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7 July 2021
AMERICA/MEXICO - An indigenous catechist, defender of rights, assassinated, the diocese's complaints on the increasing violence in Chiapas are not heard
San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - "With pain we have learned of the murder of our brother Simón Pedro Pérez López, an indigenous Tzozil, catechist of the parish of Santa Catarina, in Pantelho, diocese of San Cristóbal ...
6 July 2021
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Hwange
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July, 5th 2021, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Hwange, Zimbabwe, presented by Bishop José Alberto Serrano Antón, I.E.M.E.
The Holy ...
6 July 2021
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Resignation and appointment of vicar apostolic of Esmeraldas
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July, 5th 2021, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the apostolic vicariate of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, presented by Bishop Eugenio Arellano Fernández, M.C.C. ...
6 July 2021
AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Appointment of archbishop ad personam
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On July, 5th 2021, the Holy Father conferred the title of archbishop ad personam to Bishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D., of the diocese of Gaborone, Botswana. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 6/7/ ...
6 July 2021
AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Appointment of bishop of Francistown
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July, 5th 2021, the Holy Father appointed as bishop of the diocese of Francistown, Botswana, the Reverend Fr. Anthony Pascal Rebello, S.V.D., until now parish priest of the Holy Cross pa ...
6 July 2021
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - South Korea's intelligence chief at work for Pope Francis' visit to North Korea
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Park Jie-won, head of South Korea's intelligence services has stated that he is working for a possible visit by Pope Francis to North Korea. As confirmed by local sources of Fides, when participat ...
6 July 2021
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The kidnapping of a priest from Maiduguri has been confirmed
Maiduguri (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray for the release of Fr. Elijah Juma Wada, We know that he is alive and we hope for a positive outcome of this sad story. At the moment I cannot add anything else, for obvious reasons", ...
6 July 2021
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishops: "Nicaragua is bleeding" due to repression, emigration, pandemic, hunger
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Nicaraguan Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Archbishop of Managua, said last Sunday, July 4, that there are people in the country who "want to take power away from the Church", in the midst of the loca ...
6 July 2021
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - New rural mission among the Pygmies: sharing of the Gospel, education and health care
Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - School and professional education and commitment in the health sector through the various health centers are an integral part of the mission among the pygmies that the religious of the Italian Pr ...
6 July 2021
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Women on mission: "A missiological reflection starting from women"
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The evangelizing mission of the Church around the world relies largely on the participation of women, who are at the forefront both in work in small communities and in coordinating roles in nat ...
6 July 2021
ASIA/INDIA - Father Swamy, the Indian Jesuit "martyr of justice", passes away
Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Jesuit Stanislaus Lourduswamy, better known as Father Stan Swamy, unjustly arrested for his commitment to defense of the Adivasis ("original inhabitants" of India), passed away yesterd ...
6 July 2021
AFRICA/EGYPT - Approval of the law on the personal status of Christians and family law is imminent
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The new law on the personal status of Egyptian Christians, which has been awaited for decades by the Coptic Orthodox Church and the other Christian churches and ecclesial communities represented i ...
5 July 2021
AMERICA/PERU - The eight vicariates of the Peruvian Amazon in the same web portal
Amazonas (Agenzia Fides) - Under the domain www.queridaamazonia.pe, the new website of the Amazon Center for Anthropology and Practical Application is already operational. This web information portal represents the REPAM ...
5 July 2021
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Life of faith in the family: the lay movement "Couples for Christ" celebrates its 40th anniversary
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The lay ecclesial movement Couples for Christ (CFC), which aims to live the faith in family life, has celebrated its 40 years of existence.
"Let’s celebrate the Lord's Day as one family. Let' ...
5 July 2021
VATICAN - Missionary Childhood during a pandemic: animation with social media but the proclamation of the Gospel "in presence" remains fundamental
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Even if the pandemic continues to afflict many countries, it was and is an opportunity to rediscover the usefulness of social media and a push to use them better and more for animation, th ...
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