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  11 July 2022
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishops’ appeal: "All committed to strengthening the unity and stability of the family, so that it can fulfill its mission" Panama city (Agenzia Fides) - "Society, and in particular the State and international Organizations, must protect, defend and promote the dignity and integrity of the family, with political, economic, social and legal me ...
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  11 July 2022
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fighting poverty: Caritas appeals to new president Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The long-standing problem of poverty in the country must now be urgently addressed says an appeal by the Philippine Caritas to the newly elected President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, urging to face the ...
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  9 July 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Appeal of the Bishops: "Recreating the will to be a nation and to build unity in the midst of diversity" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "An unavoidable step is to recreate the will to be a nation and to build unity in the midst of diversity through a creative effort", the Colombian Bishops reiterate, highlighting the need for "a ...
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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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...