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  10 July 2021
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - A Consolata missionary: "For a hundred years at the service of the people, bringing the proclamation of the Gospel" Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - "One can take stock almost after a century of the presence of the Consolata Missionaries in Mozambique: the choice, made from the beginning, to concentrate efforts on schools and the formation of ...
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  10 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Amid violence and difficulties, catechists bring forward the missionary work Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - Bringing the Gospel "to the ends of the earth": with this spirit, 72-year-old catechist John NgwaZar Dee continues his missionary work that has been going on for 50 years. John NgwaZar Dee i ...
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  10 July 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops to the authorities: "immediately begin a vaccination campaign" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Venezuela, gathered virtually, have asked for the launch of an immunization campaign against COVID-19 in the country, "with vaccines recognized by the international health authori ...
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  10 July 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 10 years of independence marked by civil war: the appeals for peace by Pope Francis and Christian leaders Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "As we mark ten years of our independence today, with pains in our hearts, there is little to celebrate. It is truly a difficult time and experience for us, the people of South Sudan. Our hearts co ...
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  10 July 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - On Sunday, July 11, the feast of St. Benedict: the Italian parishes in prayer for the dead migrants Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The tragedies that continue to occur in the Mediterranean and along the various sea and land routes are shaking consciences and asking us to look clearly at the phenomenon of migration. "The Medite ...
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  9 July 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops at the end of the Assembly: "It's time to walk together" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us make our own all the voices that cry out for a supportive and just country. Our gaze is confident even knowing the serious problems that afflict us and all the efforts we must make to fi ...
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  9 July 2021
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Civil society leaders: violence increases, a UN mission is urgently needed to ascertain the truth about the attacks Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask for a United Nations mission to ascertain the truth about the recent attacks on civilians". With foreign troops on the path of withdrawal, the Taliban on the offensive, a weak government, ...
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  9 July 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The extraordinary Congress of the Ivorian clergy addresses the economic question of priests Yamoussoukro (Agenzia Fides) - The priesthood lived yesterday is not the same today. Times have changed a lot and the demands are increasing. The serious economic crises experienced by African countries make the financia ...
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  9 July 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - New arrests, "may the will of citizens and the human rights of all Nicaraguans be respected" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Given the electoral panorama, we must demand respect for the popular vote with the available means, so that the elections are credible, just and transparent", says the "Justice and Peace" Commi ...
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  9 July 2021
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - "The peripheral areas are victims of violence by armed groups" say the Bishops who denounce the use of mines Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "With the liberation of the major urban centers, armed groups concentrate their presence in the suburbs and in some places where they commit violence", denounces the Episcopal Conference of the C ...
• 9 July 2021
  AFRICA/GHANA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Isaac Ebo-Blay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 4, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Isaac Ebo-Blay, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Cape Coast, ...
• 9 July 2021
  EUROPE/ENGLAND - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Anthony Chantry, MHM Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 15, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Anthony Chantry, of the Mill Hill Missionaries (MHM) his positi ...
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  9 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Pandemic surge, but popular protest does not stop Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - Father Jerome Hlawn Khawl, Catholic priest and parish priest of the cathedral church of St. Joseph in the city of Hakha, capital of Chin State, in western Myanmar, is providing oxygen to families ...
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  9 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Labour-emergency, Pope Tawadros promotes an agreement with the government to fight together the "scourge of unemployment" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Unemployment is the hidden scourge that takes away breath and existential energy from the young generations of many countries struggling with the opportunities and contradictions of economic globa ...
• 8 July 2021
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On July 7, 2021, the Holy Father appointed the following as auxiliary bishops of the metropolitan archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: the Reverend Fr. Stephano Musomba, O.S.A., until ...