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• 18 June 2024
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Erection of the ecclesiastical province of Ndola and appointment of first metropolitan archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has erected the ecclesiastical province of Ndola, Zambia, with the suffragan dioceses of Kabwe and Solwezi, and has appointed Bishop Benjamin Phiri, hitherto bishop of the d ...
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  18 June 2024
  VATICAN - New book on the figure of Cardinal Celso Costantini: "Bridge builder” with China
  By Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Especially towards the Chinese, I thought it appropriate not to confirm in any way the suspicion that the Catholic religion is under the protect ...
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  18 June 2024
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Economy recovers: poverty rate remains high, population calls for new presidential elections Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The economic situation in Sri Lanka is beginning to recover after the two-year economic crisis that followed the default declared in April 2022 and the four-year bailout package through loans fr ...
• 18 June 2024
  EUROPE/GERMANY MUNICH - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 7, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, confirmed the Rev. Monsignor Wolfgang Huber, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Munich, as ...
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  18 June 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another Catholic priest kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Another priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. Father Christian Ike, parish priest of St. Matthew's church in Ajalli (Orumba North Local Government Area in the southern state of Anambra), was kidna ...
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  17 June 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - President Ramaphosa re-elected for a second term Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected as President of South Africa, but it required the formation of an unprecedented coalition government made up of the historical opponents of apartheid and the ...
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  17 June 2024
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “Pelican Center”: human, social, intellectual and spiritual education for children and young people in need Paspanga (Agenzia Fides) - "A place where they can find a 'safe haven', a place of hope for young people in difficulty who can learn here and at the same time meet spiritual guides with whom they can share their needs". ...
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  17 June 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Pope Francis and invites him to visit India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "I met Pope Francis on the sidelines of the G7 Summit. I admire his commitment to serving people and improving our planet. I also invited him to visit India," said India's Prime Minister Naren ...
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  17 June 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Endless conflict, 10 million displaced. The Bishop of El Obeid: no one listens to the voice of God and the voice of the people El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - The terrible news from Sudan does not stop. The figures are frightening: according to "Reliefweb", since April 2023, the beginning of the conflict, 9.2 million people have been forcibly displac ...
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  15 June 2024
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Cardinal Francis: “In an ‘Asian microcosm’ we experience the interaction of differences” Penang (Agenzia Fides) - "It is the pluralism of cultures and ethnic groups that makes Malaysia a 'miniature Asia'. The coexistence of different components allows the Catholic community to experience the interaction of d ...
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  15 June 2024
  AFRICA - Seoul is also targeting African countries in search of strategic minerals, new markets and UN support Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Shared growth, sustainability and solidarity". These are the three "pillars" of cooperation between African countries and South Korea, according to the joint statement issued at the end of the Af ...
• 14 June 2024
  AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 3, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Father Angelo Florentino Fernandes Rodrigues, 33, of the clergy of the Diocese of ...
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  14 June 2024
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Peace and justice: Working group for Colombia seeks common solutions Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Migration, human rights violations, peace and environmental protection are just some of the issues that the Working Group for Colombia (GTC) is dealing with these days in Rome to strengthen peace a ...
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  14 June 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Violence and poverty in a never-ending conflict Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Myanmar is the most violent place in the world, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED). The international, non-profit and independent organization collects, class ...
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  14 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Where does the great devotion of Chinese Catholics to the Sacred Heart of Jesus come from? by Marta Zhao Shijiazhuang (Agenzia Fides) - According to the "Guide to the Catholic Church in China" edited by the great French missionary Jean Charbonnier (1932-2023), there are over 200 parishes, churches and chap ...