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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
  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
  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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  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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  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 ...
• 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
  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 ...
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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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  7 July 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Day of prayer for peace on July 10: "the indignation of our people, faced with the barbarity of violence, is opening a door for peace" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The murders and disappearances that are committed daily in the country are a call from God to unite to ask for peace. The spilled blood of these brothers and sisters is the blood of Jesus t ...
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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 ...
• 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
  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 ...
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  6 July 2022
  ASIA/CHINA - "Open your heart to welcome the Lord": the retreat of priests and nuns from the diocese of Ningxia underlines the importance of spirituality Ningxia (Agenzia Fides) - Open your heart, close your mouth, meditate in silence, make an examination of conscience to welcome the Lord during prayer, a face-to-face meeting with the Lord to be able to hear his voice and ...
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  6 July 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - After the murder of three Awá indigenous people, the Bishop of Tumaco asks for investigations and protection Tumaco (Agenzia Fides) - "We express our sadness and our sorrow for the death of our brothers, the Awá indigenous, who were c murdered by armed men in their territory. We express our spiritual closeness and our prayer t ...
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  6 July 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Evil acts are contrary to any religious teaching Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - Chaos and violence continue to affect the Ethiopian population. Currently, there are strong social tensions in addition to the crisis in the country caused by university students who began t ...