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  21 July 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - The Bishop of Boma invites prayers for newly ordained deacons and priests to be "good Samaritans" Boma (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church with which you are committed, and which you want to serve, is like an inn of Christ; a place of hospitality, healing and communion. Be careful not to turn it into an inn for bandits or ...
• 20 July 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Maralal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Maralal, Kenya, presented by Bishop Virgilio Pante, I.M.C. The Holy Father has appointed the Reveren ...
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  20 July 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - About 1,500 university students bring Christ's message of joy and hope to 52 locations Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - About 1,500 students are visiting hundreds of people and families in 52 Chilean communities to bring the message of Christ's hope to them. The young volunteers of the projects "Misión de Vida" ...
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  20 July 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - One of the two priests kidnapped has been murdered Kafanchan (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with a deep sense of sorrow and pains that the Bishop, Clergy, Religious and Laity of the Diocese of Kafanchan announce the gruesome murder of Very Rev. Fr. John Mark Cheitnum. Fr. Joh ...
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  20 July 2022
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Water supply: Access to clean water for 50,000 people Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - "How can you wash your hands in a context of health emergency without water?" asks Omar Fiordalisio, head of the office in Rwanda of the Italian charity Movimento Lotta Fame nel Mondo (MLFM), bas ...
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  20 July 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Joint Statement of Seminarians: Challenges and Dreams of a Missionary and Synodal Church João Pessoa (Agenzia Fides) - "We reflected on the realities that challenge society and the Church in Brazil and in the world, in the context of wars, poverty, hunger, misery, geographical and existential peripheries an ...
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  20 July 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Church honors a German nun who spent her life among lepers Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Indonesia honors and celebrates a German nun who pioneered working among lepers on Flores island of Indonesia died on June 27. She was 93. Sr Virgula Maria Schmith, a memb ...
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  20 July 2022
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Archbishop Rugambwa to Bishops of Central Africa: "Bishops should be the mouthpiece and defenders of youth in governments and societies" Mongomo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Episcopate of Central Africa should be the mouthpiece and tireless defender of youth in their respective governments and societies, drawing attention to the reality of the migratory phenome ...
• 19 July 2022
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Resignation of Bishop of Masvingo and appointment of Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Masvingo, Zimbabwe, presented by Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera. At the same time, he appointed Archbisho ...
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  19 July 2022
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The dialogue tables start, the Episcopal Conference guarantor of the process Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Ecuador (CEE) announced the conclusion, yesterday afternoon, July 18, of dialogue table number 2, called "Public and private bank". "These have been four days marked by ...
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  19 July 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The ordination of the Bishop of Matadi: "May the Lord help you to effectively sow his love in hearts" Matadi (Agenzia Fides) - "What is expected of a bishop is to show great concern for the Lord's flock, to the point of not even hesitating to give his life for those whom God has entrusted to him. He is expected to be .. ...
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  19 July 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Consecrated women in Africa: "A precious role for the Church" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Association of Consecrated Women of Central and West Africa (ACWECA), in the midst of the Synod on Synodality, wishes to reiterate the importance of the role of religious women and the atte ...
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  19 July 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - In Flores, the vocational 'little Vatican', the pandemic does not stop vocational growth Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the long period of the pandemic that has certainly limited the various social, economic and religious activities, the growth of religious vocations on the island of Flores seems not to h ...
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  19 July 2022
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishop of Matagalpa invites a "Crusade of prayer for our Church, our priests, our beloved Nicaragua" Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "On behalf of all my brother priests of our blessed and beloved diocese of Matagalpa, I want to invite each of you to a crusade of prayer and adoration for our Church, our priests and our belo ...
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  18 July 2022
  AMERICA/CUBA - Religious draw attention to 700 people still in prison after clashes a year ago La Habana (Agenzia Fides) - One year after the events of July 11, 2021, the Cuban Conference of Religious (ConCuR) recalls "what we lived and what we are experiencing". First of all, about 700 people are still in prison. ...