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  20 June 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Accusations of witchcraft and violence in society: Caritas' commitment to combating them Kundiawa (Agenzia Fides) – In the province of Simbu, in Papua New Guinea, so-called violence related to accusations of witchcraft represents one of the most serious and horrific forms of aggression between families and ...
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  20 June 2025
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “Voices of Peace”: campaign by Sudanese youth to launch a sustainable peace process Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – “Stopping the war has become a national demand”. This is the goal of a group of Sudanese youth who have launched the “Voices of Peace” campaign in Kampala, Uganda. Inaugurated on Satur ...
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  19 June 2025
  From Mongolia to the Apostolic memory of Rome: The "ad limina Petri" pilgrimage of a small missionary Church by Gianni Valente Less than three years ago, Peter's successor came to visit them in Ulaanbaatar, even traveling in a wheelchair. Now, some of them have come from there to visit Peter, venerate his memory, and also g ...
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  19 June 2025
  The challenges of vaccine production in Africa by Cosimo Graziani Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In recent weeks, a Lassa fever vaccine developed by local researchers in Nigeria has shown initial signs of effectiveness in combating the disease, which recorded 747 new ca ...
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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 ...