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  19 June 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Tensions between North and South Korea: Catholics pray for reconciliation and national unity Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Since 1965, the Korean Church has celebrated June 25 as the Day of Prayer for Reconciliation and National Unity. It is a special moment in which the entire Korean Catholic community gathers in pra ...
• 19 June 2024
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Soddo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Dejene Hidoto Gamo, O.F.M. Cap., until now provincial viar of Kidane Meheret of the Capuchin Friars of Ethiopia, guardian of the fraternity of ...
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  19 June 2024
  ASIA/KUWAIT - Five hundred parishioners, associations and community groups in Salmiya welcome Saint Aretha Salmiya (Agenzia Fides) - "It was one of the most beautiful events in the Church of Salmiya, involving all faith communities," a parishioner of the Church of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, in the heart of the Indian ...
• 19 June 2024
  AFRICA/CHAD - Explosion in the capital's largest weapons depot: number of victims still unknown N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "We were awakened yesterday evening around 11 p.m. by a huge explosion," an observer from church circles in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, told Fides. "The first loud explosion was followed b ...
• 19 June 2024
  EUROPE/GERMANY AACHEN - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 14, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, confirmed the Rev. Fr. Dirk Bingener as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societi ...
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  19 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - New church dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua has been consecrated, and is the result of the commitment of the entire community Xilin Gol League (Agenzia Fides) - Today "we have inaugurated a place of worship, but we must also build a spiritual temple in our hearts," said the Archbishop of Hohhot, Paul Meng Qinglu, in the Chinese province of Inn ...
• 18 June 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Indiscriminate bombing of hospitals and refugee camps in North Darfur Al-Fashir (Agenzia Fides) - Patients and staff at the Southern Hospital in Al-Fashir, in the Darfur region, in north-western Sudan, were wounded and shot by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The rebels also attacked the ne ...
• 18 June 2024
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Erection of the ecclesiastical province of Ndola and appointment of first metropolitan archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has erected the ecclesiastical province of Ndola, Zambia, with the suffragan dioceses of Kabwe and Solwezi, and has appointed Bishop Benjamin Phiri, hitherto bishop of the d ...
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  18 June 2024
  VATICAN - New book on the figure of Cardinal Celso Costantini: "Bridge builder” with China
  By Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Especially towards the Chinese, I thought it appropriate not to confirm in any way the suspicion that the Catholic religion is under the protect ...
• 18 June 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Economy recovers: poverty rate remains high, population calls for new presidential elections Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The economic situation in Sri Lanka is beginning to recover after the two-year economic crisis that followed the default declared in April 2022 and the four-year bailout package through loans fr ...
• 18 June 2024
  EUROPE/GERMANY MUNICH - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 7, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, confirmed the Rev. Monsignor Wolfgang Huber, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Munich, as ...
• 18 June 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another Catholic priest kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Another priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. Father Christian Ike, parish priest of St. Matthew's church in Ajalli (Orumba North Local Government Area in the southern state of Anambra), was kidna ...
• 17 June 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - President Ramaphosa re-elected for a second term Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected as President of South Africa, but it required the formation of an unprecedented coalition government made up of the historical opponents of apartheid and the ...
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  17 June 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “Pelican Center”: human, social, intellectual and spiritual education for children and young people in need Paspanga (Agenzia Fides) - "A place where they can find a 'safe haven', a place of hope for young people in difficulty who can learn here and at the same time meet spiritual guides with whom they can share their needs". ...
• 17 June 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Pope Francis and invites him to visit India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "I met Pope Francis on the sidelines of the G7 Summit. I admire his commitment to serving people and improving our planet. I also invited him to visit India," said India's Prime Minister Naren ...