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  9 July 2022
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: international aid is urgently needed for the country, especially in health care Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo appealed to the international community to assist in providing Sri Lanka with medicines and equipment for hospitals amid its economic crisis and i ...
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  9 July 2022
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Acts of vandalism in a Catholic cathedral in Borneo, the Bishop does not file a complaint Keningau (Agenzia Fides) - A man vandalized a cross, a statue of the Virgin Mary and parts of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Keningau diocese, in Sabah state, around 7:30 a.m. on July 7, aft ...
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  9 July 2022
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Anniversary of the Country's independence: "As Catholics we must strive to ensure that peace and justice reign in the country" Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "July 9 has always been a joyful moment for me dedicated to planning, reflecting and reuniting with family and friends to thank God for the freedom and gift of our beloved nation". These ...
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  9 July 2022
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - A missionary organizes a "Cooking School" for the children of the "Ark Village" Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "Summer, at the Ark Village, represents a privileged time for the care of the entire structure. The renovation activities began at the end of May, when the 'Almaty Marathon' foundation created a ...
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  8 July 2022
  ASIA/SYRIA - The Apostolic Administrator of Aleppo: "war is not 'right': it's just war" Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "I look at the women and children forced to leave their homes due to the war in Ukraine, and I see the millions of displaced persons and refugees of our Syrian people. The same thing happened to ...
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  8 July 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - The Camillians mobilize with medical aid camps in the flooded areas of the State of Assam Silchar (Agenzia Fides) - The death toll of the floods that are seriously affecting the State of Assam has so far exceeded 150. Four million people are affected by this emergency. This is what Fr. Bijoy K George, Camilli ...
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  8 July 2022
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Concern over the announcement of the Central African electronic currency Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The Sango will be the currency of the next generation", said the President of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, on Sunday, July 3, announcing the Central African cryptocu ...
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  8 July 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Missionaries of Charity expelled from Nicaragua have been welcomed in Costa Rica Tilaran Liberia - (Agenzia Fides) - "On Wednesday, July 6, we witnessed the expulsion of the Missionaries of Charity of Nicaragua, who since 1988 have served the most abandoned poor of that brother Country. The Consecrat ...
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  8 July 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Diocesan clergy: "May the synodal journey be a source of profound renewal for the Church and for all of society" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "May this time of synodal renewal be a source of profound renewal, not only for our Church, but for our whole society and of a personal conversion for all". Thus we will be able to discern th ...
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  7 July 2022
  ASIA/IRAQ - Young Christians support the reopening of libraries and bookstores in Mosul and in the Nineveh Plain Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - In Mosul and in the Nineveh Plain, the network of libraries and bookshops has paid a high price due to the jihadist occupation and the military interventions that have devastated it. In those year ...
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  7 July 2022
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another priest kidnapped; alarm after the attack on a prison near Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Peter Amodu, a priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) was kidnapped on his way to celebrate mass. This was announced by the Diocese of Otukpo, in the State of Benue (north-c ...
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  7 July 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - Priests of the Archdiocese of La Serena reflect on the vocational crisis La Serena (Agenzia Fides) - The priests involved in the pastoral service of the ecclesial communities of the provinces of Elqui and Limarí, of the Chilean Archdiocese of La Serena, met on July 5, in the retreat house "E ...
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  7 July 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Day of prayer for peace on July 10: "the indignation of our people, faced with the barbarity of violence, is opening a door for peace" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The murders and disappearances that are committed daily in the country are a call from God to unite to ask for peace. The spilled blood of these brothers and sisters is the blood of Jesus t ...
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  6 July 2022
  ASIA/JORDAN - Caritas and Catholic Center for Studies raise funds to send medicines to the Lebanese people Amman (Agenzia Fides) - Two concerts by Lebanese singer Carla Chamoun, also appreciated for her acclaimed performances of sacred hymns in the Arabic language. This is the original initiative undertaken by Caritas Jordan ...
• 6 July 2022
  ASIA/JAPAN - Appointment of the Rector of the "Tokyo Catholic Seminary" interdiocesan Seminary of Tokyo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 8, 2022 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Paul Miki Keizo Inagawa, of the archdiocesan clergy of Tokyo a ...