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  20 July 2022
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Water supply: Access to clean water for 50,000 people Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - "How can you wash your hands in a context of health emergency without water?" asks Omar Fiordalisio, head of the office in Rwanda of the Italian charity Movimento Lotta Fame nel Mondo (MLFM), bas ...
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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 ...
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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" ...
• 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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  19 July 2022
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishop of Matagalpa invites a "Crusade of prayer for our Church, our priests, our beloved Nicaragua" Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "On behalf of all my brother priests of our blessed and beloved diocese of Matagalpa, I want to invite each of you to a crusade of prayer and adoration for our Church, our priests and our belo ...
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  19 July 2022
  ASIA/INDONESIA - In Flores, the vocational 'little Vatican', the pandemic does not stop vocational growth Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the long period of the pandemic that has certainly limited the various social, economic and religious activities, the growth of religious vocations on the island of Flores seems not to h ...
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  19 July 2022
  AFRICA/KENYA - Consecrated women in Africa: "A precious role for the Church" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Association of Consecrated Women of Central and West Africa (ACWECA), in the midst of the Synod on Synodality, wishes to reiterate the importance of the role of religious women and the atte ...
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  19 July 2022
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The ordination of the Bishop of Matadi: "May the Lord help you to effectively sow his love in hearts" Matadi (Agenzia Fides) - "What is expected of a bishop is to show great concern for the Lord's flock, to the point of not even hesitating to give his life for those whom God has entrusted to him. He is expected to be .. ...
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  19 July 2022
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The dialogue tables start, the Episcopal Conference guarantor of the process Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Ecuador (CEE) announced the conclusion, yesterday afternoon, July 18, of dialogue table number 2, called "Public and private bank". "These have been four days marked by ...
• 19 July 2022
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Resignation of Bishop of Masvingo and appointment of Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Masvingo, Zimbabwe, presented by Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera. At the same time, he appointed Archbisho ...
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  18 July 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The megaphone of the mission: a radio station to spread peace and proclaim the Gospel Tonj (Agenzia Fides) - 'Proclaim the Gospel' is the motto of the radio station Don Bosco 91.0 FM in Tonj, a Salesian mission in South Sudan in the Bahr al-Ghazal region, which has been broadcasting the signal for 12 year ...
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  18 July 2022
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The Virgin of Altagracia, "source of unity in difficult times, a sure hand that supports in setbacks" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "God gives us in Our Lady a sign of his closeness and of the infinite tenderness with which He takes care of us ... The Virgin of Altagracia has been for the Dominican people a source of u ...
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  18 July 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Domund 2022 campaign presented at the CXVIII Assembly of the Episcopal Conference Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - During the CXVIII Ordinary Plenary Assembly of the Venezuelan Bishops, the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Venezuela, Fr. Ricardo Elías Guillén, presented the Domund 2022 ...
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  18 July 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Via Lucis 2022”: young people on the way to bring the light of Christ Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From Rome to Turin, passing through Assisi: 14 Italian cities will be reached in the 3 thousand kilometers itinerary, conceived by the Tucum OdV association, in collaboration with the "Land and Mis ...
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  18 July 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Beijing Cathedral reopens after 6 months: 101 catechumens receive the sacraments of Christian initiation Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Community of the Archdiocese of Beijing celebrates not only the reopening of the church after six months of closure due to government anti-Covid regulations, but also the sacraments ...