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  18 July 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Beijing Cathedral reopens after 6 months: 101 catechumens receive the sacraments of Christian initiation Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Community of the Archdiocese of Beijing celebrates not only the reopening of the church after six months of closure due to government anti-Covid regulations, but also the sacraments ...
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  18 July 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Via Lucis 2022”: young people on the way to bring the light of Christ Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From Rome to Turin, passing through Assisi: 14 Italian cities will be reached in the 3 thousand kilometers itinerary, conceived by the Tucum OdV association, in collaboration with the "Land and Mis ...
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  18 July 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Domund 2022 campaign presented at the CXVIII Assembly of the Episcopal Conference Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - During the CXVIII Ordinary Plenary Assembly of the Venezuelan Bishops, the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Venezuela, Fr. Ricardo Elías Guillén, presented the Domund 2022 ...
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  18 July 2022
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The Virgin of Altagracia, "source of unity in difficult times, a sure hand that supports in setbacks" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "God gives us in Our Lady a sign of his closeness and of the infinite tenderness with which He takes care of us ... The Virgin of Altagracia has been for the Dominican people a source of u ...
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  18 July 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The megaphone of the mission: a radio station to spread peace and proclaim the Gospel Tonj (Agenzia Fides) - 'Proclaim the Gospel' is the motto of the radio station Don Bosco 91.0 FM in Tonj, a Salesian mission in South Sudan in the Bahr al-Ghazal region, which has been broadcasting the signal for 12 year ...
• 16 July 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Pretoria Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Masilo John Selemela, of the clergy of Tzaneen, currently Rector of St. John Vianney National Major Seminary, assigning him the titular See of Nachingwea. ...
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  16 July 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Martyrs of Zenta: persevering in sowing the Gospel, peace and reconciliation among Indigenous groups, they gave their lives by forgiving their aggressors Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On July 2, 2022, the Argentine, Pedro Ortiz de Zárate, diocesan priest, and Giovanni Antonio Solinas, Italian, missionary of the Society of Jesus, SJ were beatified in San Ramón de la Nueva Orán ...
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  16 July 2022
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Ukrainian refugees guests at the Redemptorist monastery in Bonn: "a unique and new experience" Bonn (Agenzia Fides) - Since March 2022, some Ukrainian war refugees fleeing the war that has devastated their country and their lives, have been living in the Redemptorist monastery in Bonn. The monastery had offered to ...
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  16 July 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - After 120 years of evangelization, the village of Yanonge celebrates its first nun Yanonge (Agenzia Fides) - "Marthe represents us all, as a Church that seeks the face of the Lord", writes Fr. Vittorio Farronato from the Democratic Republic of Congo referring to the first girl who became a nun in the v ...
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  16 July 2022
  ASIA/Bangladesh - Church-run drug rehab center gets state recognition for the third time Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Church-run Bangladesh Rehabilitation and Assistance Center for Addicts (BARACA), managed by the Church, obtained national recognition. BARACA's Director Brother Nirmal Francis Gomes CSC (Congrega ...
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  16 July 2022
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Presbyteral Council of Granada: "It is time to be creative in order to continue proclaiming the Gospel with boldness" Granada (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of all adversities, we urge you not to be discouraged or to lose hope, comforted by faith in Jesus Christ, let us welcome with love everything related to his painful passion ... We ...
• 15 July 2022
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Appointment of the Apostolic Prefect of Kompong-Cham Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Pierre Suon Hangly, of the clergy of Phnom-Penh, currently Vicar Delegate of Phnom-Penh. The rev. Pierre Suon Hangly was born on April 14, 1972 ...
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  15 July 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The diocese of Yagoua launches a project to support the population during the famine Yagoua (Agenzia Fides) - An emergency stock of about 30 tons of cereals is the new project supported by Madian Orizzonti, the non-profit organization of the Camillian religious of Turin, in support of the activities of t ...
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  15 July 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The war does not stop the summer activities organized by the Orionines in Lviv for 120 young people Lviv (Agenzia Fides) - 120 children and young people participate this year in the "Happy Holidays", the traditional summer event organized in Lviv by the priests of Don Orione. The religious continue their activities whi ...
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  15 July 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In one year the network of Catholic nuns saved 26 thousand women from human trafficking in Asia Manila (Agenzia Fides) - As many as 26.065 women from Asia were prevented and rescued from human trafficking in 2021 by "Talitha Kum", a Federation of Catholic nuns that is committed to combating and eradicating human tr ...