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  27 June 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo sign a peace agreement in Washington Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - A peace agreement to end the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is scheduled to be signed today, June 27, between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. ...
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  27 June 2025
  ASIA - Central Asian countries seek to preserve water resources by Cosimo Graziani Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of May, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan signed a trilateral agreement regarding the allocation of water from the Bahri Tochik reservoir in Tajikistan duri ...
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  26 June 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Leo embraces Eastern Christians, struck by violence “with a diabolical intensity previously unknown” Vatican City – (Agenzia Fides) – Today, violent conflict seems to be raging in the Christian East "with a diabolical intensity previously unknown". And precisely in those lands, now covered “by a cloud of hatred t ...
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  26 June 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Deaths and injuries during a demonstration commemorating the victims of last year's clashes Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - At least 16 people were killed in clashes between protesters and police in Kenya yesterday, June 25. This figure was released this morning by Amnesty Kenya, which stated that most of the victi ...
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  26 June 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Capital punishment abolished for eight crimes: for Catholics it is "a step that gives hope" Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - Vietnam has abolished the death penalty for eight crimes, including bribery, embezzlement, and activities to overthrow the government. As reported by the official Vietnam News Agency, t ...
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  26 June 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Memorial Park to the 41 victims of the attack on the church in Owo demolished Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Diocese of Ondo unequivocally condemns and finds unacceptable the sudden and unannounced demolition of the Memorial Park in Owo," said Msgr. Jude Ayodeji Arogundade, Bishop of Ondo i ...
• 26 June 2025
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Antananarivo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Mamiarisoa Modeste Randrianifahanana, until now vicar general of the metropolitan archdiocese of Antananarivo, Madagascar, as auxiliary bishop of ...
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  25 June 2025
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako on the so-called "12-Day War": "Regime change strategies can only worsen the situation" by Gianni Valente Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – The so-called "12-Day War" has also caused concern and fear in Iraq. This was confirmed by the Patriarch of the Chaldean Church, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, in a brief i ...
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  25 June 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Day of Prayer for peace in Korea: "Everyone must strive for reconciliation and unity" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The plea for "authentic peace and reconciliation on the Korean peninsula" is at the heart of the initiative of the Korean Catholic Church, which annually celebrates June 25, the anniversary of the ...
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  25 June 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Tensions rise during the protest march in memory of the victims of last year's clashes Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Nairobi is tense. There are roadblocks everywhere and shops are closed. Young protesters have taken to the streets, while the police have erected barricades along the roads le ...
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  25 June 2025
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “They are destroying our communities”: Catholic Archbishop in Angola calls for criminalization of diviners Saurimo (Agenzia Fides) – “They are destroying communities, dividing families, and hindering development,” said José Manuel Imbamba, Archbishop of Saurimo, speaking to a group of journalists at the end of a pastor ...
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  24 June 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops' message for tomorrow's day of protest: "No to violence, yes to life" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We are seriously concerned about the serious disregard for human life in our country," said the Bishops of Kenya in a statement issued today, June 24, in anticipation of tomorrow's day of prote ...
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  24 June 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Apostolic Prefect of Battambang on the closure of the border with Thailand: "The crisis affects ordinary people above all" Battambang (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Cambodia has confirmed that the Thai army unilaterally closed all border crossings with Cambodia on the night of June 23. According to the Thai army, border crossings in six ...
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  24 June 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - End of the academic year at the Sheshan Seminary. Bishop Shen Bin encourages students to read "the signs of the times" Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - This year's study courses at the Sheshan Seminary, in the Diocese of Shanghai concluded with the awarding of six degrees to six seminarians from the 2019 class and diplomas to the religious sis ...
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  24 June 2025
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Bishops of Central Asia in a letter to the Pope: "We want to fish with Peter!" Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "Although we are only a small flock, we feel like living members of the Body of Christ and are ready to participate with zeal in the mission of evangelization entrusted to us by the Lord: We want ...