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• 21 June 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appointment of the Bishop of Barishal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Emmanuel Kanon Rozario, currently Vicar General of the Diocese of Rajshahi, as Bishop of the Diocese of Barishal (Bangladesh). His Exc. Msgr. Em ...
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  21 June 2022
  VATICAN - Thirty years since "Redemptoris Missio" and "Dialogue and Proclamation": a Congress at the Urbaniana University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Three decades after their publication in 1991, the two documents, "Redemptoris Missio" and "Dialogue and Proclamation" remain as fundamental pillars of present-day Church’s mission. It is ...
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  21 June 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Controversy over sending a regional military force to pacify eastern DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A regional peacekeeping force to stabilize eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This was agreed in Nairobi during the June 20 meeting between East African leaders on security in this region of ...
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  21 June 2022
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Forced recruitment of soldiers for the conflict in Tigray is rampant Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Thousands of people were forcibly recruited to fight in Tigray, men, women and children were kidnapped and sent to the front lines. The recruitment of children by the Eritrean forces worsened, ...
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  21 June 2022
  AMERICA - Civil society and religious organizations at the forefront of aid to asylum seekers and migrants Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - A request to the main international organizations, in particular the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), to increase thei ...
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  21 June 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer to St. Devasahayam and consecration of families to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Kottar (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of the Latin rite in India will hold a National Thanksgiving Prayer Service next June 24, the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to pay tribute to St. Lazaro Devasahayam ...
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  21 June 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - A new "Caravan of Peace" to show the concrete face of solidarity Odessa (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, June 24, a new caravan of peace will leave Italy on Saturday 24 June for Odessa, as an ideal continuation of the first caravan held in Ukraine last April, when a convoy of more than ...
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  21 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Archbishop Rueda Aparicio: "it is important that we look at the present and the future of Colombia" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The second round of the presidential elections held in Colombia on Sunday, June 19 (see Fides, 18/6/2022), saw the victory of Gustavo Petro, who obtained 50.47% of the vote, while the other candi ...
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  20 June 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The diocesan phase of the Synod towards its conclusion: the results of 4,000 meetings are processed Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - From 13 to 17 June, the National Commission of the Synod on Synodality met at the headquarters of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV) to read, reflect and draw up a synthesis of the cont ...
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  20 June 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrini: "The image of a saint who knew how to understand and help, can maintain the hope of migrants and refugees" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Called by the United Nations, World Refugee Day is celebrated on June 20 to commemorate the approval in 1951 of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees by the General Assembly of the Unit ...
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  20 June 2022
  EUROPE/MALTA - Seventh year for the TV marathon which raises funds for the missions Valletta (Agenzia Fides) - The television marathon conceived and produced by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Malta (Missio Malta) crosses the milestone of 7 years. HOPE #MissioFest, the name of the Maltese tele ...
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  20 June 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Minority rights: it is urgent to implement the 2014 Supreme Court ruling Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The federal and provincial governments have implemented very few recommendations of the well-known ruling of the Supreme Court of 19 June 2014 on the rights of religious minorities. This happens ...
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  20 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - New massacre of faithful in Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - At least three dead and about forty people kidnapped. This is the toll of the assault on worshipers at St. Moses Catholic Church, Robuh, Ungwan Aku, Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna State, whi ...
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  20 June 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - In the English-speaking regions, terror prevents humanitarian aid, education, health care: women and children are the victims Bamenda (Agenzi Fides) - "Our intervention suffers from many objective limits. The first of these is the situation of terror that prevails throughout the region. I myself was kidnapped, along with three other operators, ...
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  20 June 2022
  VATICAN - The Pope to the Comboni Missionaries: the mission is based on the words of Jesus: "Without me you can do nothing" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of the Church depends totally - in its source, its dynamism and its very fruits "on union with Christ and on the power of the Holy Spirit". This is what Pope Francis repeated in his add ...