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  16 June 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The 80th National Council of the PMS has opened: clergy and laity called to the responsibility of instilling the missionary spirit Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "It is impossible for us to remain silent about what we have seen and heard": the 80th National Council of the Pontifical Mission Societies of the Coast opened yesterday, June 15, around the the ...
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  15 June 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Elections: waiting for results; the Church invites us to be united and be responsible Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The second round of the 2021 general elections was held in Peru on Sunday, June 6 and to date, after more than a week, the official results are not yet known. The National Office of Electoral Proce ...
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  15 June 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The International Criminal Court: a complete investigation into the "war on drugs" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Judge Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on the eve of the conclusion of her mandate, has called for a full investigation into the killings in the so-cal ...
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  15 June 2021
  AFRICA/ERITREA - A nun is the new General Secretary of the Bishops' Conference: "I ask for wisdom and insight" Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - "When Solomon became king, he did not ask the Lord for wealth and power, but for wisdom and insight to guide the people of God", said Sister Tsegereda Yonanne of the Comboni Missionary Sisters (C ...
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  15 June 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Yeom: Bishop You to the Congregation of the Clergy is "a great gift" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The fact that the Bishop of Daejeon, Lazzaro You Heung-sik, was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy by Pope Francis is "a great gift for Korean Catholics and for the faithful fr ...
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  15 June 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Novena to invoke the end of the pandemic and the beatification of Bishop Shaw, great missionary of Chaco Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - In the church of the Paraguayan Chaco and in thirty other places in the country, a Novena is being held to call for the end of the pandemic, as requested by Pope Francis, and for the beatificat ...
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  15 June 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The law on the right to water reaches Parliament, "people's lives are at stake" warns Cardinal Rosa Chavez San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Salvadoran Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, in his usual Sunday press conference, said he hopes that the initiative of the water law that the government will present contains the progress ma ...
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  15 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Synod of the Maronite Bishops: "The supply of the Lebanese population is at risk" Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Food for half of the Lebanese population is at risk, while many young people are leaving the country to build less precarious lives elsewhere. Meanwhile, the political-institutional system is pa ...
• 15 June 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Wabag Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed rev. Justin Ain Soongie, of the clergy of Wabag, currently Vicar General of the same see and professor at the Seminary of Banz, in the Archdiocese of M ...
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  15 June 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - The alleged murderer of Fr. Michael Maingi Kyengo, killed in 2019, has been arrested Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The alleged murderer of a Catholic priest who was killed in 2019 and who fled after his release was arrested. He had been on the run for a year. Michael Muthini Mutunga was released on bail of 3 ...
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  14 June 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest killed in a shootout between drug trafficking cartels Jalisco (Agenzia Fides) - The Provincial Minister of the Franciscan Province of Saints Francisco and Santiago in Mexico, Father Angel Gabino Gutiérrez Martinez, OFM, informed of the violent death of his confrere, Father ...
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  14 June 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Afghan women: without justice the war will continue Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Nargis Nehan, director of the non-governmental organization "Equality for Peace and Democracy" is concerned. "With the withdrawal of troops, it seems that civil society is no longer as useful to t ...
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  14 June 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Migrant Week: "Who is knocking on our door?" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Migration and dialogue" is the theme of the 36th Week of Migrants celebrated by the Church of Brazil from June 13 to 20 with the motto "Who is knocking on our door?". The Week is linked to the ...
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  14 June 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Jerusalem, the Latin Patriarchate announces the "Annual Peace Day for the East" and announces the consecration of the region to the Holy Family of Nazareth Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - A "Peace Day for the East", which will be celebrated every year with a special Eucharistic liturgy "to implore God's Mercy and His Peace on this beloved Middle East, where the Christian faith ...
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  14 June 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "What are foreign military bases in the Sahel for?" ask the Bishops after the Solhan massacre Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Burkina Faso is in shock due to the massacre in Solhan, the village in the north-east of the country attacked in the night between 4 and 5 June, in which at least 160 people were killed (see ...