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  30 June 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Cardinal Kutwa: "The Diocese of Grand-Bassam, the gateway to faith" Grand-Bassam (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Grand-Bassam (east of Abidjan) has celebrated its 40th anniversary and the significant date has been the reason to launch a year of celebrations that ended this month and mar ...
• 30 June 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Bishops: "The food crisis is just round the corner" Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Food crisis is threatening the Central African Republic, says the local Episcopal Conference in the message published at the end of the Plenary Assembly. "In some cities, a food crisis is to be ...
• 30 June 2022
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Appointment of the Bishop of Odienné, Alain Clément Amiezi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Alain Clément Amiezi of the clergy of Bondoukou, until now parish priest of the Cathédrale Sainte-Odile, as bishop of the diocese of Odienné, C ...
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  30 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Fire in the Tuluá prison: the authorities called to "watch over and accompany the life and social reintegration of detainees" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In the early hours of Tuesday, June 28, a fire caused by inmates in the security prison of Tuluá, in the department of Valle del Cauca, in southwestern Colombia, caused at least 51 deaths and 24 ...
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  30 June 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Heads of Churches pay tribute to the "June 30 Revolution" that brought President al Sisi to power Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 9th anniversary of the so-called "June 30 Revolution", which in 2013 led to the overthrow of the Egyptian government led by the Muslim Brotherhood, the main representatives ...
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  30 June 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The "StopthewarNow" caravan: "To be here with the people who suffer to dare to propose peace" Mykolaiv (Agenzia Fides) - Irina comes from Mariupol. She fled shortly before the final attack on the steel mill: "We miraculously escaped one day before our house was destroyed." It is one of the testimonies collected b ...
• 28 June 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Archbishop of Bukavu denounces "A wind of war and insecurity is blowing again in eastern DRC" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is serious. A wind of war and insecurity is blowing again in this eastern part of our country", writes His Excellency Msgr. François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo, Archbishop of Bukavu, ...
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  28 June 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The commitment of Christian, Catholic and Orthodox religious: pray for peace and make peace Odessa (Agenzia Fides) - The Peace Caravan which left Italy two days ago to show its closeness and solidarity with the victims of the Ukrainian war and to bring them material aid collected by the 176 associations recogni ...
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  28 June 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishop of Buea: "The people live in fear, the Church inspires hope" Buea (Agenzia Fides) - "The greatest challenge the Church faces in our lands is to lead a pastoral life among a people who live in fear. The life of our people has no semblance of normality, many families are forced to f ...
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  28 June 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Peace and reconciliation in Korea and Ukraine Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Although conflicts, wars, hostilities and divisions in the world are constantly intensifying, the Church cannot turn away or renounce her mission for peace, harmony and unity on this planet. As C ...
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  28 June 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - Catholics and Orthodox celebrate the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul together in "Peter's Grotto" Antakya (Agenzia Fides) - Also this year, baptized Catholics and Orthodox are preparing to experience intense moments of communion on June, 28 and 29, in the context of the liturgical memory of the Holy Apostles Peter an ...
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  27 June 2022
  AMERICA/HAITI - An Italian missionary who had dedicated herself to street children for 20 years murdered: the long trail of blood of the Church Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I would like to express my closeness to the relatives and fellow sisters of Sister Luisa Dell’Orto, a Little Sister of the Gospel of Saint Charles de Foucauld, who was killed yesterday in Port-a ...
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  27 June 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The "diplomacy of bodies": the caravan of peace arrives in Odessa Odessa (Agenzia Fides) - The Caravan of Peace and Solidarity arrived this morning in Odessa, the Ukrainian port city on the Black Sea. It had left the Italian city of Gorizia on Saturday where, on behalf of the civil soc ...
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  27 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Violence against priests, churches and congregations does not stop: two other priests assassinated Kaduna (Agenzia Fides) - Every week, innocent Nigerians lose their lives in terrorist attacks against places of worship, homes and means of transport, and many are also injured or kidnapped. This past weekend, two other ...
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  27 June 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The Vatican Secretary of State will soon travel to Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "To show the great consideration he has for our country, the Holy Father has decided to send His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of Vatican City, to Kinshasa to pray with u ...