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  3 August 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Grandparents and the elderly, precious accompaniment in families Gazipur (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of grandparents and the elderly is still precious for families in society in Bangladesh. In particular in rural areas, families are still close together and the elderly live with ch ...
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  3 August 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Father Peytrequín, new continental coordinator of the PMS: "I dream of an 'outgoing' America" San Josè (Agenzia Fides) - "I dream of an America that is more and more 'outgoing', that promotes the mission ad gentes and inter gentes first of all from the particular Churches. I dream of greater missionary cooperati ...
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  3 August 2022
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Five Catholic radios closed in the department of Matagalpa: a new violation of freedom of expression and religion Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Nicaraguan diocese of Matagalpa reports the latest events: "On August 1 we received a letter from Mrs. Nahima Janett Díaz Flores, general director of the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommu ...
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  3 August 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nobody is safe, the situation is getting out of hand Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "There is massive insecurity. People are being killed every day. The bandits and the terrorists seem to have a free hand. We don't know where the security forces are". This is the alarm launched b ...
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  3 August 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - He mocked Jesus. An Al Azhar professor will be tried for insulting Christianity and Islam Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - His name is Mabrouk Attia and he is a professor of Islamic Law at Al Azhar University, the Egyptian professor-preacher who has ended up at the center of controversy and criminal cases for irrevere ...
• 3 August 2022
  AFRICA/CONGO RD- Tensions with the blue helmets continue; Kinshasa expels UN mission spokesperson Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Kinshasa has asked the UN Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) to remove its spokesman Mathias Gillmann. "In relation to the recent escalation of tensions between MONUSCO and the popula ...
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  2 August 2022
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The Church expresses dismay at the crisis of the rule of law Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The serious political, economic and social crisis that Sri Lanka is going through is linked to an equally serious crisis of the rule of law: this is the thought expressed by the Archbishop of Co ...
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  2 August 2022
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - For the Bishops "freedom of expression and of the press are the fundamental principles of a democratic system" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The concern of the Bishops of Guatemala for the attack on freedom of the press in the country was expressed in a statement from the Bishops' Conference of Guatemala, signed by the Preside ...
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  2 August 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Proclaiming the Gospel in the media: communicators on mission Ayubia (Agenzia Fides) - "Catholic professional communicators are evangelizers in the media: it is their vocation and responsibility. We want to train our Catholic media professionals and help them improve their work in ...
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  2 August 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appeal to Catholic women: take a lead on assisting the Church in her noble pastoral mission Kiambu (Agenzia Fides) - "As part of the wider church congregation, you must not sit on the wall. On the contrary, you must participate in the Church’s ministry", said the Archbishop of Nairobi, Msgr. Philip Anyolo, ad ...
• 2 August 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops after the serious incidents with the UN peacekeepers: "Anger is understandable, but violence is never tolerable" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Tensions continue in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo between the local population and the UN Blue Helmets of the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), after the assaults that began on J ...
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  2 August 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Political stalemate and Parliament occupied. Patriarch Sako: The sectarian quota system has failed Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Iraqi political blocs must start a national consultation table to end the institutional stalemate that is paralyzing the country, before "a Tsunami wipes us all away". Cardinal Louis Raphael ...
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  2 August 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Faced with the escalation of violence in Apartadó: prayers for peace and reconciliation, symbolic acts of rejection Apartadó (Agenzia Fides) - "No reason justifies violence and its consequences on peoples, institutions and families": is reiterated in the "communiqué to public opinion and men of good will" of the Diocese of Apartadó ...
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  1 August 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Bishops: " The bread that is asked for all, achieved through their own labor, is a cry for justice" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "To ask for work is to ask that all workers have the right to live with dignity from the fruit of their daily efforts and to deploy their potential and talents to contribute to the growth o ...
• 1 August 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops' appeal: "Do your utmost to end insecurity on the African continent" Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Do your utmost to end insecurity on the African continent", is the appeal launched by the African Bishops at the end of the 19th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of the Bishops' Conferences of A ...