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  22 June 2023
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Nuns or guerrillas? The missionary adventures of the Salesian nuns in the mountains of East Timor Dili (Agenzia Fides) - "I really wanted to bring Jesus to the people, but then it was they who brought me to him" is how Sister Maria Fe Silva sums up her whole life in one sentence. The Catholic nun was born in the Phil ...
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  21 June 2023
  EUROPE/ITALY - A Congolese re-elected at the head of the Missionary Congregation of Scheut Nemi (Agenzia Fides) - The missionaries of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM), known as "Scheut missionaries", gathered in their General Chapter in Nemi (Rome), from June 4 to 30, re-elected the Cong ...
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  21 June 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Child marriage: 4 million girls forced into marriage in 2022 Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The practice of early marriages is tragically widespread in South Sudan. A recent study published by the organization Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) reports that more t ...
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  21 June 2023
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Three students from the attacked school manage to escape; questions remain as to the motivation for the massacre Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Three students captured in the attack on Lhubiriha secondary school (Kasese district, western Uganda) on the night of June 17 to 18 managed to escape from the hands of their kidnappers (see Fide ...
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  21 June 2023
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christian parties raise new alarm over illegal land acquisitions in the Nineveh plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - Five political groups led by Christian leaders and activists have issued a new alarm over large-scale real estate operations which, according to them, aim to change the balance of the demographic ...
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  20 June 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Rohingya, the people no one wants Cox's Bazar (Agenzia Fides) - They have been called, with an expression that sums up their history and story, "the people no one wants". The Rohingya people, a Muslim ethnic minority who for centuries have lived in Rakhi ...
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  20 June 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - "Small and ordinary activities" for Camillian missionaries on the island of Flores, the small Indonesian 'Vatican' Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "We celebrated the Feast of Saint Camillus, we welcomed ten novices and four members of the Order made their temporary vows while twenty-three renewed their vows and two deacons and four priests ...
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  20 June 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Missionary priest abducted on June 17 has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Father Marcellus Nwaohuocha, a member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), kidnapped on June 17 after gunmen attacked the parish he serves, St. Paul Bomo Parish in the Archdiocese o ...
• 20 June 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Election of Bishop of Allahabad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 17, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Louis Mascarenhas, of the clergy of Allahabad, India, until now diocesan administrator, as bishop of the same diocese. Msgr. Louis Mascar ...
• 20 June 2023
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation and succession of Bishop of Bac Ninh Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 17, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Bac Ninh, Viêt Nam, presented by Bishop Cosma Hoàng Vãn Ðat, S.J. He is succeeded by Bish ...
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  19 June 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Gratitude and praise: the parish dedicated to the Sacred Heart celebrates the 150th anniversary of its foundation Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Gratitude, joy, prayers of praise to the Lord marked the solemn celebration of the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the parish of Yongning, in the suburbs of Beijing, dedicated to the Sacr ...
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  19 June 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Laudato Sì and the history of evangelization on display to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the South Korea and the Holy See Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Korean artists are so keen in promoting artistic work, particularly those with religious themes, as an efficacious way to spread the love for beauty and the Good News of the Gospel": it is with t ...
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  19 June 2023
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Pain and questions after the massacre at the Lhubiriha school Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - The group that committed the massacre at the Lhubiriha secondary school (Kasese district, western Uganda) on the night of June 17-18 had been in the area for at least two days. This was stated b ...
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  19 June 2023
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The new "last mile" of Doctors with Africa Cuamm in favor of the population of Bossongoa Bossongoa (Agenzia Fides) - A new 'last mile' where some 180,000 people live, a single 130-bed hospital with two general practitioners, without specialists, who do a little of everything. This is Bossongoa, a remote and ...
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  19 June 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Murders, violence, kidnappings: the population lives in conditions of total insecurity Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We recognize their dedication and sacrifice and we pay tribute to them for the noble work carried out with courage". This is what we read in a statement from the Mexican episcopate, the Con ...