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  9 June 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Italian military contingent leaves the country: the future is uncertain Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "The Italian contingent, which today leaves Afghanistan after twenty years of presence in the country, has played a significant role from a social as well as a security point of view. Our soldiers ...
• 9 June 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Durban and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durban (South Africa), presented by His Eminence Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, ...
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  8 June 2021
  VATICAN - Sister Palmide Gamba, with the heart of a mother who brought forth many sons and daughters in faith Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Palmide Gamba, of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary, died on May 18, 2021. The funeral was celebrated on May 20 in the chapel of the sisters' convent, in Grottaferrata (Rome) ...
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  8 June 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Presidential candidate under house arrest: Cardinal Brenes asks for prayer for the judges Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Archbishop of Managua, asked the country, with a Catholic majority, to pray for the judges to make decisions "related to the truth", in reference to the case of the pre ...
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  8 June 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Post-election bishops: respecting election results and promoting unity and development together Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - After the June 6 elections, the Mexican bishops congratulated the citizens and paid tribute to the maturity that was reflected in "the broad participation of citizens and respect for the ele ...
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  8 June 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Violence and displacement in Cabo Delgado: Women and children particularly affected Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Women and children are the victims most affected by the violence and the consequences of displacement in the province of Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique, where since 2017 over 700,000 people ...
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  8 June 2021
  AFRICA/BENIN - Young seminarians have chosen to serve Africa as missionaries Calavi (Agenzia Fides) - The young students of the Education Center of the Society for African Missions (SMA) in Benin have chosen to serve Africa as missionaries. "I was allowed to be part of a somewhat special mission ...
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  8 June 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - An old Christian school seized from the Church: minority rights trampled on Peshawar (Agenzia Fide) – The Edwardes College in the city of Peshawar, a historic institute of the "Church of Pakistan" (the Anglican Church), in the Anglican diocese of Peshawar, has been entrusted to the management ...
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  8 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Vicar of Loikaw: "The churches in the sights of the military" Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - It is a serious and dramatic situation in the diocese of Loikaw, in the Burmese state of Kayah (eastern Myanmar), where the conflict between the Burmese army and the popular defense forces that o ...
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  7 June 2021
  AFRICA - A heartfelt appeal from Father Gigi Macalli: "We mustn't forget Sister Gloria!" Crema (Agenzia Fides) - "Since I returned free, I have not stopped praying I invite everyone not to forget the other hostage detainees in the Sahel and to continue to pray for them", said Father Gigi Maccalli, priest of ...
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  7 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Another Catholic church bombed in Kayah state: news of the massacre in Yangon not confirmed Demoso (Agenzia Fides) - In the city of Demoso, Kayah State, in eastern Myanmar, the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Peace in the parish of Dongankha, in the Diocese of Loikaw, was intentionally attacked by the Burmese ar ...
• 7 June 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishops of Antofagasta denounce the detention, harassment and deportation of Venezuelan migrants Antofagasta (Agenzia Fides) - "As Bishops of the Catholic Church in the Norte Grande, we ask for respect for the rule of law that should govern all the actions of State agencies, even more so when it comes to measures th ...
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  7 June 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Visit of the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights, while negotiations between the government and demonstrators are blocked Cali (Agenzia Fides) - "The global pandemic, which has made us all children of the same need, and the national strike that, by affecting mobility and distribution, has made everyone feel scarcity, hunger and absolute nee ...
• 7 June 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Massacres are intended to secure control over strategic areas" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The country is in shock. Such a massacre has not occurred since 2015", say sources from the Apostolic Nunciature from Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, to Agenzia Fides, where in th ...
• 7 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Cardinal Raï dedicates the land to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: "We are a people who will not die" Harissa (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, renewed the consecration of Lebanon and the entire Middle East to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary ...