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  6 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Father Swamy, the Indian Jesuit "martyr of justice", passes away Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - The Indian Jesuit Stanislaus Lourduswamy, better known as Father Stan Swamy, unjustly arrested for his commitment to defense of the Adivasis ("original inhabitants" of India), passed away yesterd ...
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  6 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Approval of the law on the personal status of Christians and family law is imminent Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The new law on the personal status of Egyptian Christians, which has been awaited for decades by the Coptic Orthodox Church and the other Christian churches and ecclesial communities represented i ...
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  5 July 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - The eight vicariates of the Peruvian Amazon in the same web portal Amazonas (Agenzia Fides) - Under the domain www.queridaamazonia.pe, the new website of the Amazon Center for Anthropology and Practical Application is already operational. This web information portal represents the REPAM ...
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  5 July 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Life of faith in the family: the lay movement "Couples for Christ" celebrates its 40th anniversary Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The lay ecclesial movement Couples for Christ (CFC), which aims to live the faith in family life, has celebrated its 40 years of existence. "Let’s celebrate the Lord's Day as one family. Let' ...
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  5 July 2021
  VATICAN - Missionary Childhood during a pandemic: animation with social media but the proclamation of the Gospel "in presence" remains fundamental Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Even if the pandemic continues to afflict many countries, it was and is an opportunity to rediscover the usefulness of social media and a push to use them better and more for animation, th ...
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  5 July 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Increase in infections due to Covid-19 and openness to tourism: alert of missionaries Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - "The pandemic situation is not improving, infections are increasing and the situation is very serious. To date, over 6 thousand cases have been registered, of which 207 in prisons". The numbe ...
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  5 July 2021
  AFRICA/ESWATINI - Appeal for dialogue from the Pope, as well as from the Bishop of Manzini Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - In the small and usually quiet Swaziland (today the kingdom of ESwatini) important street protests have been underway for some days. The Bishop of Manzini José Luis Ponce de Leon and the member ...
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  5 July 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Attacks in North Kivu; the population has been invited "not to fall into the provocation of terrorists" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Do not fall into the trap of the ADF and their allies who, with the latest attacks, are waging psychological warfare to induce the population to rebel against the state of siege", states a not ...
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  5 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic bishop Anba Moussa: no religious argument can justify the horrendous custom of female genital mutilation Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In the Holy Bible there is not a single verse that can be used as a pretext to justify the practice of female genital mutilation, of which countless girls are still victims in many African countri ...
• 3 July 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Palembang Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Palembang, Indonesia, presented by Archbishop Aloysius Sudarso, S.C.J. The Pope has a ...
• 3 July 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Appointment of bishop of Padang Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Padang, Indonesia, the Reverend Fr. Vitus Rubianto Solichin, S.X., member of the Pious Society of Saint Francis Xavier for the Fore ...
• 3 July 2021
  AFRICA/CHAD - Appointment of bishop of Pala, Chad Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Pala, Chad, the Reverend Dominique Tinoudji, of the clergy of Moundou, until now rector of the Saint Luc Interdiocesan Theological ...
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  3 July 2021
  VATICAN - The dream and passion for the first evangelization: a missionary talks about his story to the Director of Fides Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "It is important to know and understand what is happening on the other side of the planet to transform a story that is read in prayer and to see how the Church, the disciples of Jesus, reac ...
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  3 July 2021
  AFRICA/Djibouti - Consolata missionaries alongside disabled children to "promote the dignity and integral development of the person" Ali Sabieh (Agenzia Fides) - "After several years of hard work, some disabled children have been admitted to primary and secondary school. This is a great joy for us, because before disabled children were kept hidden in ...
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  3 July 2021
  ASIA - "Rosary for Asia": Asian faithful in prayer for the end of the pandemic, healing and peace in the world Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops and faithful of Asia have gathered in prayer for the end of the pandemic, the healing of peoples and peace in the world. Participating in the event "Rosary for Asia", organized and br ...