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  6 July 2023
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Rumors of Bishop Álvarez's alleged release denied Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Late in the evening yesterday, July 5, 2023, news spread of the release of five priests who, together with Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, had been sentenced to more than 26 years in priso ...
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  6 July 2023
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - From Lisbon to St. Petersburg and beyond: the "continuous pilgrimage" of young Russian Catholics, in dialogue with Pope Francis St. Petersburg (Agenzia Fides) - A "continuous pilgrimage" which, from Lisbon, passes through St. Petersburg and arrives in each of the small Catholic communities scattered throughout the territory of the Russian Federat ...
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  5 July 2023
  VATICAN - Jubilee 2025: the Pope establishes the Commission of the New Martyrs and Witnesses of the Faith, "ripe fruits of the Lord's vineyard" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Martyrs in the Church "are witnesses of the hope that comes from faith in Christ and incites to true charity". They "have accompanied the life of the Church in every age", and flourish as "ripe ...
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  5 July 2023
  ASIA/IRAQ - Heads of Churches and Christian communities in Iraq: the burning of the Koran in Stockholm is an "atrocious and despicable" act Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The burning of the Koran by a "young extremist" in front of the mosque in Stockholm is an "atrocious and despicable" act, which cannot in any way be explained by bringing into play slogans on fr ...
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  5 July 2023
  AMERICA/CHILE - Espacio Misericordia: young volunteers welcome the homeless Concepciòn (Agenzia Fides) - "How can we find again a space that we can use to care for the homeless?" In response to this question from Gabriela Gutiérrez, Episcopal Delegate for Social Pastoral Care of the Archdioces ...
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  5 July 2023
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian accused of blasphemy for posting a Bible passage on Facebook Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Haroon Shehzad, a 49-year-old Christian from the village of Chack 49, near Sargodha, in the Punjab province of Pakistan, has been accused of blasphemy and arrested for publishing a post on Fa ...
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  4 July 2023
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Latin Patriarchate after attack on Jenin: Barbaric acts, our church also affected Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The attack by the Israeli army on the Palestinian city of Jenin represents an "unprecedented" aggression, with "barbaric acts" that also destroy sacred sites and take the lives of people who d ...
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  4 July 2023
  ASIA/JAPAN - Discharge of radioactive water in the ocean: a call to "seek alternative ways" Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - Opposition to the discharge of radioactive contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean is growing. Twelve years after the accident at the Fukushima nuclear pow ...
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  4 July 2023
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - A new beginning in the life of vocation and service for Archbishop Rugambwa Tabora (Agenzia Fides) - "I see this opportunity as the beginning of a new desire in my life of vocation and service". These are the words that Protase Rugambwa, Coadjutor Archbishop of Tabora, expressed during the Holy ...
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  4 July 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Shen Bin administers the sacraments of Christian initiation to 34 catechumens: “Be a blessing to all” Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) - Last Sunday, July 2, Bishop Joseph Shen Bin presided over the solemn liturgical celebration in the Cathedral of St. Ignatius in Shanghai, where 34 catechumens celebrated the sacraments of Chris ...
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  3 July 2023
  ASIA/SYRIA - Franciscan Hanna Jallouf new Apostolic Vicar in Aleppo. Safeguarding the hope of the poor even in the lands dominated by jihadists Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - Father Hanna Jallouf, a Syrian, Friar Minor of the Custody of the Holy Land, is the new Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo for Catholics of the Latin rite. He succeeds his Lebanese confrere Georges Abou K ...
• 3 July 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Bishop of Asansol Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 3, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Elias Frank, of the clergy of the diocese of Asansol, India, until now professor of canon law at the Pontifical Urbania University of Rome ...
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  3 July 2023
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The arrests of missionaries, nuns, priests, lay people accused of supporting communist armed groups continue Isulan (Agenzia Fides) - The practice of "red tagging", or labeling a person as 'communist' or 'supporter of communist groups or armed terrorists', continues to affect religious and missionaries and their collaborators ...
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  3 July 2023
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Armed attack against two pastoral workers: reflection of violations of civil society Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Every act of violence in our territories is a call for more commitment on our part. We must not postpone the goal of a reconciled and peaceful Colombia", said Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, Arc ...
• 1 July 2023
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of the Bishop of Leena, Martín Lasarte Topolansky Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Martín Lasarte Topolansky, S.D.B., until now provincial superior of the Salesian Society of Saint John Bosco (Salesians) in Angola. Msgr. Martí ...