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  8 June 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Interreligious cooperation to curb violence against Christians Rajshahi (Agenzia Fides) - The collaboration and friendship between believers of different religions is useful to curb violence against Christians, a small minority in Bangladesh: this is what has happened after a young ...
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  8 June 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Advincula to young people: seek the truth following the example of Titus Brandsma Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Helping to fight disinformation and always continue to seek the truth: this is the invitation addressed to young people by Cardinal Jose Advincula, Archbishop of Manila while the Philippines is e ...
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  7 June 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Mar Yakoob III Danil elected new Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Ancient Church of the East has a new Patriarch: Mar Yakoob Danil, currently Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand. The Synod of Bishops of the Ancient Church of the East, convened to ele ...
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  7 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest kidnapped, as Nigeria remains shocked over the massacre in the church of Owo Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Although it is still not clear who was responsible for the massacre in the church of Saint Francis Xavier in Owo, Ondo State (south-western Nigeria), which took place on Sunday June 5 (see Fides, ...
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  7 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Peace and tolerance in elections: cooperation agreement signed by religious confessions Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Superior Electoral Court (TSE, Tribunal Superior Electoral) and representatives of various religious realities, including the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), signed yesterday, Monday, ...
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  7 June 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Confusing and inaccurate news about one of the greatest humanitarian tragedies on the planet Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - "Intervene to save the lives of the 18 soldiers who are still in Ethiopia and others who are hiding along the Eritrean border with the country at war" is the latest appeal launched to the United ...
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  7 June 2022
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal Tagle encourages the U.S. Pontifical Mission Societies New York (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer, meetings and pastoral closeness. These are the traits that marked the visit of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, to the Nationa ...
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  7 June 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Ecumenical dialogue and theology: "responsibility towards oneself and towards society" Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "Why should a Christian study theology today?" said the Deputy Dean of the Theological Faculty of the Orthodox Institute "St. Filaret" in Moscow, Olga Orlova, presenting the new course for which ...
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  7 June 2022
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Bishops in solidarity with the Church of Nicaragua, "concerned about the social and political situation" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops of El Salvador raise our voices today to express our solidarity with the bishops, priests, men and women religious and laity in Nicaragua: we are concerned above all for the sa ...
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  6 June 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: Iraqi Christians are true patriots, they are not a "minority" of "infidels" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Iraqi Christians represent an indigenous community, present in the lands of Mesopotamia well before the birth of Islam. They, with their dedication and creativity, have contributed in a decisive ...
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  6 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Christian and Muslim religious leaders condemn the massacre in the church of Owo; uncertainty about perpetrators Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - There is still no information on who perpetrated the massacre in the church of St Francis of Owo, in the state of Ondo (south-west of Nigeria), which took place yesterday, Sunday, June 5. This was ...
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  6 June 2022
  AMERICA - Consecrated Life must be the sower, cultivator and harvester of a new way of being Church Guatapé (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a beautiful occasion to pray together to the God of the ‘call’ and reconfirm that Consecrated Life is a prophetic vanguard and an expansive gift. Let us return to each of our countr ...
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  6 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Between precariousness and prayer, the community of Dosso celebrates 40 years of the parish of St. Charles Lwanga Dosso (Agenzia Fides) - "We have the great joy of celebrating 40 years of our parish. In 40 years we have experienced many things, we have celebrated joys, but we have also gone through dark times. That is why we thank G ...
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  6 June 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Mentally disabled Christian accused of blasphemy released on bail Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "The granting of bail to Stephen Mashi, a mentally unstable person accused of blasphemy, is a positive measure: a mentally unstable person cannot be accused of anything, because he does not have ...
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  6 June 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Pietro Wu Junwei dies of a heart attack. During the pandemic he had worked to keep churches and activities open Xinjiang (Agenzia Fides) - At 10.30 a.m. on May 10, 2022, His Exc. Msgr. Peter Wu Junwei, Bishop of the Apostolic Prefecture of Xinjiang/Yuncheng, in the Chinese region of Shanxi, died of an acute myocardial infarction a ...