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  9 June 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest killed in a road ambush in southern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - This time the perpetrators did not limit themselves to kidnapping a priest, but committed a murder. The victim, Father Charles Onomhoale Igechi, a priest of the Archdiocese of Benin City in southe ...
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  9 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Fighting continues and riots break out: women and children are particularly affected Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Eight weeks after the outbreak of war between the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) and the rapid support forces (RSF), fighting, abuses and violence continue in Sudan, particularly in the capital Kh ...
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  8 June 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Day of Prayer for Reconciliation and Unity: Korean Bishops' Peace Initiative Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "2023 marks the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice of the Korean War (1950-1953). The war that claimed millions of lives is still not officially over. This unfinished conflict is sti ...
• 8 June 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of Bishop of Tanga Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 7, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Thomas John Kiangio, of the clergy of Tanga, until now diocesan administrator of the same see, as bishop of Tanga, Tanzania. Msgr. Thomas ...
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  8 June 2023
  AFRICA/TOGO - The proclamation of the Gospel and stories of popular cultures. The singular experience of the missionary Silvano Galli Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - Father Silvano Galli wants to use the knowledge of stories, legends and tales handed down from generation to generation in popular cultures as a testimony of faith, which is why he recently held a ...
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  7 June 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis announces an Apostolic Letter dedicated to Saint Therese of Lisieux, Patroness of Catholic missions Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Missionaries "are not only those who travel long distances, learn new languages, do good works, and are good at proclamation". Missionary is "is anyone who lives as an instrument of God's love wher ...
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  7 June 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Attacks by bands of Fulani herders: a conflict that is not only "religious" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - According to the local press, a catechist and his wife were among the dozens of victims of an attack committed last month in a village in the state of Benue, in central Nigeria. In the May 8 raid ...
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  7 June 2023
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - "Marhaba bikum!": Friendship, relationships, life on the margins of society Fès (Agenzia Fides) - "Marhaba bikum! Welcome! This is how one is welcomed in Morocco and in particular in Fès where we live", said Sister Giulia of the Little Sisters of Jesus, who lives and works in Fez with three ot ...
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  7 June 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Episcopal Commission for Indigenous Peoples: safeguarding the life of the Ati People on the island of Boracay Boracay (Agenzia Fides) - The life of the Ati tribes must be safeguarded and not deprived of their lands: this is the vision of the Episcopal Commission for Indigenous Populations, which reported the situation on the isl ...
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  3 June 2023
  VATICAN - In martyrdom, love for Jesus overcomes fear. Cardinal Tagle remembers the Holy Martyrs of Uganda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Suffering in itself is not martyrdom, suffering becomes martyrdom when there is witness". This was emphasized by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangel ...
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  3 June 2023
  VATICAN - Pope Francis to the Pontifical Mission Societies: mission flourishes from the heart of Christ and from the "disorder" of the Holy Spirit Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Church's mission in the world has its "heart" and its source in the very heart of Jesus. Missionary work "does not come naturally", it is born in "those who allow themselves to be drawn by the ...
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  2 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Resumption of clashes: Missionaries remain on site Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The fighting in Khartoum has intensified and 18 people have died and 106 civilians have been wounded in clashes between air raids and heavy artillery in the middle of residential areas. This is ...
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  2 June 2023
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - "Saint Scalabrini shows us the way of welcoming migrants and refugees" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "Saint John the Baptist Scalabrini is a great model to whom we can turn in prayer, because he lived what we live as Church with migrants and refugees in South Africa", said Msgr. Joseph Mar ...
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  1 June 2023
  VATICAN - The mission, the work of God in our "vessels of clay". Cardinal Tagle addresses the Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies Ciampino (Agenzia Fides) - Every authentic apostolic mission is the work of Christ, who acts by grace and in the lives and hearts of his disciples, thus making himself "perceptible" to others. This was recalled by Cardin ...
• 1 June 2023
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of bishop of Pathein Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Henry Eikhlein, of the clergy of Pathein, Myanmar, until now diocesan administrator of the same diocese, as bishop of the diocese of Pathein, Myan ...