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  19 June 2026
  AFRICA/NIGER - At least 35 dead in attack on Niamey airport Niamey (Fides News Agency) - The official toll from yesterday's jihadist attack, June 18, on Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, the capital of Niger, has risen. According to a statement released by the Nigerie ...
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  19 June 2026
  AFRICA/KENYA - 2027 elections: Kenyan politicians' presence in places of worship grows Nairobi (Fides News Agency) – In view of the 2027 general elections, Kenya's main political leaders have intensified their presence in churches of various Christian denominations. Despite bans imposed by the authorit ...
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  19 June 2026
  Leo XIV in Pavia: at the sources of an Augustinian missionary style by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) – Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Pavia on Saturday, June 20, takes on a symbolic meaning. It is like the return of an Augustinian Pontiff to his spiritual roots. In the B ...
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  19 June 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Day of prayer and a Memorandum to be submitted to the government for the protection of social works New Delhi (Fides News Agency) - At the invitation of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI), Indian Catholics will celebrate a national Day of prayer on June 28, 2026, to protect social and charitable works thr ...
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  18 June 2026
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies: "The Church is a bridge of reconciliation after the wounds of war" by Paolo Affatato Colombo (Fides News Agency) – “Reconciliation among the various communities of Sri Lanka and the healing of the wounds left by almost thirty years of civil war are now an integral part of the Ch ...
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  18 June 2026
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem denounces the seizure of church property in Silwan Jerusalem (Fides News Agency) – The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem condemned the seizure of land adjacent to the Monastery of Saint Onuphrius in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan, Jerusalem, by Israeli a ...
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  18 June 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Christian and Muslim religious leaders concerned about increasing insecurity Abuja (Fides News Agency) – “As we wake up every day, we hear news of atrocities by Boko Haram, bandits and all sorts of criminals all over the country,” said Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins of Lagos, Vice Presid ...
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  18 June 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Hiiboro Kussala on the values of Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas: "What kind of generation are we raising?" Tombura Yambio (Fides News Agency) – "We young nation whose greatest wealth is not oil, gold, land, or political power but rather its children and young people. Many children today spend more time with screens than wit ...
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  18 June 2026
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Canary Islands, “a border that becomes a bridge”: the reflection of the Delegate of Caritas Tenerife after the visit of Leo XIV Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Fides news Agency) – Pope Leo XIV's visit to the Canary Islands has left a profound mark on the local Church and reinforced the archipelago's role as a place of welcome and encounter between con ...
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  18 June 2026
  Father Camerlengo: The gift of Osório, killed by evildoers, becomes a seed by Father Stefano Camerlengo* Dianra (Fides News Agency) - I met Osorio personally at the theological seminary of the Consolata Missionaries in Kinshasa, where he arrived from our novitiate in Mozambique. My first imp ...
• 17 June 2026
  AFRICA/MALI - Appointment of new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – On April 30, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), has appointed Fathe ...
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  17 June 2026
  ASIA/LAOS - Father Figaredo’s account: “Amidst the poverty of resources, the creativity of the Church in Laos lives the essence of faith” by Paolo Affatato Vientiane (Fides News Agency) – The Catholic Church in Laos is undergoing a delicate but promising transition, marked by the “handover” between the generation of Pastors who guided the ecclesi ...
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  17 June 2026
  Asia-Pacific Catholic University Choirs gather for Symposium in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Fides News Agency) - More than 150 university students gathered in Hong Kong to participate in the first Asia Pacific Catholic Universities Choral Symposium 2026. The five-day event, themed "Harmony in Diver ...
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  17 June 2026
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Earthquake aftershocks hinder humanitarian aid access to affected populations Mindanao (Fides News Ageny) – Hundreds of aftershocks continue to be recorded following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck the southern island of Mindanao on June 8 (see Fides, 9/6/2026). Specifically, these were ...
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  17 June 2026
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Diamonds and poverty: production increases in Chiadzwa, but local communities remain marginalized Harare (Fides news Agency) - The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has announced plans to increase production at its Chiadzwa mine in the Mutare district, Manicaland province, in eastern Zimbabwe from 3.8 mill ...