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  19 June 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - With the onset of the rainy season, the situation of earthquake victims in Mandalay is becoming increasingly critical Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - Three months after the devastating earthquake of March 28, 2025, the area around Mandalay in north-central Myanmar has been hit by heavy rains and thunderstorms for more than three weeks. Due t ...
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  18 June 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Is Sudan moving toward partition? Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Is Sudan heading toward a de facto partition? This is the question several regional analysts are asking following the takeover of the so-called "border triangle" between Sudan, Libya, and Egypt ...
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  18 June 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Auxiliary Bishop of Minna: "It is inexplicable that such cruelty was inflicted on hundreds of people" Minna (Agenzia Fides) - "What happened in Makurdi is truly horrible," said the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Minna, Luka Sylvester Gopep, to Fides, in a commentary on the massacre that occurred on the night of June ...
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  18 June 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte: Catholics are guided by the spirit of the "Oratio imperata" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - " "There has been and continues to be a heated debate in the country following the postponement, in the Senate, of the vote on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte. Public opinion seems ...
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  17 June 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Protests over the death of Albert Ojwang, despite the arrest of some alleged perpetrators Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Today, June 17, protests erupted in the central business districts of Nairobi and Mombasa, with hundreds of young people taking to the streets to demand justice for Albert Ojwang, the 31-year-ol ...
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  17 June 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - The humanitarian situation remains catastrophic: people are not giving up hope for a better future Pourcine-Pic Makaya (Agenzia Fides) - "Behind every number stands a person whose suffering is immeasurable: children, mothers, the elderly, many of whom have been forced to leave their homes more than once, often with on ...
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  17 June 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Eucharistic Youth Movement: A breeding ground for vocations Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Movement of the Eucharistic Youth in Vietnam is the hope and the future of the Vietnamese Catholic Church since it has wonderful educational methods and no any other Catholic assoc ...
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  17 June 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A new documentary on the story of Father Stephano Kim Seong-hyeon, a Korean missionary in Mongolia Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Retracing the life and mission in Mongolia of Father Stephano Kim Seong-hyeon: this is the objective of the new documentary published on the Korea Catholic Times YouTube channel, entitled in Eng ...
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  16 June 2025
  AMERICA/CHILE - Curacautín, arson attack: San Francisco chapel destroyed again Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – “With deep sorrow”, the Diocese of Temuco joins the Catholic community of Curacautín, where “another arson attack has devastated the San Francisco chapel, in the town of Radal ...
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  16 June 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Vicar of Mandalay: "We thank Pope Leo for his words and his attention to the suffering of the civilian population" Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - "Throughout Myanmar, there are areas where fighting is taking place, where people are displaced, where civilians are suffering great hardship while fleeing the conflict. In our Diocese of Manda ...
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  16 June 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “The survivors of the Yelwata massacre are terrified and lack everything” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – “The survivors of the massacre are terrified; they have suffered and seen unspeakable violence” Father Remigius Ihyula, Coordinator of the Development, Justice and Peace Commission of the di ...
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  16 June 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Parish priest of El Fasher killed by stray bullet Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Father Luka Jomo, parish priest in the besieged city of El Fasher, Sudan, was killed by a stray bullet. This was announced in a statement by the diocese of El Obeid on June 13. “Dear fathers, ...
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  16 June 2025
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "President of Peace": Violeta Chamorro, dies in exile Managua (Agenzia Fides) - She marked the history of her country as a symbol of democracy. Violeta Barrios de Chamorro was the woman who defeated Ortega in Nicaragua and the first woman elected President in the Americas o ...
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  15 June 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Peter To Rot, the “mission boy” will be proclaimed a saint by Javier Trapero Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) – Blessed Martyr Peter To Rot will be canonised on October 19, 2025. His sainthood is the fruit of close cooperation between priests and laity in the evangelising task ...
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  14 June 2025
  VATICAN/JUBILEE AUDIENCE - Leo XIV proposes the “treasures” donated to the Church by Irenaeus of Lyon: “The Gospel comes from outside” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The proclamation of the Gospel reaches people by arriving “from outside”. It began with the Apostles, from the lands of Asia Minor, to then reach other lands, such as Europe. And the tr ...