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  15 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Synod of the Maronite Bishops: "The supply of the Lebanese population is at risk" Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - Food for half of the Lebanese population is at risk, while many young people are leaving the country to build less precarious lives elsewhere. Meanwhile, the political-institutional system is pa ...
• 15 June 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Wabag Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed rev. Justin Ain Soongie, of the clergy of Wabag, currently Vicar General of the same see and professor at the Seminary of Banz, in the Archdiocese of M ...
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  15 June 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - The alleged murderer of Fr. Michael Maingi Kyengo, killed in 2019, has been arrested Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The alleged murderer of a Catholic priest who was killed in 2019 and who fled after his release was arrested. He had been on the run for a year. Michael Muthini Mutunga was released on bail of 3 ...
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  14 June 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest killed in a shootout between drug trafficking cartels Jalisco (Agenzia Fides) - The Provincial Minister of the Franciscan Province of Saints Francisco and Santiago in Mexico, Father Angel Gabino Gutiérrez Martinez, OFM, informed of the violent death of his confrere, Father ...
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  14 June 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Afghan women: without justice the war will continue Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - Nargis Nehan, director of the non-governmental organization "Equality for Peace and Democracy" is concerned. "With the withdrawal of troops, it seems that civil society is no longer as useful to t ...
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  14 June 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Migrant Week: "Who is knocking on our door?" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Migration and dialogue" is the theme of the 36th Week of Migrants celebrated by the Church of Brazil from June 13 to 20 with the motto "Who is knocking on our door?". The Week is linked to the ...
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  14 June 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Jerusalem, the Latin Patriarchate announces the "Annual Peace Day for the East" and announces the consecration of the region to the Holy Family of Nazareth Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - A "Peace Day for the East", which will be celebrated every year with a special Eucharistic liturgy "to implore God's Mercy and His Peace on this beloved Middle East, where the Christian faith ...
• 14 June 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "What are foreign military bases in the Sahel for?" ask the Bishops after the Solhan massacre Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Burkina Faso is in shock due to the massacre in Solhan, the village in the north-east of the country attacked in the night between 4 and 5 June, in which at least 160 people were killed (see ...
• 14 June 2021
  AFRICA - Terrorism and violence: unsustainable situation in West African countries Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The West African sub-region is unfortunately becoming the bastion of terrorism in Africa. A situation that is becoming increasingly worrying", writes to Agenzia Fides Fr. Donald Zagore, Ivorian ...
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  14 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic priests arrested and released by the army: violence in Mandalay Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese military have arrested and released six Catholic priests and a lay Catholic in the village of Chan Thar, in the Archdiocese of Mandalay, 700 km north of Yangon. As confirmed to Agen ...
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  12 June 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Entire families suffer and die without assistance: the annual collection of Caritas on 12 and 13 June Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Cáritas Argentina, Mgr. Carlos José Tissera, Bishop of Quilmes, presided over the virtual press conference for the presentation of the annual Caritas collection, which wi ...
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  12 June 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Students of the Catholic University engaged in research programs and development aid Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic Relief Services (CRS) aims at a partnership with the Catholic University of Malawi to help students in practical learning through internships and research of aid and development progra ...
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  12 June 2021
  AFRICA/MALAWI - World day against child labor, the Bishop of Zomba: "Protecting children, in the light of the Gospel" Zomba (Agenzia Fides) - "In the current health emergency situation, many children and young people are forced to go to work to help their families in conditions of extreme poverty. In many cases it is a question of forms ...
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  12 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Burmese in diaspora around the world: strike in support of Aung San Suu Kyi Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Global Myanmar Spring Revolution Weekend" is the public event that today and tomorrow, in over fifty cities in more than 20 countries around the world, will involve all the Burmese communities of ...
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  12 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANAMR - The Bishops, between violence and social crisis: "It is urgent to open humanitarian corridors and respect sacred places" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Intentionally destroying humanitarian aid intended for poor, vulnerable and destitute people is a crime against humanity", says a source of Fides confirming the news that the Burmese army have d ...