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  22 July 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - "Kemalist theologians": the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque fuels Islamophobia Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The decision to reopen the ancient Christian basilica of Hagia Sophia exclusively for Islamic worship risks becoming "a serious and irreparable error", destined to foment Islamophobic sentiment ...
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  22 July 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The funeral of Mgr. Scarpellini: in life he gave everything for the announcement of the Gospel El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 20 July, in the Cathedral of the diocese of El Alto, dedicated to the Virgin of Carmel, the funeral mass of Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini was celebrated, Bishop of El Alto, who died on 15 ...
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  21 July 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The fruits of the mission: charity and interreligious coexistence in Kalaw Kalaw (Agenzia Fides) - "The dormitories of our school also host young Buddhists or Muslims. After all, the message of our Holy Father, Pope Francis, is to open up to others in peace". This is what Father Lucas Maung Hla ...
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  21 July 2020
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Young Vincentians: witness to the faith in society Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - "Christ is alive and wants you alive", and he wants every young person to be ready to bear witness to their faith and hope in society: this was the focus of the gathering of the Vincentian Mar ...
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  21 July 2020
  ASIA/IRAQ - Chaldean patriarchate: the expulsion of Iraqis carried out by the USA is "Inhuman and immoral" Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean Patriarchate, led by Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako, is following with concern the story of Iraqis who have been residents of the United States of America for a long time and are now ...
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  21 July 2020
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Missionary Childhood Day: children can be saints even with the little means they have Namugongo (Agenzia Fides) - "Jesus loves children and, like him, they too must share that love with their peers and their families", said Dorothy Atuhaire Ssonko, Sunday school teacher of the minor Basilica of the Martyr ...
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  21 July 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - First World Assembly for the Amazon: moratorium on mining Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 19 July, movements, groups and organizations of the indigenous peoples that make up the Amazon Basin asked the nine countries involved to apply a moratorium on mining activities in the ...
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  21 July 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Lay Catholics return to the streets for transparency and justice Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Our main request today is to clearly express refusal and indignation to have the so-called 'new animators' of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) imposed, chosen from among th ...
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  21 July 2020
  VATICAN - Aid from the PMS Fund for the Covid emergency to support monasteries, rural communities, parishes in Africa and Latin America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Covid-19 pandemic that has been marking the lives of peoples of all continents for months, also places serious limits on the life of ecclesial communities, which face difficulties and o ...
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  20 July 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Priests and religious: "It is time to resist against a dangerous and unjust law" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "I was here, in these same streets with a crowd of people on February 24 and 25, 1986, 34 years ago, when I was still a young seminarian. Today I have returned here as a sign of protest. Despite ...
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  20 July 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Rumors about an alleged contagion from Covid-19 for Coptic Patriarch Tawadros denied Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - No coronavirus infection for Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. It is the same Pope Tawadros who confirmed this, with a dry denial in which he de ...
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  20 July 2020
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Fr. Walter Maccalli: the pastoral activities of our churches are slowly resuming Foya (Agenzia Fides) - "In Liberia we are in the middle of the rainy season and our people are engaged in rural work. During this period, malaria makes itself felt as every year and affects everyone, men, women and espec ...
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  20 July 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Anti-terrorism law, from the Bishops a "call to conscience" Manila (Agenzi Fides) - "In the midst of this desolate political landscape, we find consolation from the groups of lawyers and ordinary citizens who have filed petitions before the Supreme Court, questioning the constitu ...
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  20 July 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Covid-19, outbreak in the Catholic Church of Medan, the Archbishop in hospital Medan (Agenzia Fides) - The Indonesian Catholic community is in prayer and is living a time of waiting and fear for the outbreak of Covid-19 which broke out in the Church of Medan, capital of the province of North Sumatr ...
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  20 July 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Peace talks between government and separatists in the bishop's residence: the Church promotes dialogue and reconciliation Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - Hopes for peace in Cameroon are rekindled. In the first week of July, meetings were held between official representatives of the government and separatists from the English-speaking regions of C ...