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  23 July 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Pontifical Mission Societies and the II World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Venezuela has created and made available a handout in order to live with joy and in the company of loved ones the II World Day ...
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  23 July 2022
  VATICAN - The new bulletin of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood has been published Vatican City (Agenza Fides) - Bulletin number 11, conceived and created by the International Secretariat of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood (POSI) has just been released and is available on the website of th ...
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  22 July 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Joyful in hope, patient in suffering, persevering in prayer to build reconciliation Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The truly profound reconciliation that Colombia needs, and that the history of this nation needs, is based on "love for enemies, active non-violence, responding to war with forgiveness , in openi ...
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  22 July 2022
  VATICAN - The short film on Blessed Pauline Jaricot whose date of birth occurs today, available in 4 languages Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 22, 1799, the foundress of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith (POPF) was born in Lyon, beatified on May 22 in her hometown. The short film "Look from above", pr ...
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  22 July 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - The XX edition of the Missionary Formation and Spirituality Days in Assisi Rome (Agenzia Fides) - July 30 is the deadline to register for the National Days of Formation and Missionary Spirituality planned in Assisi, organized each year by the National Office for Missionary Cooperation between t ...
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  22 July 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Fake news, religion and politics": online course to combat disinformation and strengthen the commitment to truth Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Develop the ability to verify the news, exercise the Christian attitude of spreading the truth and form a network of news fact-checkers in the Church": This is the objective of the online cour ...
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  22 July 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Imam of Bamenda: "God is never on the side of those who kill; it is urgent to open a path of dialogue" Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "At the beginning we had a body made up of the leaders of all the religions present in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon, created to find a solution to what we have always defined as a 'sensele ...
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  21 July 2022
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The bishops invite "not to lose the illusion of building peace, seeking justice, defending life" Guatemala de la Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "We invite the Guatemalans not to lose the illusion of building peace in our country. God calls us to seek justice to defend human life in all its moments and people, especially ...
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  21 July 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - Camillians help flood victims in Assam Silchar (Agenzia Fides) - "The state of Assam is once again flooded and abandoned. Year after year we have to deal with the loss of life, crop damage and loss of livestock and wildlife. The state of Assam is regularly pl ...
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  21 July 2022
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - A Baptist Pastor: "religious ommunities are more united than ever" Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "If there is a positive aspect in this terrible crisis, it is the fact that the Christian Churches and other confessions, in particular I am thinking of Islam, are now more united than ever. The ...
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  21 July 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The 44th edition of CLAEM is underway Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - More than 80 students from different Latin American countries are taking part in the 44th edition of the Latin American Course on Missionary Animation and Spirituality (CLAEM), which is bein ...
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  21 July 2022
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - The Bishop of Boma invites prayers for newly ordained deacons and priests to be "good Samaritans" Boma (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church with which you are committed, and which you want to serve, is like an inn of Christ; a place of hospitality, healing and communion. Be careful not to turn it into an inn for bandits or ...
• 20 July 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Maralal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Maralal, Kenya, presented by Bishop Virgilio Pante, I.M.C. The Holy Father has appointed the Reveren ...
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  20 July 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - About 1,500 university students bring Christ's message of joy and hope to 52 locations Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - About 1,500 students are visiting hundreds of people and families in 52 Chilean communities to bring the message of Christ's hope to them. The young volunteers of the projects "Misión de Vida" ...
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  20 July 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - One of the two priests kidnapped has been murdered Kafanchan (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with a deep sense of sorrow and pains that the Bishop, Clergy, Religious and Laity of the Diocese of Kafanchan announce the gruesome murder of Very Rev. Fr. John Mark Cheitnum. Fr. Joh ...