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  25 July 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Negotiations do not stop civil conflict: violence continues Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - In Cameroon the civil war continues, if anything it is getting worse. In recent weeks, the clash between English-speaking rebels and the police forces sent to quell the revolt has caused dozens ...
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  25 July 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Preaching through social media is like sailing on the open sea" Ibagué (Agenzia Fides) - In times of pandemic, the Church recognizes the importance of intensifying the spiritual accompaniment of populations. For this reason, the priests of the various ecclesiastical jurisdictions, w ...
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  25 July 2020
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - "There is still a lot of fear, but finally our churches have reopened!" Fés (Agenzia Fides) - "The government has rewarded the discipline of the Moroccan population who, with patience and stoicism, faced a long lockdown", writes to Agenzia Fides Father Matteo Revelli, priest of the Society ...
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  25 July 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The crime of human trafficking is not in isolation or under quarantine: half a million people involved Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - World Day against Trafficking in Persons, called by the United Nations (UN), is celebrated on 30 July so that civil society and States work together against this crime against humanity, as ...
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  25 July 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic volunteers engaged in assisting people under quarantine Pathein (Agenzia Fides) - "We need to help each other and show the widest solidarity towards the needy and vulnerable, while Myanmar is affected by the Covid-19 pandemic": this is the exhortation of Bishop John Hsane Hgy ...
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  25 July 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Bishops of different confessions on Ayasofia: "Division is not the result of religious wisdom" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The decision to convert the monumental complex of Ayasofia in Istanbul into a mosque "risks sowing division in a world in search of common ground". This was stated by the president of the Catholi ...
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  25 July 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Pauline Jaricot, a "modern saint" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Social media, in her day, were far from existing. But Pauline Jaricot, a seventeen-year-old from Lyon, already had a clear understanding of the capillary and ontologically universal dimensi ...
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  25 July 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Two Italian missionaries at the service of the poor have died of coronavirus in Madagascar Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church, in its missionary commitment in many parts of the world, is paying for its contribution to the Covid-19 pandemic which does not spare peoples and nations from all continents. I ...
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  24 July 2020
  AMERICA/CUBA - The first Cuban Catholic radio on the Internet, thanks to the commitment of young people Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "Radio El Sonido de la Esperanza", of the Catholic Youth Network (RCJ), is the first Catholic radio station in Cuba to broadcast online 24 hours a day, thanks to the commitment of a group of youn ...
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  24 July 2020
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Missionaries: pastoral activities resumed "to guarantee mass for even the most remote communities" Foya (Agenzia Fides) - "In Liberia we are still in 'Phase 1' even if we have resumed our pastoral activities, with all the necessary precautions", writes to Agenzia Fides Father Lorenzo Snider, priest of the Society for ...
• 24 July 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Appointment of the Rector of the Saint Jean-Baptiste major Seminary in Ouagadougou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 May 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Valentin Dabiré, of the diocesan clergy of Diébougou as Rector ...
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  24 July 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - In the face of an increase in infections, the Bishops reiterate that "it is not wise to hold elections" Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference (CEB), Archbishop Ricardo Centellas of Sucre, reaffirms the position of the Catholic Church in Bolivia on the priority of preserving and caring fo ...
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  24 July 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Card. Souraphiel: "Dialogue, solidarity, international relations: the Church works for the good of the nation" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are living in a climate of tension due to the period of profound transformation and the numerous reforms initiated by the government which, evidently, not everybody agrees. But the Churc ...
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  24 July 2020
  ASIA - The Claretians: evangelization with the Bible in the time of Covid-19 Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Claretian missionaries continue and strengthen their ministry of evangelization with the spread of the Bible, in times of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Catholic publishing house Claret Publishing ...
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  24 July 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai insists on Lebanese "neutrality", as the contagions of Covid-19 rise Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - While in Lebanon there has been a rise in the number of infections due to Covid 19, and prestigious institutions such as the American University are showing signs of crisis, Maronite Patriarch Be ...