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  5 July 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Increase in infections due to Covid-19 and openness to tourism: alert of missionaries Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - "The pandemic situation is not improving, infections are increasing and the situation is very serious. To date, over 6 thousand cases have been registered, of which 207 in prisons". The numbe ...
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  5 July 2021
  AFRICA/ESWATINI - Appeal for dialogue from the Pope, as well as from the Bishop of Manzini Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - In the small and usually quiet Swaziland (today the kingdom of ESwatini) important street protests have been underway for some days. The Bishop of Manzini José Luis Ponce de Leon and the member ...
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  5 July 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Attacks in North Kivu; the population has been invited "not to fall into the provocation of terrorists" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not fall into the trap of the ADF and their allies who, with the latest attacks, are waging psychological warfare to induce the population to rebel against the state of siege", states a not ...
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  5 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic bishop Anba Moussa: no religious argument can justify the horrendous custom of female genital mutilation Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In the Holy Bible there is not a single verse that can be used as a pretext to justify the practice of female genital mutilation, of which countless girls are still victims in many African countri ...
• 3 July 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Palembang Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Palembang, Indonesia, presented by Archbishop Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.J. The Pope has a ...
• 3 July 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of bishop of Padang Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Padang, Indonesia, the Reverend Fr. Vitus Rubianto Solichin, S.X., member of the Pious Society of Saint Francis Xavier for the Fore ...
• 3 July 2021
  AFRICA/CHAD - Appointment of bishop of Pala, Chad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Pala, Chad, the Reverend Dominique Tinoudji, of the clergy of Moundou, until now rector of the Saint Luc Interdiocesan Theological ...
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  3 July 2021
  VATICAN - The dream and passion for the first evangelization: a missionary talks about his story to the Director of Fides Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "It is important to know and understand what is happening on the other side of the planet to transform a story that is read in prayer and to see how the Church, the disciples of Jesus, reac ...
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  3 July 2021
  AFRICA/Djibouti - Consolata missionaries alongside disabled children to "promote the dignity and integral development of the person" Ali Sabieh (Agenzia Fides) - "After several years of hard work, some disabled children have been admitted to primary and secondary school. This is a great joy for us, because before disabled children were kept hidden in ...
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  3 July 2021
  ASIA - "Rosary for Asia": Asian faithful in prayer for the end of the pandemic, healing and peace in the world Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops and faithful of Asia have gathered in prayer for the end of the pandemic, the healing of peoples and peace in the world. Participating in the event "Rosary for Asia", organized and br ...
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  3 July 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Work begins on the new Constitution: a prayer in all Masses Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Chile has approved an initiative proposed by the National Commission for Justice and Peace, based on the express request of some constituen ...
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  3 July 2021
  AFRICA - New ongoing formation program for missionaries and pastoral workers Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The African continent is renewing itself in terms of support and ongoing training for pastoral workers. For a long time, enormous efforts have been made to offer missionaries and pastoral worker ...
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  3 July 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Two thematic forums, open to all, on the missionary action of the Church La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - In this time dedicated to listening, in the path foreseen by the Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean (see Fides, 25/1/2021), the Pontifical Mission Societies of Bolivia and the ...
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  3 July 2021
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "Smile therapy" sponsored by the Latin Patriarchate, to help Palestinian women cope with psychological pressures and heal their internal wounds Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - They call it "laughter therapy" or "smile therapy", a formula that indicates techniques and practices aimed at using and channeling in a therapeutic key the beneficial effects that good humor ...
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  2 July 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - "Bicentennial Plan": the contribution of the missionaries who work in the Amazon rainforest Sepahua (Agenzia Fides) - On July 28, Peru celebrates its 200 years of independence, and therefore of its birth as a Nation. The anniversary of the Bicentennial falls in a period marked by little desire to celebrate due ...