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• 30 June 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Tiruchirapalli Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Tiruchirapalli, India, the Reverend Savarimuthu Arokiaraj, of the clergy of the same diocese, until now rector of the Holy Redeemer ...
• 30 June 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of bishop of Port Blair Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Port Blair, India, the Reverend Visuvasam Selvaraj, of the clergy of Port Blair, until now diocesan administrator of the same see. ...
• 30 June 2021
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Karaganda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Karaganda, Kazakhstan, the Reverend Msgr. Yevgeniy Zinkovskiy, until now vicar general of the same diocese, assigning him ...
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  30 June 2021
  VATICAN - Pope Francis delivers the pallium to 34 metropolitan archbishops, 9 from the territories of Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Before the Eucharistic celebration that he presided in the Vatican Basilica for the Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, on Tuesday, June 29, the Holy Father Francis blessed the p ...
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  30 June 2021
  VATICAN - Communities around the world united in Marian prayer for Myanmar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We breathed the universality of the Church. In a prayer meeting lived in simplicity, with the recitation of the Rosary, we wanted to place the Church and the suffering people of Myanmar un ...
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  30 June 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Young people in prayer for the end of the pandemic Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Responding to the call of the Holy Father Pope Francis to pray intensely for the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Jesus Youth movement organized a Eucharistic Adoration, with a prayer of inter ...
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  30 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Christian leaders summoned to Rome by Pope Francis to pray and reflect together the "signs of the times" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In all likelihood, 10 senior representatives of the Churches and ecclesial communities present in Lebanon will take part in the meeting convened in the Vatican by Pope Francis to reflect and pray t ...
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  30 June 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Archbishop of Lagos: "state of emergency" to guarantee security for citizens Lagos (Agenzi Fides) - "Insecurity is now a widespread phenomenon in our country: kidnappings take place directly in homes as well as in churches, or in mosques, everywhere; bandits attack villages and kill, rob, loot an ...
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  28 June 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - "The existing inequalities are open wounds that bleed a lot and need to be healed": Archbishop Chomali's open letter Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - Your responsibility is great, because the citizens' perception of the value of political authority in society and the return to the polls in the next elections largely depends on you. With ...
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  28 June 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - After the latest massacre in Reynosa: "We cannot accept living in fear" Reynosa (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of Reynosa are hurt, shocked and terrified ... unfortunately we are used to violence, which should not be the case, since we all have the right to a safe and peaceful life": these ar ...
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  28 June 2021
  VATICAN - Marian prayer for Myanmar organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Missionary Union, an organization of animation and formation within the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), has organized for tomorrow, June 29, at 4.30 pm (Rome time), a spe ...
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  28 June 2021
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Art as an instrument of evangelization Samarkand (Agenzia Fides) - Art as an instrument of the apostolate to talk about Christ to those who enter the church driven by curiosity. This is the objective that led the priests of the Institute of the Incarnate Word ...
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  28 June 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Online General Assembly of the Missionary Community of Villaregia Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The V General A ssembly of the Missionary Community of Villaregia, an association founded in 1981 with headquarters in Villaregia (Rovigo), will be the first in 40 years of history to take place "r ...
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  28 June 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops: "the Church believes in democracy, defends the democratic system, supports the electoral results" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Three weeks after the presidential elections in Peru, Pedro Castillo is already serving as virtually elected president, pending his official proclamation, delayed by the insistence of his opponent, ...
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  28 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - The many implications of the "Lebanese emergency" at the center of the ecclesial summit convened by Pope Francis Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches and ecclesial communities present in Lebanon are leaving for Rome and on Wednesday, July 1 they will take part in the reflection and prayer meeting for the La ...