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29 July 2020
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Urdu news: the new information service on Radio Veritas to be launched, to build peace and unity
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The new information service is another milestone for the Urdu-language service of the Episcopal Commission for Catholic Social Communications and for the apostolate of Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) i ...
29 July 2020
VATICAN - World Day against Human Trafficking: institutions must protect vulnerable people
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "At this moment of COVID-19, we denounce a preoccupying reality for vulnerable people and increase in risk of trafficking", said secretary general of Caritas Internationalis, Aloysius John, ...
29 July 2020
ASIA/SYRIA- The construction of a “Syrian copy” church of Hagia Sophia is being studied, with the support of Russian sectors
Hama (Agenzia Fides) - With the placet of the Damascus government, and with the support of Russian political and military sectors, the construction of a church dedicated to Divine Wisdom, could soon enter the operational ...
29 July 2020
EUROPE/GREECE - Migrants: new mission of the Scalabrinians in Lesbos, "to ask permission to do a little good"
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today a new temporary mission of the Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters leaves for Lesbos. In August, two religious groups will succeed one another. In collaboration with the Community of Sant’Egidi ...
28 July 2020
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Scalabrinians: infections, unemployment and corruption increase
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - South Africa has entered "phase 3" of the coronavirus pandemic, but the infection, instead of stopping, is spreading. The cases have reached 395,000 (half of all infections in Africa) and t ...
28 July 2020
ASIA/MYANMAR - Christian faith flourishes in the territory of the "giraffe women"
Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - "The parish of Tananukwe includes five villages and a population of 560 families. The majority of the people in this area are Christian, with a strong Catholic presence". Father Pius Kyan speaks ...
28 July 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - "How much is life worth?": Awareness campaign to combat human trafficking
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - From 26 to 30 July, the Episcopal Commission of Special Pastoral Care for the Fight against Human Trafficking (CEPEETH) of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil (CNBB), carries out the campaign en ...
28 July 2020
AMERICA/PERU - Bishops' message for the national holiday:"It is necessary to assume responsibilities and commitments"
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 27 July, Mgr. Miguel Cabrejos, president of the Episcopal Conference, celebrated Mass and Te Deum in the Cathedral of Trujillo, on the occasion of the 199th anniversary of the Independenc ...
28 July 2020
ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Covid-19, the Church offers aid to the homeless
Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - With a service for the distribution of masks and hand disinfectants, Caritas Tajikistan has arranged for a project to help the homeless, while the Covid-19 health emergency is underway. This wa ...
28 July 2020
AFRICA/EGYPT - The Monastery of St. Macarius commemorates Abbot Epiphanios, two years after his assassination
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The commemorations of Anba Epiphanios, Coptic Orthodox Bishop killed two years ago, on 29 July 2018, will take place on Wednesday 29 July at the Monastery of St. Macarius, in that monastery, where ...
28 July 2020
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - "Living Life with Right Relationships": youth meeting on the values of Christian life
Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - Relationships between human beings are the key to a happy existence and are also the cornerstone of the life of faith, which is made up of a vertical relationship (with God) and horizontal ...
27 July 2020
EUROPE/SPAIN - The PMS Director: "Spreading the message of Jesus’ love is a mission that involves all the baptized"
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "We have received the Holy Father’s message with great enthusiasm. We sincerely believe that it is not a simple protocol speech, but a message aimed at renewing the missionary spirit of the Chu ...
27 July 2020
AFRICA/MALAWI - The first Catholic radio station of the Archdiocese of Blantyre kicks off
Kuwala (Agenzia Fides) - After two years’ search of license to set up a radio station in Blantyre Archdiocese, Kuwala (light) FM as the radio will be known has received a regional license making it the first Catholic r ...
27 July 2020
EUROPE/FRANCE - In the memory of Father Hamel, the rejection of all violence and respect for human life
Rouen (Agenzia Fides) - "For the fourth year, we are gathered in this too small church of Saint-Étienne du Rouvray, with you priests, nuns, parishioners, with you, the dear family of Father Jacques Hamel, with you witne ...
27 July 2020
AMERICA - CELAM has been illuminating and promoting the Church's mission in Latin America for 65 years
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "One day like today, July 25, 1955, the First General Conference of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopate began in Rio di Janeiro": with these words the Presidency of CELAM informs of this ...
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