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• 4 June 2018
  ASIA/JAPAN - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishops of Osaka On June 2 the Holy Father appointed as Auxiliary Bishops of the Archdiocese of Osaka, Japan: Rev. Fr. Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F., parish priest of the Cathedral of the same metropolitan see, assigning him the titu ...
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  4 June 2018
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Fuego volcano eruption: at least 25 dead and several children among the 20 injured Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - At least 25 people have died, 20 injured and 1 million and 700 thousand who live in the area are affected in some way by the Fuego volcano eruption in Guatemala, 40 km southwest of the ca ...
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  4 June 2018
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Bethlehem, a Franciscan priest attacked for defending the pilgrims Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - Franciscan priest, Father Fadi Shalufa, responsible for the "milk grotto" church, was attacked on 1 June by one of the two young men who had previously harassed a group of pilgrims in visit to ...
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  4 June 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - During Ramadan, invitation to protect "cultural and religious diversity" and Pancasila Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Leaders of different religions, gathered for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, expressed their wish to protect "cultural and religious diversity in Indonesia", the largest Muslim country in the ...
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  4 June 2018
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Christian leaders: "we want to contribute to the peaceful development of the electoral process" Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Religious leaders from different church bodies under the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD), called on the government of Zimbabwe to promote peace and reconciliation in the country ...
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  4 June 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Parish priests alongside young people, while violence continues Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - "On Saturday a young man was executed, this is the right word, because he was arrested, he was helpless, but a woman police officer shot him in the chest. The young man told her: if you have the ...
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  4 June 2018
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. - An atypical form of "genocide" is scourging the country Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "When a Central African returns home after spending a few years abroad, he realizes the abnormal and precarious situation that the Country is going through. Since 2013, so many resolutions have f ...
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  1 June 2018
  VATICAN - PMS Assembly: Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith Sacrofano (Agenzia Fides) - "An essential task of the International Secretariat of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith is to ensure the fair and responsible distribution of funds collected each year by the Peopl ...
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  1 June 2018
  VATICAN - PMS Assembly: Pontifical Society of St. Peter the Apostle Sacrofano (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Fernando Domingues, MCCJ, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of St. Peter the Apostle (POSPA), introduced his annual report to the Assembly of the PMS: "We are happy to acknowledg ...
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  1 June 2018
  VATICAN - PMS Assembly: Agenzia Fides Sacrofano (Agenzia Fides) - "Agenzia Fides, established in 1927, has just turned ninety and is facing a constantly changing world of information", said Fr. Fabrizio Meroni, PIME, Secretary General of the Pontifical Missi ...
• 1 June 2018
  VATICAN - The Pope: Extraordinary Missionary Month and Synod for Amazonia, opportunities for evangelization Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Synod for Amazonia and the Extraordinary Missionary Month, both of which will be celebrated in October 2019, are two opportunities for evangelization, to put into practice the call to " ...
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  1 June 2018
  VATICAN - PMS Assembly: Pontifical Missionary Union, International Center for Missionary Animation Sacrofano (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Fabrizio Meroni, PIME, General Secretary of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PUM), Director of the International Center for Missionary Animation (CIAM) and Director of Agenzia Fides, deliv ...
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  30 May 2018
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Youth and Mission: a Festival in Jakarta Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The young Catholics of Jakarta have begun to prepare the "Joyfest 2018", a Youth Festival which intends to reinvigorate faith and increase the missionary dimension of their Christian life, as Ge ...
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  30 May 2018
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Walk of Faith: a pilgrimage for Ugandan martyrs Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – 2018 Uganda Martyrs Day is celebrated on 3 June, an event that gathers pilgrims at the Namugongo Catholic Shrine. Since Saturday 26 May the faithful have thronged Munyonyo Martyrs Catholic Shr ...
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  30 May 2018
  VATICAN - PMS Assembly: Extraordinary Missionary Month of October 2019 Sacrofano (Agenzia Fides) - " October 2019 should help bring the entire People of God to a new awareness of Christian baptismal responsibility for the Church’s mission to evangelize to the ends of the earth. It was dec ...