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  30 July 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - National Martyrs' Day: Bishop Hiiboro Kussala calls for peace in the country Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) – “As a bishop, I pledge to speak out until the truth is heard. To walk with the victims and wounded families. To offer the Church as a space for reconciliation and dialogue. To pray un ...
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  30 July 2025
  Wars that annihilate peoples and the “Tranquillitas Ordinis” of Saint Augustine by Cardinal Dominique Joseph Mathieu OFMConv* Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - More than a month has passed since the ceasefire came into effect, and we are still far from a peace agreement. Everything suggests that, instead ...
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  30 July 2025
  AFRICA/MALAWI - 1,400 children and adolescents, "missionaries of hope," will attend a congress with their leaders from all the country's dioceses Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - 1,400 children and adolescents, aged between 8 and 14, accompanied by 200 leaders from the country's eight dioceses, are expected to arrive in Lilongwe today. They will be the protagonists of t ...
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  29 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Massacre in the Church of Blessed Anuarite; Bishops: "It is paradoxical that in Ituri, where a state of siege has been in effect since 2021, massacres continue to occur" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A call to the faithful not to give in to panic and a strong exhortation to state authorities to assume their responsibility in protecting the population. This is how the National Episcopal Co ...
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  29 July 2025
  ASIA/THAILAND - Ceasefire violated: the Diocese of Ubon Ratchathani welcomes displaced people in emergency shelters Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Clashes on the border between Thailand and Cambodia continue, despite the ceasefire signed less than 24 hours ago. The Thai military has accused Cambodia of violating the agreement, claiming t ...
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  29 July 2025
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Archbishop Nácher and Evangelical Leaders call for a march for democracy and peace Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – Amid a climate of growing electoral tension, Catholics and Evangelicals in Honduras have called for a march for peace to be held on August 16. “Hearing the cries of our brothers and s ...
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  29 July 2025
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle to “Catholic Influencers”: Let us be “influenced” and changed by the Love of Christ Rome (Agenzia Fides) – To offer salvation to the men and women of all times, God "did not send us a text message, an email, or a document." God "sent his Son, the Word of God who became man," who "became flesh and dwel ...
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  29 July 2025
  VATICAN/JUBILEE - The Pope to Catholic digital influencers: In online spaces, always look for the “suffering flesh of Christ” in every brother and sister Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "In online spaces, always look for the “suffering flesh of Christ” in every brother and sister." This is the mission that Pope Leo entrusted to the digital missionaries and Catholic i ...
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  28 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Massacre in a church in Komanda. Survivors flee Bunia (Agenzia Fides) – Dozens of Catholic faithful were killed with rifles and machetes while participating in a prayer vigil at the Parish of Blessed Anuarite. The massacre occurred during the night of Saturday, July ...
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  28 July 2025
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - The young people of the Vicariate of Northern Arabia at the Jubilee of Youth, “full of hope to be able to share Christ’s love with others” Awali (Agenzia Fides) – “We are ready to join other young people from different parts of the world on this pilgrimage, full of hope in the mission of sharing Christ’s love, especially with our peers. We have hope, ...
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  28 July 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Sister Ester and the real challenge of "digital missionaries"
  by Pascale Rizk Daejon (Agenzia Fides) - "Every Christian can be a missionary by virtue of baptism: even if they do not leave their country, they can proclaim the love of Jesus th ...
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  28 July 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Despite the damage suffered by the war, the Sudanese military industry participates in the important Turkish arms fair Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The participation of the Sudanese Defense Industries System (SDIS) in the International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF 2025), which concluded yesterday, Sunday, July 27, in Istanbul, Turkey, is ...
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  28 July 2025
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - National Meeting of Basic Ecclesial Communities Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – After several years of suspension, the Basic Ecclesial Communities (CEB) in Guatemala held their national meeting. "We are CEB united in hope, to transform reality," reads a statemen ...
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  27 July 2025
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - CAM7: In 2029, the Brazilian Church will host the American Missionary Congress in Curitiba Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – After 34 years, the Church in Brazil will once again host the American Missionary Congress (CAM7). The Archdiocese of Curitiba, located in Paraná, southern Brazil, has been chosen as the sit ...
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  26 July 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - At the Christian Study Centre, interreligious dialogue through music Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) – Music is a powerful tool for interreligious dialogue, capable of promoting understanding and human and spiritual bonds between people of different faiths. Through shared musical experiences ...