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  10 June 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Dead and injured in violent clashes of miners: the Bishops appeal to the authorities Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Bishops' Conference issued a communiqué dated 8th June on the violent clashes between miners in Ica and Arequipa over land, which, according to the first official assessment, have lef ...
• 10 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The President of the Bishops': “Nigeria is bleeding; Nigerians now live in fear and anxiety” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Nigeria is bleeding. Our land is soaked in blood. From North to South, East to West, blood is flowing like a river. Nigerians now live in fear and anxiety, as a dark cloud of uncertainty hangs ov ...
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  10 June 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Supreme Court of Israel definitively rejects the appeal of the Orthodox Patriarchate on the properties acquired by Ateret Cohanim Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The Supreme Court of Israel has definitively put an end to the long legal battle waged by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem to annul the acquisition, by the radical Jewish organizat ...
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  10 June 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Missionary: "Ethiopia is a proud country with a great Christian tradition" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "Great hopes shattered in the last two years by armed clashes sparked by an internal struggle between the Ethiopian government led by Nobel Peace Prize winner President Abiy and the Tigray e ...
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  9 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Catholic Church organizes “Week of Migrants”: The focus is on the topic of listening Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Brazil will celebrate the 37th "Week of Migrants" from June 12th to 19th. Bishop of the Diocese of Pesqueira and President of the Pastoral Service for Migrants (SPM), str ...
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  9 June 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - New government taking office: drought and insecurity are the biggest challenges Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian crisis affecting Somalia due to the dramatic drought is intensifying. Almost 7 million people are affected, about 50% of the population. Meanwhile, the newly elected governmen ...
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  9 June 2022
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Archdiocese is again offering services during the lunch break Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Singapore, at the request of many Catholic workers in offices, law firms, commercial companies, shipping companies and other sectors where there are Christian workers, is ag ...
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  9 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops invite families "to look to the Holy Family in order to face the challenges of the historical moment in which we are living" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From June 22 to 26, the X World Meeting of the Family convened by Pope Francis will be held with the theme: "Family love: vocation and path to holiness". Bishop Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino, bi ...
• 9 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Official death toll in Owo bombing rises to 40; new massacre in Kaduna state Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The number of victims according to the official toll of the massacre perpetrated on Sunday June 5 in the church of Saint Francis Xavier in Owo (see Fides, 6/6/2022) has risen to 40. This was annou ...
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  9 June 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Archdiocese of Seoul celebrates the 100th birth anniversary of Cardinal Stephen Kim Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - One hundred years after his birth, we must remember the late Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, the first Cardinal in South Korea, "as salt and light for the country, for having guided and strengthene ...
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  9 June 2022
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Together with the little deaf and dumb, in honor of Paul VI: the Effetà Institute of Bethlehem celebrates its "Golden Jubilee" Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - Effetà (or Effatà) in the Aramaic language means "open". It is the word used by Jesus to effect the healing of the deaf-mute, reported in the Gospel according to Mark: «They brought him a d ...
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  8 June 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Advincula to young people: seek the truth following the example of Titus Brandsma Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Helping to fight disinformation and always continue to seek the truth: this is the invitation addressed to young people by Cardinal Jose Advincula, Archbishop of Manila while the Philippines is e ...
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  8 June 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Interreligious cooperation to curb violence against Christians Rajshahi (Agenzia Fides) - The collaboration and friendship between believers of different religions is useful to curb violence against Christians, a small minority in Bangladesh: this is what has happened after a young ...
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  8 June 2022
  AMERICA - Enrollment open for the online intercontinental course on theology and practice of synodality Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The organizing team of the Synod on Synodality has opened registration for the free online course "Common Discernment and Decision-Making in the Church", which "aims to accompany the formation of ...
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  8 June 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Forgotten crises: "The time of the African martyrs is not over yet" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the massacre of the Catholics in the small Nigerian town of Owo (see Fides, 6/6/2022), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NCR) published its annual list of the ten forgotten crises ...