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, ...
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 ...
ASIA/IRAN - Is the attack on Iran a dangerous gamble?
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The attack launched last night (June 13) by Israel against Iran raises the level of the "global war in pieces" repeatedly denounced by Pope Francis. In fact, Iran has described last night's attac ...
ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishop of the Moluccas uses TikTok to proclaim the faith
Amboina (Agenzia Fides) - "The geographical difficulties of the vast Moluccas, for example, are no longer an obstacle: thanks to technology, distance is no longer a serious problem; we have a bridge that unites the entir ...