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  15 June 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Expectations and questions from Jerusalem Church Officials ahead of Biden's announced Visit to the Middle East Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - US President Joe Biden will travel to the Middle East from July 13 to 16, where he will visit Israel, Palestine and Saudi Arabia. The announcement of the US President's visit has drawn the att ...
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  14 June 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bishops ask to include the question about the religion that is professed in the next census La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "As Catholic Church, we once again ask that the question about the religion that each person professes be included": this is the request of the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (CEB), contained in ...
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  14 June 2022
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Support and awareness of the missions at the center of the national meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies New York (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the United States will begin tomorrow, Wednesday June 15, in San Diego, California. The meeting, which will en ...
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  14 June 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: mission is born out of gratitude. And the apostles are witnesses, not managers Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The joy of proclaiming the Gospel always shines against the background of a grateful memory. And even the gift of self-giving that is expressed in every apostolic and missionary work can never be o ...
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  14 June 2022
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Faced with the economic and social crisis, material and spiritual aid is urgently needed Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Sri Lanka continues to deteriorate and this threatens social instability. There is a lack of basic services, food and fuel. The crisis is worsening and people are suffering, th ...
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  14 June 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Bishops invite the faithful to serenity and patience for the postponement of the papal visit Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask everyone to remain hopeful, despite the inconvenience caused by the postponement of the papal visit, and to remain patient and persevere in prayer (Rom 12, 12), because nothing is impos ...
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  14 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Female schooling is the way to give girls their rightful place in society Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "The school is an effective means to eliminate early and forced marriages, and to spread family planning, freely chosen by the couple, and not imposed by tradition", reads a note sent to the Fide ...
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  14 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "A Church moving forward in the Amazon, overcoming fears and apprehensions": visit to the Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano Puerto Leguizamo (Agenzia Fides) - "Walking together allowed us to listen with patience and sincerity to the communities and their institutions. It was a safe space in which, as pastors, we welcomed the cries and encoura ...
• 13 June 2022
  AFRICA/D.R.CONGO - Appointment of Bishop of Kisantu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 11, 2022 the Holy Father appointed Bishop Jean-Crispin Kimbeni Ki Kanda, until now titular of Dragonara and auxiliary of the metropolitan archdiocese of Kinshasa, as bishop of the d ...
• 13 June 2022
  AFRICA/D.R.CONGO - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Tshumba Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 11, 2022 the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Tshumba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, presented by Bishop Nicolas Djomo Lola. ...
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  13 June 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Fishing bans by the Institute of Fisheries: Thousands of fishing families without a living San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Costa Rica are deeply concerned about the difficulties faced by the fishing communities in the provinces of Puntarenas and Guanacaste on the Nicoya Gulf, following the total ban ...
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  13 June 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence against churches and Christians increase: United Christian Forum appeals to authorities New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The United Christian Forum (UCF), which brings together various Christian denominations in India, is appealing to the country's politicians to intervene quickly to combat the increase in viole ...
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  13 June 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Conflict of cultures, drought emergency and insecurity among the main challenges of the new government Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "In general, Somalis today are very optimistic. After all, these elections were not without difficulties", said Prof. Ali Abdullahi Warsame, former Health and Environment Minister of the Somal ...
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  13 June 2022
  AMERICA - Religious lament the decay of democracy and the social fabric in Latin America and the Caribbean Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Confederation of Religious of Latin America and the Caribbean (CLAR) deplores "with deep concern the deterioration of democracy, the social fabric and the growing political instability in man ...
• 13 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Ondo: "Climate change has nothing to do with the massacre in the church of Owo" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "To suggest or make a connection between victims of terror and consequences of climate change is not only misleading but also exactly rubbing salt in the injuries of all who have suffered terroris ...