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13 July 2022
AFRICA/CAMEROON - The new PMS Director: "A Church of proximity that announces and lives peace"
Buea (Agenzia Fides) - "In Cameroon we have 26 dioceses and the missionary work of the Church is in the hands of the Lord, of the college of Bishops, of missionaries, of all the baptized. The Bishops drew up the general ...
13 July 2022
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Palestinian President Abbas calls Pope Francis on the eve of Biden's trip to the Middle East
Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of US President Joe Biden's visit to Israel and Palestine, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas took the initiative to contact Pope Francis by telephone to wish the Pope good health an ...
13 July 2022
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Leader of indigenous peoples of 6 countries at the Human Rights school
Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - The Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM), through the section of Human Rights and International Advocacy, started the third edition of the School for the Promotion of Human Rights on July 4, i ...
13 July 2022
ASIA/CHINA - "To live in frugality and refrain from extravagance" according to the Word of God and the encyclical Laudato Sì
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - "Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted" (Jn 6:12): the words of Jesus addressed to his disciples after the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, togeth ...
13 July 2022
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Inauguration of the new CELAM headquarters, intended "to work and serve the evangelization of all the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean"
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "While I invite you to thank God for the happy conclusion of this material work, which can be of help in the realization of projects of evangelization and pastoral formation in support of the Epi ...
13 July 2022
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - In Lui, the dream is of going from weapons to hoes to books
Lui (Agenzia Fides) - "True revolutions are born from tenacious work, from sowing day after day, in the midst of efforts, sacrifices and commitment", declared Don Dante Carraro, director of Doctors with Africa CUAMM, on ...
12 July 2022
ASIA/SYRIA - Illegal expropriations against Christian landowners in the Kurdish-controlled north-eastern area
Qamishli (Agenzia Fides) - In the north-eastern Syrian region of Jazira, cases of illegal confiscations and expropriations suffered by Christian owners are multiplying, events denounced mainly by citizens who have been f ...
12 July 2022
AMERICA/ECUADOR - After two years, the pilgrimage to Santa María Madre de Guayaquil, "Mother of Life, Mother of Peace" resumes
Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Guayaquil and the Sanctuary of "Santa María Madre de Guayaquil", after two years in virtual mode, due to the Covid 19 pandemic, are preparing for the VII Pilgrimage to the ...
12 July 2022
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Despair, illness, death: an existential threat to the people of Tigray. Appeal from the Diocesan Catholic Secretariat of Adigrat
Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "I once again urge all the partners involved to continue supporting humanitarian aid for people affected by the war in Tigray in order to respond together to the immense humanitarian need of the ...
12 July 2022
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Missionary parishes and the exercise of synodality: a contribution of Catholics to civil and public life
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The parish we dream of is called to evangelize and be evangelized, to be a community of communities, sustained by the spirituality of communion, to celebrate the mysteries of faith as a source ...
12 July 2022
AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops invite to moderate the tones in the campaign before the vote on August 9
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray for them that they don't continue like that because everyone from the children are hearing our leaders exchanging words at a time they should be concentrating in building peace", says H ...
11 July 2022
ASIA/LEBANON - Cardinal Raï on the presidential election: “Change must be made in compliance with institutional deadlines
Diman (Agenzia Fides) - Delaying or interfering with the formation of a new Lebanese government is an act of "sabotage" against the entire nation and weakens Lebanon in negotiations with the international community. This ...
11 July 2022
ASIA/CAMBODIA - First ethnic Phnong youth to become a Catholic priest
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Cambodia celebrates the priestly ordination of the first young man of the Phnong ethnic group. As Fides learned, with a procession enriched by traditional Phnong music ...
11 July 2022
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Msgr. Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez: "an instrument in God's hands for good"
Oruro (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, July 9, the funeral of Msgr. Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, CSsR, Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) and Presi ...
11 July 2022
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Sustainable agriculture, village recovery and income-generating activities
Mansa (Agenzia Fides) - To improve livelihoods in the Mantapala refugee resettlement camp, Caritas Zambia, through the Diocese of Mansa, continues to carry out a project of sustainable agriculture, village recovery and ...
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