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• 30 June 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Calapan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 26, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Moises Magpantay Cuevas, until now titular bishop of Maraguia and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Zamboanga, as vicar apostolic of Calapan, Phil ...
• 30 June 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Itanagar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 29, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Itanagar, India, presented by Bishop John Thomas Kattrukudiyil. The Holy Father has appointed ...
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  30 June 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A new Bishop in the Kayah state, a war zone: a Pastor who accompanies the people's Way of the Cross Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Loikaw, capital of Kayah state, in the eastern part of Myanmar, welcomed its new Bishop, ordained yesterday on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, with a celebration imbued with fa ...
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  29 June 2023
  EUROPE/RUSSIA: Cardinal Zuppi in the Catholic Cathedral of Moscow: I have entrusted the mission of peace to Our Lady of Vladimir Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "Unity is not given by power, but by mutual service; not by blood ties, but by the bond of God made man, who makes us His, His children, part of His family", said Cardinal Matteo Zuppi in his hom ...
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  29 June 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis, on the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul: the Church must proclaim the Gospel "like oxygen to breathe" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Even today it is necessary for the Church to "put preaching at the centre". And always be a Church "that cannot live without sharing with others the embrace of God’s love", and needs to proclaim ...
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  28 June 2023
  VATICAN - "The protagonist of History is the beggar". Pope Francis re-proposes the missionary adventure of Saint Mary MacKillop Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The protagonist of History is the beggar", said Pope Francis today, taking up the incipit of a beautiful sentence pronounced by Don Luigi Giussani on May 30, 1998 in St. Peter's Square, in a meeti ...
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  28 June 2023
  AFRICA - Not only Wagner: Private Military Companies (PMC) and the future of the monopoly of force Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Private Military Companies (PMC), like the Russian Wagner, are the most modern and professional form of mercenary formations used since ancient times by States to reinforce their military units or ...
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  28 June 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - WYD 2023: Burkinabe youth prepare to carry high the torch of faith and the colors of the nation Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "An act of faith that offers the young people of Burkina Faso the opportunity to deepen their faith". This is how Father Valéry Sakougri defined World Youth Day to be held in Lisbon from Au ...
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  28 June 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Islamic 'Feast of Sacrifice' celebrated in brotherhood between Muslims and Christians Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear Muslim brothers and sisters, every year you celebrate Eid-ul-Azha, the 'Feast of Sacrifice', to obtain God's blessings. In the Old Testament of the Holy Bible, we see that men of faith sacri ...
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  27 June 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Farewell to missionary Jean Charbonnier, friend and "benefactor" of the Church in China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - There is not a Chinese Catholic or Chinese academic interested in the life of the Church who does not have or has never consulted the volume "Guide to the Catholic Church in China" by Father Jea ...
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  27 June 2023
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Further delays regarding the new law on the personal status of Christians Cairo - (Agenzia Fides) - The text of a new law on the personal status of Egyptian Christians has been ready for some time, but various reasons and circumstances continue to delay its approval and enactment, repeatedly g ...
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  27 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - More fighting in Khartoum and Darfur: number of civilian deaths increases Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 25 June fierce fighting broke out again in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militiamen have attacked and captured the headquarters of the Central Reserve P ...
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  27 June 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Walking the path of forgiveness: a month of prayer for North-South relations Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Walking the path of forgiveness": with this expression and with this spiritual attitude the Church in South Korea celebrated, on June 25, the special "Day of prayer for national reconciliation", ...
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  26 June 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Wenzhou, consecration and inauguration of the new Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart Shi Jiazhuang (Agenzia Fides) - "Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain". These words from Psalm 127 accompanied and the inauguration of the new Catholic parish church dedicated to the Sacred ...
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  26 June 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - An action plan to put the encyclical Laudato Sì into practice: personal and community commitment Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Identify concrete measures to respond to climate change and redefine the active role of the Catholic community in implementing the proposals, indications and suggestions contained in the encyclica ...