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• 13 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - RSF militiamen are consolidating positions on the Central African border Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - As fighting continues in the Sudanese capital Khartoum (see Fides, 12/6/2023), in Darfur, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militiamen, led by Mohamad Hamdan Dagalo (known as "Hemedti") consolidat ...
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  13 June 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Divorce rate rising: Tendency less pronounced among Catholics Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - More and more young couples in Vietnam are getting divorced. This is confirmed by the latest statistics and sociological studies. The country's divorce rate has nearly doubled over the past 10 yea ...
• 12 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Violent fighting in Khartoum after the end of the 24-hour truce Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Fighting in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, resumed immediately after the end of the 24-hour ceasefire at 6 am on Sunday morning, June 11th. Clashes between Sudanese Army soldiers (SAF) and th ...
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  12 June 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The path of legality to promote the rights of all citizens and work to combat any discrimination Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Nine years ago, a historic ruling by the Supreme Court of Pakistan (Judgment No. 1 / 2014) expressed serious concerns that federal and provincial governments were failing to address human rights ...
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  12 June 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - The consequences of climate change hit Haiti: Missionaries report on the difficult everyday life of the people Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Global climate change continues to claim victims in the Caribbean island of Haiti. After more than a year of insecurity, fear, hunger, starvation and despair, in these hours Camillian mis ...
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  12 June 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "We are blessed because Jesus gives us his flesh". Cardinal Tagle celebrates the closing Mass of the National Eucharistic Congress Lumumbashi (Agenzia Fides) - Christ himself "promised to dwell in those who will receive his body and his blood: a promise and gift of his presence". And "his presence is active and dynamic. His presence makes us a new c ...
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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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...