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• 29 May 2024
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 11, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Rev. Father Tarcisio Becoba Tobasi of the clergy of Malabo as National Director ...
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  29 May 2024
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Anticipation of the Pope's visit and gratitude for the words of comfort after the landslide Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "There is great excitement in our Catholic community in Papua New Guinea about the upcoming visit of Pope Francis next September. His arrival is seen as an event of grace for all the communities of ...
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  29 May 2024
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Episcopal Conference rejects any suggestion of alleged involvement in the failed coup Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The nature of the alleged coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains uncertain. The coup occurred on the night of May 19 (see Fides, 20/5/2024), carried out by a command of a few do ...
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  28 May 2024
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle to the Pontifical Mission Societies: seek new ways to "go out and invite everyone" to the Lord’s banquet Sacrofano (Agenzia Fides) - The mission of the Church is to ‘go out’ into the main roads of the world and ‘invite’ to the feast whomever you find. The Pontifical Mission Societies are also called to show through ...
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  28 May 2024
  ASIA/INDIA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies on the election: “The voice of an opposition is needed for democracy to remain alive” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - As India approaches the end of the long process of electing the 543 members of the Lower House (in seven rounds of voting between April 19 and June 1, with the final results on June 4) "we have not ...
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  28 May 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Negotiations in Nairobi: Hope for peace Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Good governance, more justice and security and economic development. These issues are at the heart of ongoing peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya, between the government of South Sudan and the groups tha ...
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  28 May 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - The international police force will be deployed in Haiti in three weeks Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Kenyan-led multinational mission in Haiti "will not be deployed before three weeks". Kenyan President William Ruto announced this in an interview with the BBC. Originally, 200 Kenyan ...
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  27 May 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - “Humanitarian catastrophe”: healthcare is on the verge of collapse Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The escalation of violence in Port-au-Prince and Artibonite, a province north-west of the capital, is plunging Haiti into a humanitarian catastrophe. The health system is on the verge of ...
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  27 May 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Shen Bin celebrates the solemn liturgies on the feasts of Mary Help of Christians and the Most Holy Trinity Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - "The Most Holy Trinity is always harmonious. I encourage you to reflect in your lives the harmony that reigns in the Most Holy Trinity and to go out of yourselves to share with others and with ...
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  27 May 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attack following blasphemy allegations: Police arrest 44 people in connection with mass violence Sargodha (Agenzia Fides) - Pakistani police have charged and arrested 44 people in connection with mass violence against a Christian. The Christian, who lived in Mujahid Colony in Sargodha, a city in Pakistan's Punjab pr ...
• 27 May 2024
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Ende Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 25, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Fr. Paulus Budi Kleden, S.V.D., until now superior general of the Society of the Divine Word (S.V.D.) (Verbites), as metropolitan archbisho ...
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  27 May 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Basil Gbuzuo kidnapped on May 15 has been freed Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "With a heart full of joy and gratitude to God, we announce the release of Father Basil Gbuzuo," says a statement from the Diocese of Onitsha on the release of Father Basil Gbuzuo, who was kidnapp ...
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  25 May 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - A country marked by unemployment, crime and xenophobia is preparing for the elections Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - High unemployment is weighing on many South Africans in the run-up to the general elections next May 29. The problem was described as a “time bomb” by the UN as early as 2022. With 25 m ...
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  25 May 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Nine months after the violence against Christians, work is underway to restore harmony and rehabilitate families Jaranwala (Agenzia Fides) - Nine months after the mass violence that destroyed the Christian neighborhood of Jaranwala, a town in the Pakistani province of Punjab, "there is still a certain level of hostility in the area ...
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  25 May 2024
  VATICAN - Pope Francis to the Pontifical Mission Societies: the greatness of the Church is in martyrdom Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Even in our time there is "greatness of the Church in martyrdom", in the testimony of those who invoke the name of Jesus while being killed for his cause. This is what Pope Francis repeated ...