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  14 July 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Between false news, tensions and lack of vaccines, infections due to Covid-19 are rampant Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "From this week 10 provinces have established a night curfew. Night air traffic is at a standstill throughout Thailand. Those arriving from Bangkok and other red areas must also be quarantined i ...
• 14 July 2021
  EUROPE/MONACO - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Sr. Jeannette M. Elisabeth Toutiane Bassene, FSC Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 15, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. by Sister Jeannette Marie Elisabeth Toutiane Bassene, of the D ...
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  14 July 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Pain and condolences of the Chaldean Church for the victims of the fire at the hospital of Nassiriya Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, expressed on behalf of the entire Chaldean Church, "profound sadness and pain" for the tragedy that occurred on Monday, July 1 ...
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  14 July 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Violence in Chiapas has become "a public health problem"; an Italian volunteer killed Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Violence has not stopped in Chiapas. Michele Colosio, an Italian volunteer, was killed on the evening of Sunday, July 11 near his home in San Cristobal de Las Casas. The victim was allegedly ...
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  13 July 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - New board of directors for the NGO Misión América: aid for the integral development of people Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The NGO Misión América (ONGD) has just elected its new board for the next four years (2021-2025): the President will be Fernando Redondo Benito, of Toledo, who will take on this task, as he dec ...
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  13 July 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The death of Cardinal Monsengwo: the Apostle of pastoral care in the political world Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We mourn Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, who was and will forever remain a prophetic force for the Church in Africa, especially in the political commitment for the triumph of justice, trut ...
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  13 July 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Exhortation of the Bishops: "Each of us, as a person and as a people, must contribute to the reconstruction of our country" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "A message of hope in the love of God and of personal and community commitment in the re-foundation of our country, in the midst of so many calamities and sufferings that afflict us", is what th ...
• 13 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Rector of the "St. Peter the Apostle" interregional Seminary in Bangalore Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 25, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Richard Britto, of the diocesan clergy of Mysore, Rector of the ...
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  13 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - 22 Christian publishing houses participate in the Cairo International Book Fair Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - At least 22 publishing houses affiliated to Churches and ecclesial institutions present in Egypt are exhibiting books and editorial products at the 52nd edition of the Cairo International Book Fai ...
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  12 July 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY- The Bishops: "With Christ we must be medicine in this time of the pandemic and post-pandemic" Asuncion (Agenzua Fides) - The Bishops of Paraguay, "aware that the evangelical path of listening, synodality, dialogue and consultation, constitutes the appropriate medicine for social health", they entrust themselves t ...
• 12 July 2021
  EUROPE/CROATIA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Sr. Ivana Margarin FDC Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 15, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Sister Ivana Margarin, of the Daughters of Divine Charity (FDC) as ...
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  12 July 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Missionaries, witnesses of the impossible": missionary October is being prepared Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – On Friday, July 9, as part of the CXVI Ordinary Plenary Assembly of the Venezuelan Bishops, gathered virtually, the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), Fr. Ricardo E. ...
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  12 July 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - The Pope's prayer for Haiti; the religious also demand justice for all the other victims of violence Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "In recent days my prayer has often been aimed at Haiti, following the assassination of its President and the wounding of his wife. I join in the heartfelt appeal of the country’s Bisho ...
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  12 July 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Forgiveness and unity with those we meet: the diocese of Rumbek in prayer for the recovery of bishop Carlassare Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - Laity, men and women religious and the entire clergy of the diocese of Rumbek were invited on July 3, to gather in prayer for the total healing and physical recovery of the Bishop-elect Mgr. Chri ...
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  12 July 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - The project to erect a church in Ur of the Chaldeans takes off Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - A project to erect a church in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the Iraqi governorate of Dhi Qar, also equipped with a meeting room useful in particular to welcome Christian pilgrims who from Iraq and al ...