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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 ...
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  13 June 2022
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Bishops: prayer and action to face the political crisis and build peace Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of civilians are fleeing their homelands and millions of them are dying of hunger. The violence therefore primarily affects innocent people, above all older people, the disabled, childr ...
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  11 June 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Caritas fundraiser: Four out of ten Argentines are poor Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "There are 5,687 poor villages or working-class neighborhoods in our country. Thousands of families have very limited access to basic services. Here lies the hard core of poverty. These are ...
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  11 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Insecurity jeopardizes the future of the country Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - The massacre at the Catholic Church in Owo (Ondo State, south-west Nigeria) on Pentecost Sunday marks a new dramatic stage in terms of the deterioration of the security situation in Nigeria and th ...
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  11 June 2022
  EUROPE/GEORGIA - People with disabilities: Camillians open new rehabilitation center Akhaltzikhe (Agenzia Fides) - "There are hardly any job opportunities here, so many young people tend to leave the country. In this context, however, there are also families with disabled members who live in extreme diff ...
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  11 June 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Muqtada al Sadr extends the mandate of the Committee on the restitution of illegally expropriated property Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr, President of the Alliance of the main forces in the current Iraqi Parliament, announced the continuation of the work of the ad hoc committee set up on hi ...
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  11 June 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - "Do not be afraid": young people encouraged to choose religious life Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - It is necessary to listen to God's call and encourage young people not to be afraid, following the steps of Jesus in life as priests or consecrated persons: this is what Father Rodon Robert Hadima ...
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  11 June 2022
  AFRICA/ANGOLA and SAO TOME - Jubilee celebrations of the Pontifical Mission Societies Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Many participated with enthusiasm in the different initiatives organized in May by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (CEAST) on the occa ...
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  10 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - IV Meeting in Santarém: "Continue sowing the Gospel and the signs of the Kingdom in our Beloved Amazon" Santarém (Agenzia Fides) - In a concluding message, the participants of the IV Meeting of the Catholic Church in the Legal Amazon, held at the Saint Pius X Seminary in Santarém from June 6 to 9 - recalling what happene ...
• 10 June 2022
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the Rector of the "Good Shepherd" Philosophical Seminary in Banz, Archdiocese of Mount Hagen Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 10, 2022 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Clement Papa, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Mount Hagen ...
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  10 June 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - The Church promotes the evangelical perspective of reconciliation, on a social and international level Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "It is possible to make our own the new perspective of reconciliation that Christ proposes to us in all circumstances: from the simplest and most daily to the most serious and decisive for the f ...
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  10 June 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Sacred music, an instrument of evangelization Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Augustine said: "He who sings prays twice". The Catholic Church in Vietnam is also aware of the spiritual power of music in the liturgy. For this reason, the Commission for Sacred Music of t ...