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• 14 July 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Father Asif John Khokhar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 24, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, confirmed the position of Father Asif John Khokhar (for biographical notes see Fides 26/7/2018) a ...
• 13 July 2023
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Human rights activists receive death threats from Burundian rebels Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Three human rights activists have received death threats in South Kivu, eastern DRC, by a Burundian rebel group active in that part of the country. According to a communiqué from the "Lutte Po ...
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  13 July 2023
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - President Bio confirmed in office: Second term marked by numerous challenges and protests from the opposition Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - Among the 13 candidates, 12 men and 1 woman, who presented themselves for the presidential elections held on June 24, Julius Maada Bio was re-elected and confirmed in office by the People's Par ...
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  13 July 2023
  ASIA/HONG KONG - 300 young people from Hong Kong leave for WYD in Lisbon. Bishop Chow: participate in the meeting with an open and grateful heart Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300 boys and girls from the diocese of Hong Kong will participate in the next World Youth Day in Lisbon. The Hong Kong youth preparing to leave are organized into 14 groups from pari ...
• 13 July 2023
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of the Rector of the "Saint Augustine" Interdiocesan Philosophical Major Seminary in Matola Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 24, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Father Nito Chatulica, C.S.Sp. as Rector of the "Saint Augustine" Interdiocesan ...
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  13 July 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian students' appeal: "Save Manipur" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - While the media and political attention seems to be waning on the social situation in Manipur, the scene of inter-ethnic violence, students from various Indian schools scattered throughout the ...
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  12 July 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Waiting for Pope Francis. History, friends and hopes in the "House of Mercy" Ulaanbataar (Agenzia Fides) - The appointment is sscheduled for Monday, September 4: at 9.30 a.m. Pope Francis will meet with the workers of charity in the last public event of his apostolic journey in Mongolia before th ...
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  12 July 2023
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Al Shabaab continues to claim victims among civilians: yet another attack in the north of the capital Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Attacks on civilians continue in Somalia against a background of political instability, famine and floods. Another group of civilians lost their lives when they were blown up by a landmine ope ...
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  12 July 2023
  ASIA/JAPAN - Contaminated water in the ocean, can we say that there is no danger? Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - By releasing contaminated radioactive water into the ocean, can we say that there is no danger for human beings and the ecosystem? It is by asking this simple question that Japanese and Korean sch ...
• 12 July 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest kidnapped on Monday released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic priest Joseph Azubuike, kidnapped in Nigeria on July 10, is free again. The priest and three other people were abducted by unidentified gunmen in Isu, in Onicha Local Government Area ...
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  12 July 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Everything is possible with the power of prayer: the solidarity of the Camillians towards the missionaries in Haiti Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - This year the celebrations for the feast of Saint Camillus on the island of Flores will be full of small events. On July 14, the feast of the founder of the Order of Ministers of the Sick, MI, t ...
• 12 July 2023
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Rector of Mary Queen of the Apostles Seminary in the Archdiocese of Yaoundé Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 4, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Gaetan Bissa of the clergy in Ebolowa, as Rector of Mary Queen of the Apo ...
• 12 July 2023
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Father Marco Pagani Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 2, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed Father Marco Pagani, of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), Nati ...
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  11 July 2023
  ASIA/LEBANON - Jubilee Year: Melkite Greek Catholic Church celebrates 300 years of union with the Church of Rome Raboué (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2024 will be for the Melkite Greek Catholic Church a "Jubilee year, celebrated under the sign of unity among all Christians. A special time in which we are called to commemorate the 300 ...
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  11 July 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - At the end of the academic year, 37 new theology graduates in 5 Chinese Catholic Seminaries Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the 2022-2023 academic year, 37 future Chinese Catholic priests graduated in theology in five seminaries in mainland China. Among the 37 new graduates, 13 graduated from the Nati ...