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  10 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - IV Meeting in Santarém: "Continue sowing the Gospel and the signs of the Kingdom in our Beloved Amazon" Santarém (Agenzia Fides) - In a concluding message, the participants of the IV Meeting of the Catholic Church in the Legal Amazon, held at the Saint Pius X Seminary in Santarém from June 6 to 9 - recalling what happene ...
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  9 June 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Together with the little deaf and dumb, in honor of Paul VI: the Effetà Institute of Bethlehem celebrates its "Golden Jubilee" Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - Effetà (or Effatà) in the Aramaic language means "open". It is the word used by Jesus to effect the healing of the deaf-mute, reported in the Gospel according to Mark: «They brought him a d ...
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  9 June 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archdiocese of Seoul celebrates the 100th birth anniversary of Cardinal Stephen Kim Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - One hundred years after his birth, we must remember the late Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, the first Cardinal in South Korea, "as salt and light for the country, for having guided and strengthene ...
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  9 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Official death toll in Owo bombing rises to 40; new massacre in Kaduna state Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The number of victims according to the official toll of the massacre perpetrated on Sunday June 5 in the church of Saint Francis Xavier in Owo (see Fides, 6/6/2022) has risen to 40. This was annou ...
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  9 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops invite families "to look to the Holy Family in order to face the challenges of the historical moment in which we are living" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From June 22 to 26, the X World Meeting of the Family convened by Pope Francis will be held with the theme: "Family love: vocation and path to holiness". Bishop Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino, bi ...
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  9 June 2022
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archdiocese is again offering services during the lunch break Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Singapore, at the request of many Catholic workers in offices, law firms, commercial companies, shipping companies and other sectors where there are Christian workers, is ag ...
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  9 June 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - New government taking office: drought and insecurity are the biggest challenges Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian crisis affecting Somalia due to the dramatic drought is intensifying. Almost 7 million people are affected, about 50% of the population. Meanwhile, the newly elected governmen ...
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  9 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Catholic Church organizes “Week of Migrants”: The focus is on the topic of listening Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Brazil will celebrate the 37th "Week of Migrants" from June 12th to 19th. Bishop of the Diocese of Pesqueira and President of the Pastoral Service for Migrants (SPM), str ...
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  8 June 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Annual Assembly of Maronite Bishops begins. Patriarch Raï: may God show his power by giving peace to the world Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The annual Synod of Bishops of the Maronite Church, hosted by the Patriarchal See of Bkirké, began today with three days of spiritual exercises. "We carry in our hearts", declared Patriarch Bé ...
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  8 June 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - Opening of the jubilee missionary exhibition "Faces of the mission" Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The stories of missionaries in the world are the protagonists of the exhibition "Faces of the mission" organized by the Polish Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) on the occasion of the celebratio ...
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  8 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - After half a century, the Santarém meeting continues to illuminate the path of evangelization in the Amazon Santarem (Agenzia Fides) - "Be courageous and daring, opening yourselves with trust to the action of God who created everything, gave himself to us in Jesus Christ and inspires us with the Spirit to proclaim the Gospel w ...
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  8 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Assault committed by a well-organized group. The number of victims is probably higher than the official number" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Those who committed the June 5 massacre in the Church of St. Francis Xavier in Owo are a well-organized and well-trained group", sources of the Church in Nigeria report to Fides, who, for securit ...
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  8 June 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Diocese of Rome commemorates 65 years of “Fidei donum”: contemporary witnesses report on their experiences Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of Pope Pius XII's missionary encyclical "Fidei Donum", the Missionary Center of the Diocese of Rome, in collaboration with Caritas Rome and the Migrantes Of ...
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  8 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Forgotten crises: "The time of the African martyrs is not over yet" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the massacre of the Catholics in the small Nigerian town of Owo (see Fides, 6/6/2022), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NCR) published its annual list of the ten forgotten crises ...
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  8 June 2022
  AMERICA - Enrollment open for the online intercontinental course on theology and practice of synodality Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The organizing team of the Synod on Synodality has opened registration for the free online course "Common Discernment and Decision-Making in the Church", which "aims to accompany the formation of ...