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  16 July 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Witnesses of hope, faith, solidarity, service: Brazilian nuns in Haiti since 2010 Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - To thank all the missionaries sent to Haiti, as part of the Nazaré intercongregational solidarity missionary project that unites the Church of Brazil with that of Haiti, a Eucharist will be ce ...
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  16 July 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Puerto Rican Briseida Cotto Ayala is the new president of the Missionary Community of Villaregia Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Briseida Cotto Ayala, Puerto Rican, 52, is the third president elected to lead the Missionary Community of Villaregia, a community made up of consecrated laity, priests, married couples and individ ...
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  16 July 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Stop the conflict and pave the way for dialogue and reconciliation: joint appeal by religious leaders Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to bring to light what has happened over the years between the communities of Zande and Balanda which has created inequality, fear, interest, injustice and lack of the rule ...
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  16 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Demonstrations of the Burmese diaspora around the world: recognition of the Government of national unity is being asked Venice (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese diaspora and those who support civil resistance to the military junta met in various places on the planet on the weekend of July 17 and 18 to honor the many generations who died in M ...
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  16 July 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A YouTube channel for the Church in Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A Youtube channel for the Catholic Church in Korea: this is the initiative launched by the "Catholic Peace Broadcasting Corporation" (CPBC) in order to be present on the network and offer the fait ...
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  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Delhi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed rev. Deepak Valerian Tauro, of the clergy of Muzaffarpur, former Rector of St. Albert's College in Ranchi as auxiliary bishop of the Metropolitan Archd ...
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  16 July 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Prime Minister-designate Hariri resigns from office. Father Zgheib: crisis with uncertain outcome Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - With Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's renunciation to form a new government "a new stage of the Lebanese crisis opens. The outcome appears uncertain: new ways out may be opened, or the coun ...
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  15 July 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - The priest who was kidnapped on June 21 has been released Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Léon Dougnon, the priest who was kidnapped on June 21 along with four lay people from Ségué, was released on the afternoon of July 13, in Bandiagara, where he is still recovering from th ...
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  15 July 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Flores Island: Despite initial restrictions, the Camillians continue their initiatives Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "Churches and schools will remain closed while air and sea travel have been suspended until at least July 21st. The virus now seems to have penetrated our island, where the restrictions are beg ...
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  15 July 2021
  AFRICA/ESWATINI - In a worrying social and economic situation, the Churches strive to dialogue with everyone Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - Violence continues in the small Southern African state of eSwatini. The murder of Thabani Nkomonye, a young law student, at the hands of the police last May, sparked protests from thousands of c ...
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  15 July 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Defend threatened lives, rights not respected and support the reestablishment of justice": the Bishops' requests Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Brazil has more than 537,498 victims of Covid and 19,209,021 cases, according to the report of the press consortium and data from the Department of Health, with an average of 1,270 deaths per d ...
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  15 July 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "We are all outgoing missionary disciples": formation for men and women religious and priests Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - With the slogan "We are all outgoing missionary disciples", the Conference of Religious of Paraguay (CONFEREPAR) has scheduled the traditional week of formation which began on Tuesday, July 13 ...
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  15 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Tawadros: money, the media and the marketing of big companies are today the true "masters of the world" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The current state of the world is dominated by three "global powers" that do not identify with governments and political apparatuses, but rather fuel wars and violent conflicts according to their ...
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  14 July 2021
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - The new law "On freedom of conscience and religious associations" clarifies what is meant by "mission" Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - Many positive aspects derive from the new law "On freedom of conscience and religious associations" approved on July 7 in Uzbekistan. This is explained to Fides by Fr. Jerzy Maculewicz, Apostol ...
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  14 July 2021
  AMERICA/CUBA - "Those who demonstrate are not criminals, but ordinary people who express their discontent": the Church's appeals to dialogue Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "At this moment, as Pastors, we are concerned that the response to these requests is immobility that contributes to giving continuity to the problems, without solving them. Not only do we see t ...