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  16 June 2023
  OCEANIA/FIJI - A movement to apply Laudato Sì to the context of Fiji: initiative of the missionaries of Saint Columban Suva (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission "Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation" of the Missionary Society of St. Columban wants to work within a new movement for the implementation of the principles of the encyclical "L ...
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  16 June 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Consolata Missionaries have elected the X Superior General: the first of African origin Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Fr James Bhola Lengarin IMC is the new Superior General of the Consolata Missionaries. A missionary born in Kenya, he was elected on June 12 as the tenth Superior General in the history of the Cons ...
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  16 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Governor of West Darfur State assassinated after asking for international protection Geneima (Agenzia Fides) - The governor of West Darfur state and head of the Sudanese Alliance, Khamis Abdallah Abkar, was killed on Wednesday, 14 June, two months after the start of the armed conflict between the Sudanes ...
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  15 June 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - A precious (and useful) "database" on the historical evolution of Catholic dioceses in China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A complete overview of the history of Catholic dioceses in China, which traces the history and the historical stages passed through by each ecclesiastical circumscription from its foundation to ...
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  15 June 2023
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Economy is recovering: Catholic communities remain in solidarity even after the crisis Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Sri Lanka is on the way out of the worst economic crisis in decades that hit the country last year when its foreign exchange reserves ran out and the country went into default. The drastic measu ...
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  15 June 2023
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - People flee Las Anod: "We have nothing to eat, the only thing we get is water" Las Anod (Agenzia Fides) - The clashes between the security forces of separatist Somaliland, who have been occupying the city of Las Anod in the north of the country since 2007, and the militias of the local clans, who a ...
• 15 June 2023
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Argentina is one of the largest lithium producers in the world: the intensive mining poses risks for the country's sensitive ecosystem Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very happy to be in Argentina, a valuable partner. There are so many opportunities waiting for us in the trade, energy or digital areas", wrote the President of the European Commissio ...
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  14 June 2023
  MIDDLE EAST - After the earthquake, the Arab countries re-embrace the "pariah nation": The end of Syria's isolation as seen by the Holy See by Victor Gaetan* Good news has been rare for Syria since 2011. Ravaged by over a decade of war, compounded by poverty and a pandemic, more persecution arrived on February 6 when earthquakes killed some 6,000 people ...
• 14 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The war in Sudan worsens: ethnic violence reported in Darfur Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in West Darfur, the western region of Sudan which, together with the capital Khartoum (see Fides, 13/6/2023), the epicenter of the fighting between soldiers of the Sudanese reg ...
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  14 June 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Interreligious appeal in Manipur: put an end to violence and assist the victims Imphal (Agenzia Fides) - It is necessary to stop the spiral of violence, which is harmful and leaves deep wounds, both physical and moral; provide protection and care to victims; begin a process and a period of reconcili ...
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  14 June 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - General Crisis and Cholera Epidemic: Viatorian missionaries accompany people with faith and determination Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Every day brings new suffering. Unfortunately, for years, when one speaks of Haiti, one thinks of a country in disaster: economic, ecological, political, demographic...", said Father Nes ...
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  13 June 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Cardinal Tagle to the Church of Goma: you are in the heart of Pope Francis Goma (Agenzia Fides) - Even in the martyred region of North Kivu, the disciples of Jesus are called above all to offer to all the "wonderful flavor" and light of Jesus and his gospel. Flavor and light that "do not come f ...
• 13 June 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - In the north of the country: Another Catholic priest kidnapped and released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic priest Jeremiah Yakubu was the victim of another kidnapping in Nigeria, late on Sunday evening, June 11, by gunmen from the rectory of the Holy Trinity Parish in Karku, Kauru Local G ...
• 13 June 2023
  ASIA/THAILAND - Resignation and appointment of Bishop of Ratchaburi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 13, the Holy Father accepted the the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Ratchaburi, Thailand, presented by Bishop John Bosco Panya Kritcharoen. The Holy Father ha ...
• 13 June 2023
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Resignation of Bishop of Miarinarivo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 12, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Miarinarivo, Madagascar, presented by the Bishop Jean Claude Randrianarisoa. (EG) (Agenzia Fid ...