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  10 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church raises the alarm: "Destruction, humanitarian emergency, imminent famine in Kayah" Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very sad and worried to find ourselves in this critical situation. Our peaceful lives are destroyed in the state of Kayah. There are no human rights and freedom. People flee to safe place ...
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  9 June 2021
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The US Vice President Kamala Harris advises against emigration: Bishops are calling for solutions to structural causes Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "Don't come, don't come!" was the unequivocal invitation from Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris, at the conclusion of her visit to Guatemala. Following her m ...
• 9 June 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Ivorian soldier dies in attack in Tougbo on the border with Burkina Faso Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "On the night of Monday, June 7, 2021, armed men attacked the city of Tougbo in the Boun department on the border with Burkina Faso at around 9 p.m. According to initial reports, an Ivorian sold ...
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  9 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarchs and Bishops discuss topics for the upcoming summit in the Vatican Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) – The Patriarchs and Bishops of the Churches present in Lebanon met in the early afternoon of yesterday, Tuesday, June 8th, in Bkerké, at the seat of the Maronite Patriarchate, to discuss the i ...
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  9 June 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Catholic Church Action Week: More than half of Brazilian families are affected by food insecurity Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - With a Eucharistic celebration that took place yesterday, June 8, in the Casa Bom Samaritano in Brasilia, where Venezuelan migrants are welcomed, the week of action of the Catholic Church in Br ...
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  9 June 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Diocese of Tombura Yambio opens first agricultural school in Mupoi Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Tombura Yambio, Mgr. Barani Eduardo Hiiboro, inaugurated the Agricultural Training Center, and sat behind the wheel of a tractor on the farm in the parish of ...
• 9 June 2021
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Théogène Havugimana Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 5th, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Théogène Havugimana, of the diocese of Nyundo (Rwanda) as Na ...
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  9 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Church welcomes displaced people in Chin state Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - In the Catholic community in the city of Surkhua in the diocese of Hakha, over 50 displaced persons, including women, the elderly and children, have found refuge as a result of the intense fightin ...
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  9 June 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The Italian military contingent leaves the country: the future is uncertain Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "The Italian contingent, which today leaves Afghanistan after twenty years of presence in the country, has played a significant role from a social as well as a security point of view. Our soldiers ...
• 9 June 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Durban and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durban (South Africa), presented by His Eminence Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, ...
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  8 June 2021
  VATICAN - Sister Palmide Gamba, with the heart of a mother who brought forth many sons and daughters in faith Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Palmide Gamba, of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary, died on May 18, 2021. The funeral was celebrated on May 20 in the chapel of the sisters' convent, in Grottaferrata (Rome) ...
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  8 June 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Presidential candidate under house arrest: Cardinal Brenes asks for prayer for the judges Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Archbishop of Managua, asked the country, with a Catholic majority, to pray for the judges to make decisions "related to the truth", in reference to the case of the pre ...
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  8 June 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Post-election bishops: respecting election results and promoting unity and development together Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - After the June 6 elections, the Mexican bishops congratulated the citizens and paid tribute to the maturity that was reflected in "the broad participation of citizens and respect for the ele ...
• 8 June 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Violence and displacement in Cabo Delgado: Women and children particularly affected Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Women and children are the victims most affected by the violence and the consequences of displacement in the province of Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique, where since 2017 over 700,000 people ...
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  8 June 2021
  AFRICA/BENIN - Young seminarians have chosen to serve Africa as missionaries Calavi (Agenzia Fides) - The young students of the Education Center of the Society for African Missions (SMA) in Benin have chosen to serve Africa as missionaries. "I was allowed to be part of a somewhat special mission ...