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• 10 July 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation and appointment of the Bishop of Banjarmasin Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 8, 2023, the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Banjarmasin, Indonesia, presented by Bishop Petrus Boddeng Timang. The Holy Fath ...
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  10 July 2023
  VATICAN - Five newly appointed cardinals from territories of the Dicastery for Evangelization: work for peace, evangelization and love for one's country are among their priorities Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Five of the future Cardinals - whose names were announced yesterday, Sunday 9 July, by Pope Francis - come from territories entrusted to the Dicastery for Evangelization. They are Archbisho ...
• 10 July 2023
  AFRICA/GABON - Two days of prayer and penance for the future of Gabon Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - In preparation for the election of a new President, the Catholic Church in Gabon organized two ecumenical days of prayer and penance for the country on July 7th and 8th. The two days of penan ...
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  9 July 2023
  VATICAN - The Pope announces the creation of 21 new cardinals on September 30 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Sunday, July 9, at the end of the recitation of the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis announced a Consistory for the creation of 21 new cardinals with these words: "Dear brothers and sist ...
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  8 July 2023
  ASIA/CHINA - Journalism "from below". The network of Catholic media and communicators at the service of the mission is growing Tangshan (Agenzia Fides) - Encourage the growth of a widespread network of local operators and "reporters" willing to tell and share with others stories of Christian witness, information on the life of local Catholic com ...
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  8 July 2023
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A new church in West Papua, a place where to radiate peace and reconciliation Manokwari (Agenzia Fides) - May the new church dedicated to Saint Joseph "be the temple of a community from which peace and reconciliation radiate in Papua": this is the message addressed to the local population by the A ...
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  7 July 2023
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Cardinal Marengo: we will treasure the visit of Pope Francis Ulaanbaatar (Agenzia Fides) - "A few months ago it was unthinkable that one day we would find ourselves here saying: 'The Holy Father will visit us soon'. It is with these words that Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic P ...
• 7 July 2023
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "No to the proposal to establish the National Council of Christian education" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has rejected a bill seeking to establish the National Council of Christian Education, considering it unconstitutional. The bill, aimed at regulating reli ...
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  7 July 2023
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Twenty years of war in Darfur Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - It is 2023 and Darfur has officially been in conflict for 20 years. There had been tensions between Arab and non-Arab communities in Darfur for decades. But in 2003, full-scale war broke out ac ...
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  7 July 2023
  NORTH KOREA - The Benedictine Missionary Sisters of Tutzing: Experience divine consolation in worldly persecution by Paolo Affatato Pyongyang (Agenzia Fides) - The hearts of the Benedictine sisters of Tutzing beat for North Korea. And it is a heart that continues to pour out today, with prayer and charity, to what was its origin ...
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  6 July 2023
  VATICAN - "Hoping Together". Pope Francis in Mongolia from 1 to 4 September Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Hoping Together", motto chosen to express the spirit and heart of the announced Apostolic Journey that Pope Francis will make to Mongolia from 1 to 4 September. Today, the Holy See Press Office ...
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  6 July 2023
  ASIA/INDIA - Hate speech fuels violence in Manipur New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - As part of an awareness campaign, Catholic communities in India want to raise awareness of the situation in Manipur: the state in north-eastern India is the scene of violent inter-ethnic clash ...
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  6 July 2023
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Rumors of Bishop Álvarez's alleged release denied Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Late in the evening yesterday, July 5, 2023, news spread of the release of five priests who, together with Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, had been sentenced to more than 26 years in priso ...
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  6 July 2023
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - From Lisbon to St. Petersburg and beyond: the "continuous pilgrimage" of young Russian Catholics, in dialogue with Pope Francis St. Petersburg (Agenzia Fides) - A "continuous pilgrimage" which, from Lisbon, passes through St. Petersburg and arrives in each of the small Catholic communities scattered throughout the territory of the Russian Federat ...
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  5 July 2023
  VATICAN - Jubilee 2025: the Pope establishes the Commission of the New Martyrs and Witnesses of the Faith, "ripe fruits of the Lord's vineyard" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Martyrs in the Church "are witnesses of the hope that comes from faith in Christ and incites to true charity". They "have accompanied the life of the Church in every age", and flourish as "ripe ...