News

• 4 July 2024
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Establishment of the Diocese of Bentiu and appointment of His Exc. Msgr Christian Carlassare as first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 3, the Holy Father established the Catholic Diocese of Bentiu (South Sudan), with territory dismembered from the Diocese of Malakal, making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdi ...
• 3 July 2024
  AFRICA/SUDAN - No glimmer of peace seems to be in sight while the humanitarian situation is increasingly dramatic Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - "We are continuing in this battle until victory, and I repeat once again that we will not negotiate with an enemy who attacks us and occupies our lands." This is how General Abdel Fattah al-Bur ...
• 3 July 2024
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Parliamentary investigation into former President Duterte's 'war on drugs' Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The House of Representatives of the Philippines has opened an investigation into the "war on drugs", the state campaign launched and implemented by former President Rodrigo Duterte during the yea ...
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  3 July 2024
  AFRICA/BENIN - A missionary from the Society of African Missions: “To proclaim the Gospel to the most abandoned peoples, especially in Africa” Calavi (Agenzia Fides) - "After ten months at the International Center for Spirituality in Calavi, together with 40 seminarians and five formators from fifteen different nations, we have reached the culmination of our pa ...
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  2 July 2024
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Turkey mediates between Somalia and Ethiopia over Somaliland naval deal crisis Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Turkey plays a mediating role in the crisis between Somalia and Ethiopia over the naval agreement that the latter signed at the beginning of the year with the breakaway region of Somaliland (s ...
• 2 July 2024
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Suicide bombings in Gwoza: is it a rivalry between jihadists for control of the area? Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The number of victims of the quadruple bombings carried out on June 29 in Gwoza, in Borno state, in north-eastern Nigeria, has risen to 32. Some of the 50 or so wounded died in hospital, where the ...
• 2 July 2024
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In connection with the violence in Jaranwala: young Christian sentenced to death Sahiwal (Agenzia Fides) - In a controversial decision, the Anti-Terrorism Court in Sahiwal has sentenced the young Christian Ehsan Shan to death for allegedly sharing a blasphemous post on social media, considered the ca ...
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  2 July 2024
  ASIA/KUWAIT - The parish priest of Abbasiya after a serious fire: “We will hold on to our faith, despite all the daily difficulties and hardships” Mangaf (Agenzia Fides) - "We will hold on to our faith, despite all the daily difficulties and hardships. We will never give up even in difficult moments. Our Catholic faith will be an instrument that will strengthen us ...
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  1 July 2024
  ASIA/CHINA - On the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Catholics distribute aid to flood victims Meizhou (Agenzia Fides) - The Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, always celebrated in a special way by the Chinese Catholic communities, was marked this year by a commitment to charitable causes in favor of compatriots ...
• 1 July 2024
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - In view of the Holy Year and World Youth Day: young people in dialogue and on pilgrimage Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Among the initiatives in view of the Holy Year 2025 and World Youth Day in 2027, there is also the dialogue that young people want to have with their parish priests and the Archbishop in a synodal ...
• 1 July 2024
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops address young protesters: "Your hopes are our hopes" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "This is an explicit recognition by the pastors of the Catholic Church of the goodness of the aspirations of the new generation of young people who want a change in society," said an observer fr ...
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  1 July 2024
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Justice and Peace Commission: The war in Gaza is not a “Just War” Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "As Catholics in the Holy Land, who share Pope Francis’ vision for a peaceful world, we are outraged that political actors in Israel and abroad are mobilizing the theory of “just war” in ...
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  1 July 2024
  ASIA/KUWAIT - The children of the "Mother Church" in Ahmadi celebrate World Children's Day Ahmadi (Agenzia Fides) - "Liveliness, joy, community spirit characterized the World Children's Day that we celebrated here in Ahmadi together with the entire parish community". This is what Father Roswin Pirese (OfmCap.) ...
• 28 June 2024
  ASIA/MYANMAR - UN report: Banking system finances equipment to continue conflict in Myanmar Yangon (Fides Agency ) - Financial institutions must do more to prevent the Burmese military junta from acquiring weapons, said the Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, citing Thailand as the main ...
• 28 June 2024
  AFRICA - Illegal financial flows: African countries lose over 88 billion dollars every year Tunis (Fides Agency) - More than 88 billion dollars are lost illegally to African countries every year. This was denounced yesterday, June 27, by the Executive Chairman of the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commi ...