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  20 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Administrator of the diocese of Loikaw: the third wave of the pandemic overlaps political and social crisis Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - "In Kayah State and in our diocese of Loikaw, fighting between the military and the People Defense Forces (PDF) began in mid-May. They already caused more than 100,000 civilians to flee their hom ...
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  20 July 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Hope amidst COVID-19: messages of hope, faith and inspiration in short films created by young Catholic students Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Media seminars offer our digital natives the opportunity to be supporters of the changes underway in society", said Father Ambrose Pereira, SDB, Secretary of the Social Communications Comm ...
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  20 July 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops' solidarity with the Cuban people: may our countries grow in friendship, justice and peace Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "As protests continue in Cuba and among the diaspora in the United States, we would like to express our solidarity, as well as that of our brother bishops in the United States, with our broth ...
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  20 July 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Archbishop Howlader: "Young people are missionaries of the Kingdom of God" Chattogram (Agenzia Fides) - "By receiving adequate formation, young people can overcome, with the help and grace of God, all the challenges, fears and concerns that help them realize their dreams. They can be missionari ...
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  20 July 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - July 23: National Day of Prayer for the victims of Covid Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Argentine Bishops' Conference (CEA) has announced a National Day of Prayer for those who died due to Covid-19, inviting all the communities of the country to join in prayer on Friday, J ...
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  AFRICA/EGYPT - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Andraws Fahmi Abdou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 15, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr Andraws Fahmi Abdoua as National Director of the Pontifical Miss ...
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  20 July 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Massacre on the eve of the Islamic holiday. Patriarch Sako writes to "Muslim brothers": fratricidal struggles open the gates of hell Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "We have two options: either we unite and cooperate so that our country recovers completely, or we persist in perpetuating our struggles, and open - God forbid - the gates of hell". This is the ...
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  19 July 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops: "Real solutions are not necessary, on the contrary, we need each other" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "In the current moment that Colombia is living, let's walk together! Despite the fact that we feel we are in the midst of a storm, let us listen to the voice of the Lord, 'Do not be afraid' (Is 4 ...
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  19 July 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Covid spreads amid vaccine shortages and severe economic repercussions Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Uganda is experiencing a second lockdown. After the first full closure in spring 2020, the government ordered a new quarantine. Officially, the health authorities of Kampala declare more than 88 ...
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  19 July 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 'Greening the School': the Bishops' project continues despite the pandemic Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Preserving and safeguarding the environment is the objective of the "Greening the School" project that the Education Commission at the Catholic Secretariat of the Uganda Bishops' Conference (UEC ...
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  19 July 2021
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Church continues to be a presence of hope and reconciliation, in the midst of a wounded people and deprived of fundamental rights Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Solidarity with the Cuban people due to the difficult social situation they are experiencing continues to be expressed at different levels. Yesterday at the Angelus Pope Francis, who visited the ...
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  19 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - "It's time to save lives": Cardinal Bo's appeal for "Martyrs' Day", in the midst of the pandemic Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, July 19, is Martyrs' Day. Their blood was shed to make this country a great country. As the COVID spirals out of control, inflicting fear, anxiety and death, the only way we can pay homa ...
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  19 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Attack on nuns, closure of the emergency department of a Catholic hospital Mokama (Agenzia Fides) - The Emergency Department of the Catholic Hospital of Nazareth in Mokama, southeast of Patna, in the Indian state of Bihar, was closed after the attack, on July 16, suffered by the nuns who work t ...
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  19 July 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Raï: "Lebanese people are similar to a flock without a shepherd". And he entrusts the nation to St. Charbel Diman (Agenzia Fides) - The Lebanese people, hungry and bent by the crisis, appear similar to a flock without a shepherd. And in the state of prostration in which they find themselves, also due to the inadequacy of their ...
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  17 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Solidarity of Catholic organizations around the world to support the nation in the second wave of Covid-19 New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - While Southwest India, in the Kerala region, records a high number of coronavirus infections (more than 13 thousand cases per day) both in rural and urban areas, and while the mortality rate i ...