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  4 July 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two other Catholic priests kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two other priests have been kidnapped in Nigeria. They are Fr. Peter Udo, from St. Patrick's Parish, Uromi, and Fr. Philemon Oboh, from St. Joseph's Retreat Center, Ugboha, Esan Local Government A ...
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  4 July 2022
  AMERICA - The Bishops of Paraguay, Colombia and Venezuela gather for their Plenary Assembly: Synodality at the center Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The plenary assemblies of the Bishops' Conferences of Paraguay, Colombia and Venezuela will take place this week. From Monday 4 to Wednesday 6 July, the Bishops of Paraguay will participate in a ...
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  4 July 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The martyrs of Zenta beatified: two missionaries who dedicated their lives to transmitting the faith and defending the indigenous people Nueva Oran (Agenzia Fides) - "Yesterday, in San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Argentina, Pedro Ortiz de Zárate, a diocesan priest, and Govanni Antonio Solinas, a priest of the Society of Jesus, were beatified - the Holy Fat ...
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  2 July 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - 48 married couples set out to spread the beauty of the Amoris Laetitia Family in the community Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - As the World Meeting of Families approaches in Rome, which closed the Year dedicated to the "Amoris Laetitia Family" announced by Pope Francis (March 19, 2021 - June 26, 2022), the diocese of Nin ...
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  2 July 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - An enlarged heart towards the mission: the charism of Saint Luigi Orione, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "On June 23, 2021, when we inaugurated the Orione Year to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of our Founder, we did not think it could have such an impact and, on the contrary, it was a g ...
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  1 July 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Church donates church of great Mar Mina to Russian orthodox Church for free use Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The church dedicated to Mar Mina, located in the Egyptian city of Giza which belongs to the Coptic Orthodox Church, will henceforth become the first church in Egypt offered for free use to the Ort ...
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  1 July 2022
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - A peace agreement puts an end to the long period of violent demonstrations Quito (Agenzia Fides) - After the mobilization, anti-government protests and acts of violence that have caused at least 6 deaths and about 500 injuries in Ecuador since June 13, the blockade of roads and activities, the ...
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  1 July 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We are not terrorists!": More than 700 Nigerian priests peacefully protest at the funeral of the priest killed in Kaduna Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "We are priests, not terrorists!" "the government should protect Nigerians", "justice must be served", "do we still have a government?". These are some of the slogans on the placards in the hand ...
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  1 July 2022
  EUROPE/SPAIN: Father José María Calderón: "The missionary spirit of Spanish Catholics is immense" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The activity report of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Spain for the year 2021 was presented yesterday during a press conference. Among the speakers: the director of the Spanish PMS, ...
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  1 July 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Courage, faith, dedication and testimony": Bishop Scozzina on the eve of the Beatification of the Martyrs of Zenta Nueva Oran (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, July 2, in the Parque de la Familia in the city of San Ramón de la Nueva Orán (Argentina), the Eucharistic celebration for the beatification of the martyrs Pietro Ortiz de Zár ...
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  1 July 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Priestly ordinations on the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul: in the footsteps of the Apostles, the mission of evangelization is strengthened Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - New priestly ordinations on the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, on June 29, to give energy to the mission of evangelization in mainland China by strengthening the synodal path. Msgr. Paul He ...
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  1 July 2022
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Msgr. Marengo: "Accompany the faithful on their journey with the light of the Gospel" Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "We must accompany the faithful towards a dimension of greater depth: this is one of the pastoral challenges of the near future for the Church in Mongolia". Msgr. Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic ...
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  30 June 2022
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - The "StopthewarNow" caravan: "To be here with the people who suffer to dare to propose peace" Mykolaiv (Agenzia Fides) - Irina comes from Mariupol. She fled shortly before the final attack on the steel mill: "We miraculously escaped one day before our house was destroyed." It is one of the testimonies collected b ...
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  30 June 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Heads of Churches pay tribute to the "June 30 Revolution" that brought President al Sisi to power Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 9th anniversary of the so-called "June 30 Revolution", which in 2013 led to the overthrow of the Egyptian government led by the Muslim Brotherhood, the main representatives ...
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  30 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Fire in the Tuluá prison: the authorities called to "watch over and accompany the life and social reintegration of detainees" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In the early hours of Tuesday, June 28, a fire caused by inmates in the security prison of Tuluá, in the department of Valle del Cauca, in southwestern Colombia, caused at least 51 deaths and 24 ...