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  3 June 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - After mass violence in Sargodha: Christian dies of serious injuries Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) - Nazir Masih, 72, a Christian who was attacked and beaten by a mob on May 25 in Sargodha, a city in the Pakistani province of Punjab, died today, June 3, in Rawalpindi Hospital. He had been ac ...
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  1 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - The diocese of Changzhi retraces the history of the Catholic Church in China to commemorate one hundred years since the "Primum Concilium Sinense" Changzhi (Agenzia Fides) - Looking back at the history of the Church in China, the Diocese of Changzhi (in the Chinese province of Shanxi) commemorates the "Primum Concilium Sinense", the first General Council of the Cat ...
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  1 June 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Chain of Harmony”: Silsilah Movement launches prayer initiative Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) - "In the forty years of the history of the Silsilah Movement, we can remember many events, some sad, others joyful, but they challenged us to move forward and keep going. One of these painful m ...
• 31 May 2024
  ITALY/EUROPE - Father Giuseppe Pizzoli confirmed as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 6, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, confirmed Rev. Giuseppe Pizzoli as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societie ...
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  31 May 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - After Father Basil Gbuzuo, Father Oliver Buba has also been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Father Oliver Buba, kidnapped on May 21 in the Nigerian state of Adamawa (see Fides, 22/5/2024), is free. This was announced by the Bishop of Yola, Stephen Dami Mamza, in whose diocese Father Bub ...
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  31 May 2024
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Cyclone Remal: human cost is very high Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The human cost is very high, there are obstacles to transport and delays in medical care. More than 700 pregnant women in Patuakhali district are struggling to reach the main health services for ...
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  31 May 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - 2024 parliamentary elections: African National Congress loses absolute majority Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The African National Congress (ANC) is in the lead in the counting of the partial results of the parliamentary elections of May 29, but has not achieved an absolute majority. According to t ...
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  30 May 2024
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Cardinal Nzapalainga: “A small elite is trying to appropriate all goods while a people lives in poverty” by Luca Attanasio Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - In the various areas of the Central African Republic, the proportion of Christians varies between 75% and 85% of the total population. This percentage makes the country one o ...
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  30 May 2024
  ASIA/KUWAIT - The journey of faith of the Malabar Catholic community among the 'basements' of Little Kerala by Antonella Prenna Abbasiya (Agenzia Fides) – Jilīb is one of the oldest and most populated neighborhoods in Kuwait, divided into five blocks. Of these, block 4 is also known as ʿAbbāsīya. Here is the parish de ...
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  29 May 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - In Xiamen Bishops and scholars from Taiwan and mainland China meet to "walk together" in a Seminar dedicated to inculturation Xiamen (Agenzia Fides) - "Walking together in love, hand in hand": is the title of the Seminar on inculturation held jointly by Bishops and scholars of the Church of Taiwan and the Church of mainland China. The seminar w ...
• 29 May 2024
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 11, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. Father Tarcisio Becoba Tobasi of the clergy of Malabo as National Director ...
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  29 May 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Anticipation of the Pope's visit and gratitude for the words of comfort after the landslide Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "There is great excitement in our Catholic community in Papua New Guinea about the upcoming visit of Pope Francis next September. His arrival is seen as an event of grace for all the communities of ...
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  29 May 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Episcopal Conference rejects any suggestion of alleged involvement in the failed coup Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The nature of the alleged coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains uncertain. The coup occurred on the night of May 19 (see Fides, 20/5/2024), carried out by a command of a few do ...
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  28 May 2024
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle to the Pontifical Mission Societies: seek new ways to "go out and invite everyone" to the Lord’s banquet Sacrofano (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of the Church is to ‘go out’ into the main roads of the world and ‘invite’ to the feast whomever you find. The Pontifical Mission Societies are also called to show through ...
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  28 May 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies on the election: “The voice of an opposition is needed for democracy to remain alive” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - As India approaches the end of the long process of electing the 543 members of the Lower House (in seven rounds of voting between April 19 and June 1, with the final results on June 4) "we have not ...