihadist groups present on the borders Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Attention must be paid to terrorist threats from neighboring states such as Burkina Faso, Togo and the Ivory Coast, as requested by the Ghana Bishops' Conference (GCBC). The appeal was launched o ...
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  1 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - No "truce" really stops weapons. Bombings also block humanitarian aid Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The Sudanese army has suspended negotiations, under the aegis of the United States and Saudi Arabia, aimed at guaranteeing a truce that should have allowed the delivery of humanitarian aid in t ...
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  1 June 2023
  VATICAN - Archbishop Nappa: "Charism, evangelization, synodality" the "traits" of the path of the Pontifical Mission Societies Ciampino (Agenzia Fides) - Charism, evangelization and synodality. These are, according to Archbishop Emilio Nappa, Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
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  31 May 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis proposes again the apostolic passion of Matteo Ricci: mission consists in witnessing with one's life what one proclaims Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The great Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci, who left Macerata and arrived in China in 1582 "to free - as he himself wrote - unhappy souls from eternal perdition", still represents "a great example of ...
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  31 May 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The "Marian month" ends with pilgrimages and visits to shrines Ende (Agenzia Fides) - More than 15,000 pilgrims have visited the cave dedicated to Mary, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, in Mbay, in the Archdiocese of Ende, on the island of Flores, considered "the Catholic heart of Indone ...
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  31 May 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Peace is a gift from God, but it is also the fruit of human effort", recalls Cardinal Ouédraogo, in the country devastated by violence Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - At least 40 people died last weekend in jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso. This was announced by the local authorities, according to which 20 members of the voluntary militias supporting the ...