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• 5 July 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Italian missionary freed in a police operation Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Nigerian police released an Italian missionary kidnapped on Sunday, July 3. Father Luigi Brena, a 64-year-old Somascan missionary (regular Somasca clergy), had been abducted from Ogunwenyi, So ...
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  5 July 2022
  ASIA/TURKEY - Ancient Christian cemetery desecrated in the Tur Abdin region Yemişli (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of desecrated tombs, with mortal remains and funerary objects scattered in the surrounding land. This is the scene faced by the Christians of Yemişli, a village in the south-eastern T ...
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  5 July 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Cardinal Claudio Hummes and his preferential option for the Amazon and its indigenous peoples Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Cardinal Claudio Hummes influenced the Church in Brazil with his activity, especially during his episcopal ministry, which spans almost five decades. From the beginning of his episcopal minist ...
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  5 July 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - There, where everything is concentrated in the mystical presence of the risen Jesus Gode (Agenzia Fides) - "The Ascension in Gode, Pentecost in Adaba, the Trinity with the Sisters of Mother Teresa in Goba, the Body and Blood of the Lord in the two communities of Robe and Goba", writes to Fides Fr. Angel ...
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  4 July 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The martyrs of Zenta beatified: two missionaries who dedicated their lives to transmitting the faith and defending the indigenous people Nueva Oran (Agenzia Fides) - "Yesterday, in San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Argentina, Pedro Ortiz de Zárate, a diocesan priest, and Govanni Antonio Solinas, a priest of the Society of Jesus, were beatified - the Holy Fat ...
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  4 July 2022
  AMERICA - The Bishops of Paraguay, Colombia and Venezuela gather for their Plenary Assembly: Synodality at the center Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The plenary assemblies of the Bishops' Conferences of Paraguay, Colombia and Venezuela will take place this week. From Monday 4 to Wednesday 6 July, the Bishops of Paraguay will participate in a ...
• 4 July 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Two other Catholic priests kidnapped Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Two other priests have been kidnapped in Nigeria. They are Fr. Peter Udo, from St. Patrick's Parish, Uromi, and Fr. Philemon Oboh, from St. Joseph's Retreat Center, Ugboha, Esan Local Government A ...
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  4 July 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - More than 200 cases of violence against Christians in 5 months New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In the year 2022, from January to the end of May, 207 cases of violence against Christians have been recorded in India. This is stated in a note sent to Agenzia Fides by the "United Christian ...
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  4 July 2022
  AFRICA/GHANA - Education, health and care for the environment among the priorities of the missionaries in Keniago Keniago (Agenzia Fides) - "We are doing everything possible to help our people in the midst of many daily challenges, God gives us strength and courage to move forward", writes to Agenzia Fides Fr. Auracio Eyram Tegbui, ...
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  4 July 2022
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - The Catholic community of Moscow: in the face of conflict, pray for peace, hope in God, touch the wounds of the suffering Moscow (Agenzia Fides) - "The armed hostilities in Ukraine, the suffering of the population of that Country and - even if not comparable - of Russia provoke requests and 'demands' towards God himself, the Church, doubts ...
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  4 July 2022
  VATICAN - Pope Francis: mission is born from astonishment and not from the skills of 'experts' Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The task of the Church in history is "to go on mission, to bring proclamation, to let it be known that Jesus came from the Father". This work is not the business of experts, it does not rely on pro ...
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  2 July 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - An enlarged heart towards the mission: the charism of Saint Luigi Orione, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "On June 23, 2021, when we inaugurated the Orione Year to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of our Founder, we did not think it could have such an impact and, on the contrary, it was a g ...
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  2 July 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - 48 married couples set out to spread the beauty of the Amoris Laetitia Family in the community Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) - As the World Meeting of Families approaches in Rome, which closed the Year dedicated to the "Amoris Laetitia Family" announced by Pope Francis (March 19, 2021 - June 26, 2022), the diocese of Nin ...
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  1 July 2022
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Msgr. Marengo: "Accompany the faithful on their journey with the light of the Gospel" Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "We must accompany the faithful towards a dimension of greater depth: this is one of the pastoral challenges of the near future for the Church in Mongolia". Msgr. Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic ...
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  1 July 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - Priestly ordinations on the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul: in the footsteps of the Apostles, the mission of evangelization is strengthened Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - New priestly ordinations on the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, on June 29, to give energy to the mission of evangelization in mainland China by strengthening the synodal path. Msgr. Paul He ...