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  27 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Violence against priests, churches and congregations does not stop: two other priests assassinated Kaduna (Agenzia Fides) - Every week, innocent Nigerians lose their lives in terrorist attacks against places of worship, homes and means of transport, and many are also injured or kidnapped. This past weekend, two other ...
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  27 June 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The "diplomacy of bodies": the caravan of peace arrives in Odessa Odessa (Agenzia Fides) - The Caravan of Peace and Solidarity arrived this morning in Odessa, the Ukrainian port city on the Black Sea. It had left the Italian city of Gorizia on Saturday where, on behalf of the civil soc ...
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  27 June 2022
  AMERICA/HAITI - An Italian missionary who had dedicated herself to street children for 20 years murdered: the long trail of blood of the Church Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I would like to express my closeness to the relatives and fellow sisters of Sister Luisa Dell’Orto, a Little Sister of the Gospel of Saint Charles de Foucauld, who was killed yesterday in Port-a ...
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  25 June 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Peace and reconciliation: the priority work of the Church Maralal (Agenzia Fides) - "The world belongs to everyone and we must be compassionate with everyone", said the president of the Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Seafarers at the Bishops' Conference of Kenya (KCCB), ...
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  25 June 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - The religious who helped the hungry: one hundred years after the pontifical mission sent by Pope Pius XI Moscow (Agenzi Fides) - "This story shows how, if we trust in God, we too can carry out the mission that He has entrusted to us", declared Father Stephan Lipke SJ, during the presentation of the book in Russian on the mi ...
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  25 June 2022
  AFRICA/CHAD - Salesian missionaries: with the compassion of Jesus, alongside families impoverished by the food crisis Doba (Agenzia Fides) - "How will families without work survive in the face of the serious food emergency that affects the country? This was the general concern and at the same time the impulse that motivated us to act: t ...
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  25 June 2022
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - New missionary impetus for the faithful of the city-state Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that the Holy Spirit, through Pope Francis and through the Synod, is giving us the grace of a new opportunity to renew the Church, empower its members and make them truly living eva ...
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  25 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A podcast answers the fundamental questions of Venezuelan refugees in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - People who have emigrated from Venezuela and have sought refuge in Brazil often raise questions about access to services, their rights and seek the information they need to live with dignity. T ...
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  25 June 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Pastor who seeks peace and reconciliation in the midst of conflict Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not easy to be Archbishop of Bamenda in this time of conflict. People look at the Church with great expectations, but the crisis we have been experiencing since the clashes between the ar ...
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  24 June 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Assembly: the commitment to evangelization is oriented Bouaké (Agenzia Fides) - "The National Assembly in the life of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of our country is the place for reflection, exchange and decision-making to guide our missionary commitment in our lo ...
• 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 ...