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  8 June 2022
  AMERICA - Enrollment open for the online intercontinental course on theology and practice of synodality Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The organizing team of the Synod on Synodality has opened registration for the free online course "Common Discernment and Decision-Making in the Church", which "aims to accompany the formation of ...
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  8 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Forgotten crises: "The time of the African martyrs is not over yet" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the massacre of the Catholics in the small Nigerian town of Owo (see Fides, 6/6/2022), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NCR) published its annual list of the ten forgotten crises ...
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  8 June 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Diocese of Rome commemorates 65 years of “Fidei donum”: contemporary witnesses report on their experiences Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of Pope Pius XII's missionary encyclical "Fidei Donum", the Missionary Center of the Diocese of Rome, in collaboration with Caritas Rome and the Migrantes Of ...
• 8 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Assault committed by a well-organized group. The number of victims is probably higher than the official number" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Those who committed the June 5 massacre in the Church of St. Francis Xavier in Owo are a well-organized and well-trained group", sources of the Church in Nigeria report to Fides, who, for securit ...
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  8 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - After half a century, the Santarém meeting continues to illuminate the path of evangelization in the Amazon Santarem (Agenzia Fides) - "Be courageous and daring, opening yourselves with trust to the action of God who created everything, gave himself to us in Jesus Christ and inspires us with the Spirit to proclaim the Gospel w ...
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  8 June 2022
  EUROPE/POLAND - Opening of the jubilee missionary exhibition "Faces of the mission" Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The stories of missionaries in the world are the protagonists of the exhibition "Faces of the mission" organized by the Polish Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) on the occasion of the celebratio ...
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  8 June 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Annual Assembly of Maronite Bishops begins. Patriarch Raï: may God show his power by giving peace to the world Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The annual Synod of Bishops of the Maronite Church, hosted by the Patriarchal See of Bkirké, began today with three days of spiritual exercises. "We carry in our hearts", declared Patriarch Bé ...
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  7 June 2022
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Bishops in solidarity with the Church of Nicaragua, "concerned about the social and political situation" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops of El Salvador raise our voices today to express our solidarity with the bishops, priests, men and women religious and laity in Nicaragua: we are concerned above all for the sa ...
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  7 June 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Ecumenical dialogue and theology: "responsibility towards oneself and towards society" Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "Why should a Christian study theology today?" said the Deputy Dean of the Theological Faculty of the Orthodox Institute "St. Filaret" in Moscow, Olga Orlova, presenting the new course for which ...
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  7 June 2022
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal Tagle encourages the U.S. Pontifical Mission Societies New York (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer, meetings and pastoral closeness. These are the traits that marked the visit of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, to the Nationa ...
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  7 June 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Confusing and inaccurate news about one of the greatest humanitarian tragedies on the planet Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - "Intervene to save the lives of the 18 soldiers who are still in Ethiopia and others who are hiding along the Eritrean border with the country at war" is the latest appeal launched to the United ...
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  7 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Peace and tolerance in elections: cooperation agreement signed by religious confessions Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Superior Electoral Court (TSE, Tribunal Superior Electoral) and representatives of various religious realities, including the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), signed yesterday, Monday, ...
• 7 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A priest kidnapped, as Nigeria remains shocked over the massacre in the church of Owo Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Although it is still not clear who was responsible for the massacre in the church of Saint Francis Xavier in Owo, Ondo State (south-western Nigeria), which took place on Sunday June 5 (see Fides, ...
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  7 June 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Mar Yakoob III Danil elected new Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Ancient Church of the East has a new Patriarch: Mar Yakoob Danil, currently Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand. The Synod of Bishops of the Ancient Church of the East, convened to ele ...
• 6 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "No priest was kidnapped in the assault on the church of Owo" clarifies the diocese of Ondo Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In the attack, which took place yesterday, Sunday June 5, on the Church of Saint Francis of Owo, in Ondo State, no priest was kidnapped. This was announced in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides by ...