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  24 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Ondo state authorities announce the arrest of suspects in the Pentecost massacre Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We will not stop until we have shed full light on this crime and I assure you that the perpetrators and their sponsors will be arrested", said Adetunji Adeleye, commander of the agency of the Ond ...
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  24 June 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Church supports flood victims Mymensingh (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Bangladesh is mobilizing for the victims of the floods that have hit the country in the last 10 days. Thanks to an action promoted and coordinated by Caritas Banglad ...
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  24 June 2022
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - A truce to start dialogue and get out of the crisis: The bishops offer themselves as observers of the process Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Ecuador is going through several crises: an economic crisis (with lack of work, education, food, health care, housing, aggravated by human trafficking, drug trafficking, arms trade) ; a social cri ...
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  24 June 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Civil society calls for the release of a Christian falsely accused of blasphemy Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask for the release of a Pakistani Christian, 44-year-old Rehmat Masih, who has been in prison for five months. He is innocent and is falsely accused of having desecrated the pages of the Ko ...
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  24 June 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - Camillians: monitoring of the assistance project for Ukrainian refugees continues Ursus (Agenzia Fides) - After the first evaluation of the project for the protection of Ukrainian refugees in which the Camillian Disaster Service International (Cadis) participates, Father Aris Miranda, MI, will travel ...
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  24 June 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Peace has to be possible!" the Bishops reiterate. Found the bodies of the murdered priests Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent murder of a civilian and two Jesuit priests inside the Catholic church of Cerocahui, in the Tarahumara region of Chihuahua, is just another example of the lack of values and sens ...
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  24 June 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Seminarians and nuns conclude their studies: new missionary resources for evangelization in China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "You must have the missionary fire of the Apostle Paul to attract more people to the Gospel so that they can obtain salvation. You must have a humble and simple attitude, reaching out to the poo ...
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  23 June 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Men of service and proclamation of the Gospel: 13 new deacons for the Church, three of them tribal Mymensingh (Agenzia Fides) - The 13 new deacons who enrich and give hope to the Catholic Church of Bangladesh will be men dedicated to ecclesial and pastoral service and to proclaiming the Gospel, especially to the poore ...
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  23 June 2022
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Attacks on civilians move to the south of the province of Cabo Delgado Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - More than 784,000 have been displaced in northern Mozambique due to violence perpetrated by non-state armed groups, mainly by the self-proclaimed Mozambican Province of ISIS. This is reported by ...
• 23 June 2022
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Kahama Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Christopher Ndizeye Nkoronko, of the clergy of the Diocese of Kigoma, currently Vicar General and Secretary General of the Pastoral Department, as ...
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  23 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - June 24: Colombia renews the consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian Catholic Church has invited to participate in the Eucharistic Celebration on Friday, June 24, at 11:00 a.m., in the Cathedral of Bogota, which will be presided over by Monsignor Lui ...
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  23 June 2022
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Evangelization through education, health and socio-economic development Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The Ugandan bishops recently gathered in Plenary Assembly focused on the process of evangelization that must be carried out in the country through education, health and socio-economic developmen ...
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  23 June 2022
  EUROPE/ENGLAND - Secretary General of PMU: "The Eucharist, primary source to nourish a missionary spirit" London (Agenzia Fides) – To nourish a missionary spirit: this was the theme of the speech by Father Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen, OFM Conv, Secretary General of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU), Director of Ciam and Agenz ...
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  23 June 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Peace is possible": the caravan leaving for Odessa, with the support of the Bishops Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Expressing closeness and solidarity to those suffering as a result of the ongoing war": with this objective Msgr. Francesco Savino, Bishop of Cassano all'Jonio and Vice-President of the Italian Bi ...
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  23 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Bishops: "let's raise our voices again to denounce violence and cry out together for peace" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Faced with so many situations that embarrass us, we, bishops of the Permanent Council of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference, once again raise our voices to denounce violence and cry out togeth ...