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  28 July 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Women and migrants are the main victims of human trafficking; labor slavery on the rise Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In 2013 the General Assembly of the United Nations established that July 30 would be celebrated every year as the World Day to combat human trafficking. The aim was to "create greater awareness ...
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  27 July 2022
  AMERICA/CANADA - The Pope to native peoples: Christ can heal even the "indelible pain" of your wounds Edmonton (Agenzia Fides) - Faith rarely comes "from reading a book alone in a corner", instead, "it spreads within families, transmitted in the language of mothers, in the sweetly lyrical accents of grandmothers". The ...
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  27 July 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - New terrorist attacks: Al Shabab tries to open new fronts in the country Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "A united people and a functional State can never be intimidated by groups like Al Shabab", declared the president of the Somali region Mustafe Omer in relation to the clashes recorded yeste ...
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  27 July 2022
  AMERICA/CANADA - Father Ouellet: "Let us learn from the Pope how to continue our mission of truth, forgiveness and reconciliation" Montréal (Agenzia Fides) - "Walking together": this is the common thread, but also the approach proposed to Canadians on the occasion of the 37th apostolic journey of Pope Francis which is taking place in these days in ...
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  27 July 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The President of Celam: "huge amounts of money for the war instead of investing in combating the causes of the conflicts" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We regret with deep disappointment how huge amounts of money are allocated to war instead of investing in intelligently and completely in the fight against the causes of conflicts", underlined t ...
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  27 July 2022
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - On August 15, the closing celebrations of the Altagracian Jubilee Year Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominican Episcopal Conference (CED) has announced the celebrations planned for the closing of the Altagracian Jubilee Year, convened on the occasion of the centenary of the canonical ...
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  27 July 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appeal by religious leaders: justice and security for religious minorities Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – More than 100 leaders of religious minority communities in Bangladesh, a country with a large Muslim majority, demonstrate and express disappointment at the violence against their places of wors ...
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  27 July 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Formation and missionary awareness of priests, crucial for the life of the Church, looking at the treasures of the past Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The formation of seminarians and priests and their missionary awareness are crucial for the life of the Church in Vietnam: according to information from Agenzia Fides, Fr. Anton Nguyen Van Thang, ...
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  26 July 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The siege in Tigray continues, the heparch of Adigrat calls for immediate action Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) - "Understand that this continuous situation of silent genocide is consuming every day, minute and hour, an immense number of innocent lives of children, women and men of all ages; stop supporting ...
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  26 July 2022
  EUROPE/ITALY - Animation tools available in view of World Mission Sunday Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Theological insights and handouts for the missionary vigil, the rosary and Eucharistic adoration. These are the tools designed by the Missio Foundation, which can now be downloaded, on the occasion ...
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  26 July 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A digital photography contest to value the elderly in the Church and in society Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Recognizing and valuing the elderly in the Church and in Korean society, helping grandparents to bear fruit according to God's will, in line with Pope Francis' message for the World Day of Grandpa ...
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  26 July 2022
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian sentenced to death on false accusations of blasphemy Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Lahore court sentenced to death a Christian accused of blasphemy in 2017. On July 4, 2022, at Lahore in the province of Punjab, Session Court sentenced to death by hanging Ashfaq Masih, now 3 ...
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  26 July 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - International Seminar: reflections and proposals to achieve "Comprehensive Disarmament in Latin America and the Caribbean" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Today, July 26, the International Seminar "Comprehensive Disarmament in Latin America and the Caribbean" is being held at the Santo Tomás University of Bogota, whose objective is to inform about ...
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  26 July 2022
  AMERICA/CANADA - "One cannot proclaim God in a way contrary to God himself". Pope Francis asks native peoples for forgiveness Edmonton (Agenzia Fides) - Faith in Christ can only be announced "in freedom and charity", as Christ himself wishes. When one renounces this trait of gratuitousness, and wants to "inculcate God in people" by imposing him ...
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  25 July 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops ask for "informed discernment and vote in conscience" for the new Constitution Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - On September 4, Chileans are called to approve or reject the text of the new political Constitution for the country, marking the last stage of a long process that began with street protests and ...