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  28 June 2023
  VATICAN - "The protagonist of History is the beggar". Pope Francis re-proposes the missionary adventure of Saint Mary MacKillop Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The protagonist of History is the beggar", said Pope Francis today, taking up the incipit of a beautiful sentence pronounced by Don Luigi Giussani on May 30, 1998 in St. Peter's Square, in a meeti ...
• 28 June 2023
  AFRICA - Not only Wagner: Private Military Companies (PMC) and the future of the monopoly of force Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Private Military Companies (PMC), like the Russian Wagner, are the most modern and professional form of mercenary formations used since ancient times by States to reinforce their military units or ...
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  28 June 2023
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - WYD 2023: Burkinabe youth prepare to carry high the torch of faith and the colors of the nation Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - "An act of faith that offers the young people of Burkina Faso the opportunity to deepen their faith". This is how Father Valéry Sakougri defined World Youth Day to be held in Lisbon from Au ...
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  28 June 2023
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Islamic 'Feast of Sacrifice' celebrated in brotherhood between Muslims and Christians Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear Muslim brothers and sisters, every year you celebrate Eid-ul-Azha, the 'Feast of Sacrifice', to obtain God's blessings. In the Old Testament of the Holy Bible, we see that men of faith sacri ...
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  27 June 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Farewell to missionary Jean Charbonnier, friend and "benefactor" of the Church in China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - There is not a Chinese Catholic or Chinese academic interested in the life of the Church who does not have or has never consulted the volume "Guide to the Catholic Church in China" by Father Jea ...
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  27 June 2023
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Further delays regarding the new law on the personal status of Christians Cairo - (Agenzia Fides) - The text of a new law on the personal status of Egyptian Christians has been ready for some time, but various reasons and circumstances continue to delay its approval and enactment, repeatedly g ...
• 27 June 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - More fighting in Khartoum and Darfur: number of civilian deaths increases Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 25 June fierce fighting broke out again in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militiamen have attacked and captured the headquarters of the Central Reserve P ...
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  27 June 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Walking the path of forgiveness: a month of prayer for North-South relations Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Walking the path of forgiveness": with this expression and with this spiritual attitude the Church in South Korea celebrated, on June 25, the special "Day of prayer for national reconciliation", ...
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  26 June 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Wenzhou, consecration and inauguration of the new Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart Shi Jiazhuang (Agenzia Fides) - "Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain". These words from Psalm 127 accompanied and the inauguration of the new Catholic parish church dedicated to the Sacred ...
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  26 June 2023
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - An action plan to put the encyclical Laudato Sì into practice: personal and community commitment Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Identify concrete measures to respond to climate change and redefine the active role of the Catholic community in implementing the proposals, indications and suggestions contained in the encyclica ...
• 26 June 2023
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Appointment of Bishop of Gokwe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 23, the Holy Father appointed Rev. Eusebius Jelous Nyathi, of the clergy of Hwange, currently Rector of the SS. John Fisher and Thomas More National Major Seminary of Chishawasha i ...
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  26 June 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - Hunger, violence, natural disasters, epidemics: the defenseless and terrified population Jeremie (Agenzia Fides) - Spirit of survival, precariousness, insecurity, this is the climate in which the population in Haiti lives. "People desperately need an end to violence and insecurity, both food and physical," s ...
• 26 June 2023
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Perplexities of the Bishops on the constitutional referendum: "avoid new social and political unrest" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The process of socialization based on the family is in danger in our country", the Bishops of the Central African Republic complain in their closing message to the Plenary Assembly in Bangassou. ...
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  26 June 2023
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Melkite Greek-Catholic Church prepares the celebrations for the 300th anniversary of the re-establishment of full union with the Church of Rome Rabouè (Agenzia Fides) - The celebrations for the three hundredth anniversary of the re-establishment of full communion of the Melkite Church with the Church of Rome will begin in Damascus on November 11, with a solemn ...
• 24 June 2023
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of Bishop of Kavieng Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Fr. Roland Vunuvung, of the clergy of Rabaul, currently parish priest of Vunadidir and deacon of Kokopo, as bishop of the diocese of Kavieng (Papua Ne ...