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  5 August 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Two years after the explosion of the port of Beirut: Patriarch Raï calls for an international investigation Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Béchara Boutros Raï invites the Lebanese to believe "in the resurrection of Beirut and Lebanon, so that our nation can once again be 'the beacon of the East" and "the homelan ...
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  5 August 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The appeal of civil society to the government: Do not teach hatred towards minorities at school Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We want a curriculum that is in line with international standards for our country, which focuses on moral and ethical values. The government should not incorporate religious content in compulso ...
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  4 August 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Against violence in the countryside, for the defense of peoples, waters and forests Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The updated data on violence in the countryside, prepared by the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) and the Indigenous Missionary Council (Cimi), show that the killings in the conflicts went from a ...
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  4 August 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - The work of the Jesuit Catholic network: Pastoral care and care for migrants Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - Priests, nuns and laity of the local Church in the Indian state of Jharkhand are committed to promoting human rights, working as social workers, lawyers and pastoral agents in the care of migrant ...
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  4 August 2022
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The United Nations intervenes: crisis, drought and terrorist attacks Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent attack by Al Shabab in Ethiopia is another demonstration of the will of the terrorist group to become an international structure and not just Somali". This is reported by sources f ...
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  4 August 2022
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Christians prepare for the "Fasting of the Virgin Mary" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Orthodox Copts around the world are preparing to live the time of penance known as "fasting of the Holy Virgin Mary", praying with special intentions for Patriarch Tawadros II. The time of prayer ...
• 4 August 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops' appeal to young people. "Go and vote and do not get carried away by violence" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people, this is your future! Go and vote", exhorts His Exc. Msgr. Antony Muheria, Archbishop of Nyeri, in one of the videos published by the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) ah ...
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  4 August 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Contemplative charism in Indonesia: a Trappist monastery under construction on the island of Borneo Ketapang (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very happy to see what is happening now in Pegadungan. The time has come for the 'children', that is, the local religious, to take care of the mother, the Netherlands, where there is a sh ...
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  3 August 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - A summer of intense pastoral activity for the Catholic community, towards a newfound normality Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The restrictions against covid in China are still in force but with less rigidity than in the past, as a result of the improvement in the health situation. Thus, the Catholic community throughou ...
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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 ...