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  8 June 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - An old Christian school seized from the Church: minority rights trampled on Peshawar (Agenzia Fide) – The Edwardes College in the city of Peshawar, a historic institute of the "Church of Pakistan" (the Anglican Church), in the Anglican diocese of Peshawar, has been entrusted to the management ...
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  8 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Vicar of Loikaw: "The churches in the sights of the military" Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - It is a serious and dramatic situation in the diocese of Loikaw, in the Burmese state of Kayah (eastern Myanmar), where the conflict between the Burmese army and the popular defense forces that o ...
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  7 June 2021
  AFRICA - A heartfelt appeal from Father Gigi Macalli: "We mustn't forget Sister Gloria!" Crema (Agenzia Fides) - "Since I returned free, I have not stopped praying I invite everyone not to forget the other hostage detainees in the Sahel and to continue to pray for them", said Father Gigi Maccalli, priest of ...
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  7 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Another Catholic church bombed in Kayah state: news of the massacre in Yangon not confirmed Demoso (Agenzia Fides) - In the city of Demoso, Kayah State, in eastern Myanmar, the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Peace in the parish of Dongankha, in the Diocese of Loikaw, was intentionally attacked by the Burmese ar ...
• 7 June 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishops of Antofagasta denounce the detention, harassment and deportation of Venezuelan migrants Antofagasta (Agenzia Fides) - "As Bishops of the Catholic Church in the Norte Grande, we ask for respect for the rule of law that should govern all the actions of State agencies, even more so when it comes to measures th ...
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  7 June 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Visit of the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights, while negotiations between the government and demonstrators are blocked Cali (Agenzia Fides) - "The global pandemic, which has made us all children of the same need, and the national strike that, by affecting mobility and distribution, has made everyone feel scarcity, hunger and absolute nee ...
• 7 June 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - "Massacres are intended to secure control over strategic areas" Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "The country is in shock. Such a massacre has not occurred since 2015", say sources from the Apostolic Nunciature from Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, to Agenzia Fides, where in th ...
• 7 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Cardinal Raï dedicates the land to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: "We are a people who will not die" Harissa (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, renewed the consecration of Lebanon and the entire Middle East to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary ...
• 7 June 2021
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Monrovia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Monrovia (Liberia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Lewis J. Zeigler. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 7/6/2 ...
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  5 June 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Burmese Government of National Unity recognizes the rights of the Rohingya New York (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese Government of National Unity (Nug), the "shadow executive" created abroad last April to counter the February 1 coup, has formalized a new policy towards the Rohingya, the Muslim min ...
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  5 June 2021
  VATICAN - Pontifical Society of St. Peter the Apostle: the mission needs the support of all the people of God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With the closure of churches and the blocking of pastoral activities due to the health emergency, the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) have had to resort to oth ...
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  5 June 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church sends to the Holy See aid for vaccines against Covid to poor countries Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Seoul has sent US $ 1 million to the Holy See to ensure equal access to Covid-19 vaccines for poor countries and populations in need. The donation is the result of a fundraising ...
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  5 June 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Evangelization and communication: "Life is the best way to bear witness to the Gospel" San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - "The tools of communication also contain the potential to advance man in a process of maturation in a Christian key. Although a clear awareness of this is already widespread, there is still th ...
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  5 June 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Agrarian law reform: the Church and peasant organizations call for "an open and broad process, consulting everyone" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Paraguay, through the Social Pastoral Care Commission of the Episcopal Conference (CEP), rejects the reform of the agrarian law without consultation. In the statement sent to Fide ...
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  5 June 2021
  AFRICA/KENYA - World Environment Day: the decade on ecosystem restoration Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - From protecting agricultural soils against erosion in Kenya, to restoring some biodiversity hotspots in the Amazon, to converting former coal mines in the American Appalachians into carbon sinks ...