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  26 July 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - International Seminar: reflections and proposals to achieve "Comprehensive Disarmament in Latin America and the Caribbean" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Today, July 26, the International Seminar "Comprehensive Disarmament in Latin America and the Caribbean" is being held at the Santo Tomás University of Bogota, whose objective is to inform about ...
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  26 July 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian sentenced to death on false accusations of blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Lahore court sentenced to death a Christian accused of blasphemy in 2017. On July 4, 2022, at Lahore in the province of Punjab, Session Court sentenced to death by hanging Ashfaq Masih, now 3 ...
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  26 July 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A digital photography contest to value the elderly in the Church and in society Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Recognizing and valuing the elderly in the Church and in Korean society, helping grandparents to bear fruit according to God's will, in line with Pope Francis' message for the World Day of Grandpa ...
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  26 July 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Animation tools available in view of World Mission Sunday Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Theological insights and handouts for the missionary vigil, the rosary and Eucharistic adoration. These are the tools designed by the Missio Foundation, which can now be downloaded, on the occasion ...
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  26 July 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The siege in Tigray continues, the heparch of Adigrat calls for immediate action Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Understand that this continuous situation of silent genocide is consuming every day, minute and hour, an immense number of innocent lives of children, women and men of all ages; stop supporting ...
• 25 July 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation of the Bishop of Nha Trang Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 23, 2022 the Holy Father accepted accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Nha Trang, Viêt Nam, presented by Bishop Joseph Võ Ɖúc Minh. (SL) (Agenzia Fi ...
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  25 July 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sister Luisa Dall’Orto: "Her dedicated life speaks with facts, with an echo that generates hope and spreads charity" Lecco (Agenzia Fides) - "She was murdered, 'the Angel of children', poor among the poor, without thinking of herself, but giving herself for the little ones, the most fragile, the weakest, the last on earth, in which Jes ...
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  25 July 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catholics celebrate the Jubilees of "Propaganda Fide" and of the Pontifical Mission Societies Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Bangladesh celebrates the 400th anniversary of the founding of the dicastery of "Propaganda Fide" (1622-2022) and the 200th anniversary of the creation of the Pontifical Mis ...
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  25 July 2022
  AFRICA/NIGER - Desolation is one of the new names for many areas of the Sahel: space between two shores Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "July 2019 to July 2022 is three full years of absence. This is the time that has passed, also of sand, since my last stay in Italy, mother and country according to the best traditions of the pas ...
• 25 July 2022
  AFRICA/GABON - Appointment of Bishop of Franceville, Msgr. Ephrem Ndjoni Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Ephrem Ndjoni of the clergy of Franceville, Gabon, until now parish priest of the Cathedral of Saint Hilaire, as bishop of the same diocese. Msgr ...
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  25 July 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - Attack on the inauguration of the church of Saint Sofia, wanted by the Russians Hama (Agenzia Fides) – Two people were killed and 12 injured on Sunday, July 24 by bombardment of a church as it was being inaugurated in the Syrian village of al-Suqaylabiyah, not far from the city of Hama. The small ...
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  25 July 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops ask for "informed discernment and vote in conscience" for the new Constitution Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - On September 4, Chileans are called to approve or reject the text of the new political Constitution for the country, marking the last stage of a long process that began with street protests and ...
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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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  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
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Orionines: "no one can deny us the right to build where others destroy" Lviv (Agenzia Fides) - "In recent months, especially since May 8, almost all the refugees we hosted here, in the monastery and at Casa Cafarnao, have returned to their towns and cities (also in Kharkiv) or have reached I ...