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  30 July 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Bishops: "No to violence, but it is urgent to tackle the inequalities that feed it" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - Approximately 36 billion rand (2.4 billion dollars) have been allocated by the government of South Africa to support businesses and people affected by the restrictions related to Covid-19 a ...
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  30 July 2021
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Strengthening democracy in Zambia: the Church urges the population to be an integral part of the electoral process Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - "As a Catholic Church, we count on the laity to be our light in the democratic process and we urge all of our lay members to be an integral part of this process". This was stated by Fr. Cornelius ...
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  30 July 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Political party of Christians announces the boycott of the next parliamentary elections Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Party of the sons of two rivers (Beth Nahrain), a political group that brings together leaders and militants from Iraqi Christian communities, has officially announced its intention to boyco ...
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  29 July 2021
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Bishops: "The 'Zede' are in open violation of the Constitution and to the detriment of our territorial order" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Episcopal Conference expresses its solidarity and joins the pronouncements of the brother Bishops in their Dioceses, who have embraced the protests of civil society, demanding the non-c ...
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  29 July 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Dream Big: the Catholic Church strategic partner for the city and the entire country Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Over the years the FMA sisters have dreamed and planned to create their own technical school for women. The long awaited day has finally arrived. 'Dream Big for the ladies' presented on May ...
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  29 July 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Crisis in Cabo Delgado: "The military route is dangerous and no one knows how it will end" Catholic NGOs warn Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - Military solutions are always expensive and extremely destructive "warn the participants in a virtual seminar of experts and operators of various Catholic organizations dedicated to the crisis in ...
• 29 July 2021
  AFRICA/BENIN - Appointment of the Rector of the "St Paul" inter-regional philosophical seminary in Djimé Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 20, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Roger Anoumou, of the diocesan clergy of Lokossa as Recto ...
• 29 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the “St Joseph” Regional Seminary in Allahabad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 3, 2021, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Wilfred Moras, of the diocesan clergy of Lucknow. The new Rec ...
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  29 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Meek and humble, in imitation of Jesus. Pope Tawadros commemorates Bishop Epiphanios three years after his assassination Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Anba Epiphanios "was a bishop who enlightened all those around him with his presence", and "despite the pain we all feel, we trust in his resurrection and greet him, as our Church teaches us to do ...
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  29 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Jesuits pay tribute to Fr Stan Swamy on National Day of Justice New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In celebrating the "National Day of Justice", on July 28, Indian citizens of the Christian religion and other faith communities remembered and paid great tribute to Fr. Stan Swamy, the Jesuit, ...
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  29 July 2021
  VATICAN - Appointment of the new Rector of the Pontifical Urban College: Fr. Armando Nugnes Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, has appointed Fr. Armando Nugnes, of the clergy of the Diocese of Aversa as Rector of the Pont ...
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  28 July 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops' appeal to President Duterte: "Unity must be restored in the nation" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - President Rodrigo Duterte should use the remaining time of his presidential term (elections are scheduled for May 2022) to unite the nation and restore dignity to public services, in favor of cit ...
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  28 July 2021
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Support for the poor and the sick: the Church deeply involved in charity actions for the pandemic Ho Chi Minh City. (Agenzia Fides) - While Vietnam, considered a country that had successfully fought the pandemic, is affected by the fourth wave, in particular by the Delta variant of Covid-19, the dioceses of the Catho ...
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  28 July 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops for the Bicentenary: defend democratic institutions, build peace and integral human development, reject all forms of violence Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Peru will celebrate the bicentenary of its independence on July 28 and 29. A massive deployment of police across the country, especially in places that will host official events, will help ensure p ...
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  28 July 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 'Father, we want a brick church': the millennial dreams of a believing and suffering people have come true Naandi (Agenzia Fides) - "When I arrived in South Sudan, the Naandi mission in which I am located, near the border of South Sudan with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, had only a single brick church, totally ...