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  28 May 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Negotiations in Nairobi: Hope for peace Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Good governance, more justice and security and economic development. These issues are at the heart of ongoing peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya, between the government of South Sudan and the groups tha ...
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  28 May 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - The international police force will be deployed in Haiti in three weeks Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Kenyan-led multinational mission in Haiti "will not be deployed before three weeks". Kenyan President William Ruto announced this in an interview with the BBC. Originally, 200 Kenyan ...
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  27 May 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - “Humanitarian catastrophe”: healthcare is on the verge of collapse Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The escalation of violence in Port-au-Prince and Artibonite, a province north-west of the capital, is plunging Haiti into a humanitarian catastrophe. The health system is on the verge of ...
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  27 May 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Shen Bin celebrates the solemn liturgies on the feasts of Mary Help of Christians and the Most Holy Trinity Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - "The Most Holy Trinity is always harmonious. I encourage you to reflect in your lives the harmony that reigns in the Most Holy Trinity and to go out of yourselves to share with others and with ...
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  27 May 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack following blasphemy allegations: Police arrest 44 people in connection with mass violence Sargodha (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistani police have charged and arrested 44 people in connection with mass violence against a Christian. The Christian, who lived in Mujahid Colony in Sargodha, a city in Pakistan's Punjab pr ...
• 27 May 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Ende Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 25, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Fr. Paulus Budi Kleden, S.V.D., until now superior general of the Society of the Divine Word (S.V.D.) (Verbites), as metropolitan archbisho ...
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  27 May 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Basil Gbuzuo kidnapped on May 15 has been freed Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "With a heart full of joy and gratitude to God, we announce the release of Father Basil Gbuzuo," says a statement from the Diocese of Onitsha on the release of Father Basil Gbuzuo, who was kidnapp ...
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  25 May 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - A country marked by unemployment, crime and xenophobia is preparing for the elections Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - High unemployment is weighing on many South Africans in the run-up to the general elections next May 29. The problem was described as a “time bomb” by the UN as early as 2022. With 25 m ...
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  25 May 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Nine months after the violence against Christians, work is underway to restore harmony and rehabilitate families Jaranwala (Agenzia Fides) - Nine months after the mass violence that destroyed the Christian neighborhood of Jaranwala, a town in the Pakistani province of Punjab, "there is still a certain level of hostility in the area ...
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  25 May 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis to the Pontifical Mission Societies: the greatness of the Church is in martyrdom Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Even in our time there is "greatness of the Church in martyrdom", in the testimony of those who invoke the name of Jesus while being killed for his cause. This is what Pope Francis repeated ...
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  24 May 2024
  VATICAN - Archbishop Nappa at the PMS Assembly: Countries with an ancient Christian tradition are now "mission areas" Sacrofano (Agenzia Fides) - The "epochal change" that is taking place in the world also calls into question the nature and specific mission of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), which are called to "carefully read w ...
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  24 May 2024
  VATICAN - The Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies begins today Sacrofano (Agenzia Fides) - Today, May 24, the Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) begins, whose work will continue until May 31st. The meeting is attended by the National Directors of the P ...
• 24 May 2024
  AFRICA/COTE D’IVOIRE - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Abidjan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 20, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Pierre Kutwa. ...
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  24 May 2024
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Every priest is by nature a missionary”: Blessed Giuseppe Allamano will be canonized Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Being a missionary "requires nothing other than a great love for God and commitment to the salvation of souls", is the motto of Blessed Giuseppe Allamano, who founded the Institute of the Consolata ...
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  24 May 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Father Luke and his companion were victims of violence between ethnic communities Juba (Agenzia Fides) – "The disappearance of Father Luke Yugue and his companion must be placed in the sad context of the violent clashes between the Azande and the Balanda that have broken out again after the serious ...