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  18 July 2026
  President-elect Keiko Fujimori visits the Presidency of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference Lima (Fides News Agency) –President-elect, Keiko Fujimori Higuchi, visited the Presidency of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference as civil and Church authorities continue preparations for a possible apostolic visit by P ...
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  17 July 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - No one convicted: defendants acquitted in lynching of Christian couple Islamabad (Fides News Agency) – No one has been held responsible. The 2014 murder of a Christian couple in Pakistan's Punjab Province will remain unpunished after the country's Supreme Court brought the case to a close ...
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  17 July 2026
  South Sudan's post-independence ordeal: fifteen years of conflict, political instability and humanitarian crises Juba (Fides News Agency) – South Sudan is the world's youngest State. It is also one of the most troubled. These days mark the fifteenth anniversary of its independence, achieved in 2011 following a referendum. Indepe ...
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  17 July 2026
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Apostolic Prefect Figaredo: "The new slaves of the scam cities and the displaced are the hidden face of the crisis" by Paolo Affatato Phnom Penh (Fides News Agency) – "Cambodia is facing a dual humanitarian emergency. On the one hand, there are the people displaced by the conflict along the border with Thailand; on the other, the ...
• 16 July 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Guwahati Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Albert Hemrom, hitherto of Dibrugarh, as coadjutor archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Guwahati, India. Bishop Albert Hemrom was born on ...
• 16 July 2026
  AFRICA/CHAD - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Sarh Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Sarh, Chad, presented by Bishop Miguel Angel Sebastián Martínez, M.C.C.J. The Holy Father has ap ...
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  16 July 2026
  AMERICA/CHILE - Chilean Church celebrates Our Lady of Carmel, Queen and Mother of Chile, on the centenary of her coronation by Laura Gómez Ruiz Santiago de Chile (Fides News Agency) – Today, Thursday, July 16, the Church in Chile celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Carmel, one of the Marian devotions most deeply rooted in the country's ...
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  16 July 2026
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - First Assembly of “Catholic digital missionaries” in Asia to be held in September Manila (Fides News Agency) – "It marks the beginning of a continental network of Catholic digital missionaries committed to evangelization, collaboration and mutual support." This is how Father John Mi Shen, Executive ...
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  16 July 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop in Chin State: "Dialogue based on justice and equality can end the war" by Paolo Affatato Mindat (Fides News Agency) – "In the name of God, our appeal is for reconciliation. We ask that this war, which is causing immense suffering to our people, be brought to an end. If genuine dialogue ...
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  15 July 2026
  AMERICA/CUBA - New sanctions and a protracted crisis: The Church continues to stand by the Cuban people Havana (Fides News Agency) – New U.S. sanctions against Cuba are placing additional pressure on a population already grappling with one of the country's most severe economic and social crises in recent decades. On Jul ...
• 15 July 2026
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Kabale Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kabale, Uganda, presented by Bishop Callist Rubaramira. The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend ...
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  15 July 2026
  God's Mission: The 48th Latin American Mission Animation Course focuses on the 'Missio Dei' Mexico City (Fides News Agency) – "It is not the Church that has a mission; rather, it is God's mission that has a Church." This was the central theme of the reflection offered by Father John Kennedy Joseph, SVD, a Div ...
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  15 July 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Collaboration between religious leaders and civil authorities averts violence in alleged blasphemy case Karachi (Fides News Agency) – The fruitful collaboration between Muslim and Christian religious leaders, civil authorities and security forces prevented an outbreak of sectarian violence, ensuring that a highly sensiti ...
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  15 July 2026
  AMERICA/HAITI - New San Camillo Hospital inaugurated in Jérémie: First wards open to serve the local population Jérémie (Fides News Agency) – The new San Camillo Hospital was inaugurated in Jérémie, southwestern Haiti, on the occasion of the feast of St. Camillus de Lellis. Years in the making, the project is now beginning t ...
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  14 July 2026
  Hawaii, 200 years of Catholic mission. It takes a seed to grow a tree by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Honolulu (Fides news Agency) – “The arrival of the first missionaries in Hawaii in 1827 was not the beginning of the journey. In a very real sense, although the people of Hawaii would not h ...