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  12 June 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - The "boat" of the shipwreck becomes a monument to the memory of the tragedies in the Mediterranean Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Thousands of people flee from wars, violence, persecutions, poverty, because they are looking for a better future and chase a dream that often turns into a nightmare, during those journeys that en ...
• 11 June 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Laurent Gbagbo's return to his homeland: an important step towards reconciliation Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The return home of the former president of the Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, is scheduled for next June 17th. On March 31st he was acquitted of the charge of crimes against humanity issued by the ...
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  11 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The army destroys rice and medicines and starves the population Pekhon (Agenzia Fides) - The Myanmar army (Tatmadaw) is destroying tons of sacks of rice that had been stored and preserved to feed the internally displaced people in the village of Loi Ying Taungche, near the city of Mo ...
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  11 June 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The pandemic is at its peak, saturated hospitals and cemeteries; the Church asks the government to guarantee vaccines Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Church reiterates its request to the Government to guarantee the vaccination process against Covid-19 in the face of the negative record that the country presents. Bolivia regist ...
• 11 June 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Our Lady of Angels" interdiocesan philosophical seminary in Kibosho Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 5, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Joseph Msafiri Mahela, member of the Apostolic Life Communit ...
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  11 June 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - In the midst of the pandemic, violence against Christians does not stop New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the first five months of 2021, in 151 days of the current year, despite the serious pandemic situation, 127 episodes of violence against Christians took place in India: says to Agenzia Fide ...
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  11 June 2021
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The multiplication of loaves and fish inspires the pastoral guidelines for 2021-2023 Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Bishops' Conference of Uruguay met for their Plenary Assembly from 7 to 10 June, connected through a digital platform, and at the end of the work they informed about the ma ...
• 11 June 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "The Constitution should be reformed so that there is a single law that is the same for all" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "To ensure peace and unity of the nation, there must be an end to the practically established status that Islam enjoys in our Constitution. We note in this regard that while Islam is mentioned ver ...
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  11 June 2021
  VATICAN - Monsignor Viva, Rector of the Urban College, appointed Bishop of Albano Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Bishop Vincenzo Viva, of the Clergy of the Diocese of Nardò-Gallipoli, currently Rector of the Pontifical Urban College "de Propaganda Fide" in Rome, ...
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  10 June 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The government's initiatives on biofuels for the Bishops are "a clear setback in Argentina's environmental policy" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Biofuel "worth a mass" is the provocative title of an article in one of the main Argentine newspapers (El Cronista) which refers to a publication of the Argentine Episcopal Commission "Just ...
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  10 June 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean Patriarch Sako: "The road to church unity is not easy" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The path to restore full unity between Churches and ecclesial communities "is not as easy as some imagine", said Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon. In a statement publi ...
• 10 June 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Bishops: "We offer our condolences for the victims of the Solhan massacre" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "As we know, our country, Burkina Faso, has once again experienced a deadly attack, in Solhan, in Yaga, in the Sahel. On behalf of our Church Family of God, we offer our sincere condolences ...
• 10 June 2021
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Kizito T. Nhundu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 14, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Kizito Takaendesa Nhundu, of the clergy of the archdiocese of H ...
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  10 June 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The "Here I am" program in Bangalore Church to provide dignified funerals for victims Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - It is a work of mercy and with a spirit of compassion that the Archdiocese of Bangalore, in the state of Karnataka, in southern India, launched the "Here I am" program, an initiative to suppor ...
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  10 June 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Due to the conflict, the population fleeing violence is unable to find shelter Cabo Delgado (Agenzia Fides) - The escape from attacks continues in the villages of the districts of Palma and Nangade in Cabo Delgado. According to reports from the Catholic organization for peace and charity "Denis H ...