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  17 June 2026
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Earthquake aftershocks hinder humanitarian aid access to affected populations Mindanao (Fides News Ageny) – Hundreds of aftershocks continue to be recorded following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck the southern island of Mindanao on June 8 (see Fides, 9/6/2026). Specifically, these were ...
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  17 June 2026
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Diamonds and poverty: production increases in Chiadzwa, but local communities remain marginalized Harare (Fides news Agency) - The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has announced plans to increase production at its Chiadzwa mine in the Mutare district, Manicaland province, in eastern Zimbabwe from 3.8 mill ...
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  17 June 2026
  Four centuries at the service of the Gospel: the Palace of Propaganda Fide and the Urban College by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) – “The Palazzo di Propaganda Fide is not only a monument of Rome, but for four centuries it has embodied the concrete commitment of the Roman Catholic Church to the ...
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  16 June 2026
  ASIA/ISRAEL - Historic visit of the President of Somaliland to Israel Tel Aviv (Fides News Agency) – Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, President of Somaliland, described his visit to Israel, the first state to officially recognize Somaliland on December 26, 2025, as a “historic moment” a ...
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  16 June 2026
  “Doing things for free” is “God’s job”: ‘Operation Mato Grosso’ in Peru
  by Domitia Caramazza Lima (Fides News Agency) - “Chacas seems closer to heaven than to the rest of the world…”. The words of the writer Mario Vargas Llosa inevitably comes ...
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  16 June 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Malawi: Appeal to the international community for the repatriation of 10,000 compatriots from South Africa Johannesburg (Fides News Agency) - Approximately 10,000 Malawian citizens are stranded in South Africa and seeking to return to their country, according to the government in Lilongwe. In two separate statements, one from ...
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  16 June 2026
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - The Vicariate of Northern Arabia consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: source of salvation and the foundation of Church life Manama (Fides News Agency) – Celebrations for the consecration of the Vicariate of Northern Arabia, which includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia (AVONA), to the Sacred Heart of Jesus took place on Friday, Ju ...
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  16 June 2026
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - President Lee Jae Myung to Fides: "Peace begins when people meet and listen to one another" Rome (Fides News Agency) – The theme chosen for World Youth Day Seoul 2027, “Take courage! I have overcome the world” (Jn 16:33), carries a message of hope for a world marked by tensions and uncertainty. This was e ...
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  15 June 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Farewell to Bishop Osório Citora, a man of peace and a missionary who believed in the goodness of people
  Nampula (Fides News Agency) – The Archdioceses of Beira and Quelimane have new Apostolic Administrators. This was announced by the Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique, Archbishop Luí ...
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  15 June 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - More than 7,000 Malawians stranded in Durban awaiting repatriation Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – More than 7,000 Malawian citizens are stranded at the Sherwood Hall reception centre in Durban, in eastern South Africa, waiting to find a way to return to their home country. Most of ...
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  15 June 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop of Loikaw: “The cathedral has been returned to us, but our place remains alongside the displaced” by Paolo Affatato Loikaw (Fides News Agency) – “It is a great joy that the army has returned the Cathedral of Christ the King and the pastoral centre of the Diocese of Loikaw to us,” Bishop Celso Ba Shwe of Loi ...
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  15 June 2026
  Old and new things. Archbishop Simon Poh recounts the wonderful journey of the “Oral Bibles of Malaysia” by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Kuching (Fides News Agency) - Archbishop of Kuching in East Malaysia, Archbishop Simon Peter Poh t Hoon Seng is one of the most listened to voices in the Asian Church on mission, inculturation ...
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  14 June 2026
  South Korean President Lee speaks in the Papal Basilica of St. Paul: gratitude for the Holy See's "unconditional support" for the peace processes by Pascale Rizk Rome (Fides News Agency) – “Even though confusion and conflict are widespread throughout the world today, let us approach our brothers and sisters with the compassion and spirit of unity that Jesus ...
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  14 June 2026
  200 years of the "Living Rosary". Cardinal Tagle: prayer opens the doors to missionary witness by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Lyon (Fides News Agency) – In the Church of Saint-Nizier in Lyon, a couple prays before the tomb of Pauline Jaricot, located in one of the arms of the transept. The woman takes a few steps to ...
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  13 June 2026
  Jubilee of the Living Rosary: inauguration of the "missionary" Chair dedicated to Blessed Jaricot at the Catholic University of Lyon Lyon (Fides News Agency) – “The Sacred Heart reminds us precisely this: God is not primarily an idea to be understood, but a love to be embraced. This truth is particularly important today, as we celebrate the bicent ...