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  7 June 2024
  AFRICA/NIGER - The ordeal in the savannah by Mauro Armanino Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - It happened last Wednesday, May 29, in the savannah, on the border with Burkina Faso. A group of Nigerien soldiers set fire to the granaries in the village of Nadouani, in t ...
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  6 June 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Humanitarian crisis and education system on the verge of collapse: a permanent ceasefire is urgently needed Port Sudan (Agenzia Fides) - The ongoing fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the groups supporting them against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is causing a further increase in the flow of re ...
• 6 June 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of bishop of Vasai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Vasai, India, presented by Bishop Felix Anthony Machado. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 6/6/2024) ...
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  6 June 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Sacred Heart Church in Ganjuran: pilgrimages and popular devotion in Javanese style Yogyakarta (Agenzia Fides) - For a hundred years, the Sacred Heart Church in Ganjuran, south of Yogyakarta on the Indonesian island of Java, has been one of the most visited. On the feast day, June 7, this place, with it ...
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  6 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Because of the grain harvest: Bishop Sun Jigeng celebrates the Feast of the Sacred Heart in the village of Chaizhuangcun "in advance" Handan (Agenzia Fides) - In Chaizhuangcun, a small village in the Chinese province of Hebei, the small Catholic community has already celebrated the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which according to the liturgical c ...
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  5 June 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Pilgrimage: Catholics of Tangshan make a pilgrimage to the place of work of the Blessed Franciscan missionary sister Maria Assunta Pallotta Tangshan (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Tangshan (Hebei province) has been celebrating a special period since January 1, 2024, the "Year of Evangelization", with prayers, liturgies and catechesis aimed at aw ...
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  5 June 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - North Darfur: conflict takes on an ethnic dimension Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Sudan has taken on an ethnic dimension, especially in Darfur, where militiamen of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are accused of killing civilians based on their ethnicity. The latest ...
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  5 June 2024
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The Salesian oratory of Ankililoaka, a point of reference for 800 young Malagasy people from difficult backgrounds Ankililoaka (Agenzia Fides) - The town of Ankililoaka, in the Archdiocese of Toliara, is located in the south-west of Madagascar, one of the poorest countries in the world, where 75% of the population lives in slums. To ...
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  5 June 2024
  ASIA/TURKEY - New hypotheses for the reopening of the Halki Theological School, the theological Academy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish government is once again considering the possible reopening of the Halki Theological School, the prestigious Theological Academy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, wh ...
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  5 June 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - Narendra Modi's party loses votes: "Pluralism and democracy are guaranteed" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the party of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, won a majority in the parliamentary elections just concluded in India, but by a narrow margin compared to th ...
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  4 June 2024
  ASIA/LAOS - The missionary spirit of the small Catholic faith community Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The faithful of the small Catholic community in Laos have a fervent missionary spirit, also because the future of the local Church is in their own hands: according to the current regulations, miss ...
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  4 June 2024
  ASIA/SYRIA - Syrian Catholic Archbishop Joseph Chami: Christians will not participate in the controversial municipal elections in north-east Syria Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is complicated. Christians are not happy. Most of them do not recognize the legitimacy and value of the local elections called for June 11 and will not vote," reports the Syrian ...
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  4 June 2024
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Commemoration of the Ugandan Martyrs: about four million faithful participate in the celebrations Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - About 4 million faithful participated yesterday, June 3, in the Uganda Martyrs Catholic Shrine Basilica in Namugongo, in the celebrations in memory of the Ugandan Martyrs. The shrine is about 20 ...
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  4 June 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The “promised land”: the island of Flores and the pastoral care of vocations Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "At this time of the school year that is coming to an end, we have had good results in the field of vocations. We Camillians try to get involved as much as possible in many small things, not onl ...
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  4 June 2024
  AFRICA/NIGER - An endless exile: a life in Niamey and the deafening silence of the world By Mauro Armanino Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - Henri lives in Niamey and is now twice as old as the day he left his homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of the most unfortunately rich regions of his country. T ...