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  26 June 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - Cardinal Parolin to religious leaders: amid conflict, Lebanon must remain a model of coexistence Beirut (Fides Agency ) - "Lebanon today must remain a model of coexistence and unity in the face of the ongoing crises and wars," said Cardinal Pietro Parolin to high-ranking representatives of the Churches and religious ...
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  26 June 2024
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Latin American bishops concerned about the impact of drug trafficking: "We must not give up" Bogotà (Fides Agency) – "The fact that drug trafficking manages to infiltrate and corrupt the power of the state, the police, the armed forces, the media, businesses, in short, all the institutions of democracy, is a ...
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  25 June 2024
  ASIA/LEBANON - An international theological colloquium to revive the ecumenical vocation of the Melkite Church Beirut (Fides Agency ) - As the Melkite Greek Catholic Church celebrates the 300th anniversary of the restoration of full communion with the Church of Rome (1724-2024), a high-level international theological colloquium a ...
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  25 June 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Parliament condemns lynchings and calls for respect for the rule of law Islamabad (Fides Agency ) - The Pakistani Parliament has adopted a resolution addressing and condemning the serious practice of "lynching", which has recently hit the headlines due to several incidents such as the events ...
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  25 June 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Further protests against the draft budget Nairobi (Fides Agency) - New protests are underway this morning, June 25, against the financial bill presented by the Kenyan government that includes the introduction of new taxes (see Fides 21/6/2024). In Nairobi, secu ...
• 25 June 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Diocese of Labuan Bajo established and first bishop appointed Vatican City (Fides Agency) - On June 21, Pope Francis erected the new diocese of Labuan Bajo (Indonesia) on part of the diocese of Ruteng, placing it under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Ende as a suffragan dioc ...
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  24 June 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A total of 1,413 masses for peace and reconciliation: "We need new hope" Seoul (Fides Agency ) - It is a message of peace and reconciliation that the Archbishop of Seoul, Peter Soon-taick Chung, is launching in view of the anniversary of the Korean War. It is a message of hope and unity that ...
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  24 June 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Mikah Suleiman kidnapped Abuja (Fides Agency ) - The parish priest of St. Raymond's Church in Damba (Gusau) in Zamfara State in northwestern Nigeria, Mikah Suleiman, was abducted by armed men who broke into the rectory on Saturday, June 22, at a ...
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  24 June 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Gaza schoolchildren are denied exams and a future by Father Ibrahim Faltas ofm* Jerusalem (Agence Fides) - These days, around 39,000 pupils in Gaza would have had to take their school-leaving exams. Like many other Palestinian students, like many other Israeli studen ...
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  24 June 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Some will be waiting for Sister Ida at the door of heaven by Pascale Rizk Nairobi (Fides Agency ) – "Sister Ida left us suddenly on Sunday, June 16 shortly before 7 p.m. After praying the vespers together with the community in Nairobi, she felt sick suddenly in the kitchen ...
• 22 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Appointment of Bishop of Hangzhou Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - In the context of the dialogue regarding the application of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China, on 12 June 2024, the Holy Father appoint ...
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  22 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Yang Yongqiang transferred from the diocese of Zhaocun to Hangzhou by appointment of Pope Francis Hangzhou (Agenzia Fides) - Joseph Yang Yongquiang is the new Bishop of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, by appointment of Pope Francis. This is reported in the bulletin of the Vatican Press Office published today, Saturday, ...
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  22 June 2024
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Afghan girls have been without school for a thousand days Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Afghan girls have not been to school for a thousand days. More than 1,000 days have passed since the Taliban banned secondary education for girls in Afghanistan. Millions of Afghan women and girls ...
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  22 June 2024
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Coadjutor Bishop of Bangassou: “Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you” Bangassou (Agenzia Fides) - From Bozoum to Bangassou. From "simple" missionary to coadjutor bishop. This is what happened to Aurelio Gazzera, who worked for 17 years as a Carmelite missionary in Bozoum, in the north-west ...
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  21 June 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Man lynched after accusation of blasphemy: an "influencer" campaign aims to promote rule of law and peace Madyan (Agenzia Fides) - A violent mob lynched a man accused of insulting the Koran in the hilly town of Madyan, in the Swat district, in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The man was a Pakistani citizen of M ...