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• 26 June 2025
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Antananarivo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Mamiarisoa Modeste Randrianifahanana, until now vicar general of the metropolitan archdiocese of Antananarivo, Madagascar, as auxiliary bishop of ...
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  25 June 2025
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako on the so-called "12-Day War": "Regime change strategies can only worsen the situation" by Gianni Valente Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The so-called "12-Day War" has also caused concern and fear in Iraq. This was confirmed by the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, in a brief i ...
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  25 June 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Day of Prayer for peace in Korea: "Everyone must strive for reconciliation and unity" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The plea for "authentic peace and reconciliation on the Korean peninsula" is at the heart of the initiative of the Korean Catholic Church, which annually celebrates June 25, the anniversary of the ...
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  25 June 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Tensions rise during the protest march in memory of the victims of last year's clashes Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Nairobi is tense. There are roadblocks everywhere and shops are closed. Young protesters have taken to the streets, while the police have erected barricades along the roads le ...
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  25 June 2025
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “They are destroying our communities”: Catholic Archbishop in Angola calls for criminalization of diviners Saurimo (Agenzia Fides) – “They are destroying communities, dividing families, and hindering development,” said José Manuel Imbamba, Archbishop of Saurimo, speaking to a group of journalists at the end of a pastor ...
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  24 June 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops' message for tomorrow's day of protest: "No to violence, yes to life" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are seriously concerned about the serious disregard for human life in our country," said the Bishops of Kenya in a statement issued today, June 24, in anticipation of tomorrow's day of prote ...
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  24 June 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Apostolic Prefect of Battambang on the closure of the border with Thailand: "The crisis affects ordinary people above all" Battambang (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Cambodia has confirmed that the Thai army unilaterally closed all border crossings with Cambodia on the night of June 23. According to the Thai army, border crossings in six ...
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  24 June 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - End of the academic year at the Sheshan Seminary. Bishop Shen Bin encourages students to read "the signs of the times" Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - This year's study courses at the Sheshan Seminary, in the Diocese of Shanghai concluded with the awarding of six degrees to six seminarians from the 2019 class and diplomas to the religious sis ...
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  24 June 2025
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Bishops of Central Asia in a letter to the Pope: "We want to fish with Peter!" Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "Although we are only a small flock, we feel like living members of the Body of Christ and are ready to participate with zeal in the mission of evangelization entrusted to us by the Lord: We want ...
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  24 June 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest killed: He tried to mediate a family dispute Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest was killed in Nigeria while attempting to mediate a family dispute. Father Godfrey Oparaekwe, parish priest of St. Ambrose Church in Ubakala (Umuahia South LGA), in Abia State (s ...
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  23 June 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - A valuable study on health care for Chinese Bishops, nuns and priests by Marta Zhao Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On June 10, 2025, Father Peter Li Yu of the Diocese of Qiqihar, in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang, died at the age of 56. On May 3, 2025, Father Joseph Xu Cheng of the Dioce ...
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  23 June 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Prayer for peace and reconciliation in Korea in the face of an “emotional civil war” Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – “Let us walk together on the pilgrimage toward peace with eternal hope,” said Bishop Simon Kim Joo-young, Bishop of Chuncheon and president of the Reconciliation Committee of the South Korea ...
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  23 June 2025
  ASIA/SYRIA - Massacre of Christians in Damascus. Greek Orthodox Patriarchate: "they are our new martyrs" by Pascale Rizk Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - "On the day our Church of Antioch commemorates all the Antiochian saints, the treacherous hand of injustice has risen this evening and reaped our souls along with the souls ...
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  23 June 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - The appeal of the Archbishops of Nyeri and Nairobi for the march in memory of last year's victims: "Let dialogue prevail" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Let dialogue prevail between the government and young people. This is the appeal for the march in memory of the victims of last year's protests against the budget law (see Fides, June 21, 25, ...
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  22 June 2025
  Pope Leo celebrates Corpus Christi: “It is wonderful to be in the presence of Jesus” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “Dear brothers and sisters, it is wonderful to be in the presence of Jesus.” With these words, Pope Leo XIV began his homily this afternoon as he celebrated the Eucharistic Liturgy for the So ...