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  23 July 2025
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The first summit of the U.S. Catholic Mission Association in Milwaukee Waukesha (Agenzia Fides) – Today and tomorrow, the United States Catholic Mission Association (USCMA), in collaboration with the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and t ...
• 23 July 2025
  AFRICA/SENEGAL AND MAURITANIA - Appointment of new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On June 23, 2025, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Fr. Raphaël Nd ...
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  23 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A church desecrated by an armed group allied with the army Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church of Saint John of Capistrano, in Lopa, Ituri province, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was desecrated in a new episode of violence affecting the region. ...
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  23 July 2025
  AMERICA/CHILE - World Day against Trafficking in Persons: Mobilizing society against situations that hide exploitation Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Breaking the silence and dispelling the myths surrounding human trafficking, promoting recognition of this reality in everyday contexts that often go unnoticed. This is the objective of the c ...
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  22 July 2025
  ASIA/TURKEY - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: In the attack on the Church in Gaza, those seeking refuge in this time of trial and tribulation were hit by Nikos Tzoitis Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Christian unity is based on shared baptism. It is not uniformity, and it draws from the source of the one truth to be shared, that of the Gospel. With these words, the Ecume ...
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  22 July 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Catholic arrested on false blasphemy charges Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Amir Joseph Paul, a 60-year-old Pakistani Catholic, is the latest innocent victim of blasphemy accusations. "His case once again demonstrates the manipulation of the law, used for private vendett ...
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  22 July 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Afina, kidnapped on June 1, has been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Father Alphonsus Afina, who was kidnapped on June 1 (see Fides, 5/6/2025), has been released thanks to an operation by security forces. The priest was rescued yesterday, July 21, along with te ...
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  22 July 2025
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Dialogue as a means of conflict resolution: solidarity of the Aboriginal Pastoral Care with the Mapuche communities Neuquén (Agenzia Fides) – “Let all forms of violence and, above all, the criminalization of the ongoing protest cease immediately. Social peace is only possible through dialogue as a tool to address different social ...
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  22 July 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - New St. Joseph Church inaugurated for the Bunong Montagnards Kompong Cham (Agenzia Fides) – The Keo Seima area, in the province of Mondulkiri, in eastern Cambodia, is known as a "wildlife sanctuary," as it is a natural forest reserve that extends over 290,000 hectares. An ideal ...
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  22 July 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Like a hidden treasure. Korean Catholics treasure the memory of their martyrs
  by Pascale Rizk Seoul (Fides Agency) - “If we follow the example of the martyrs and believe in the word of the Lord, then we will understand the sublime freedom and joy with whi ...
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  21 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A declaration of principles was signed in Doha between the Congolese government and the M23 to end the war Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23/Congo River Alliance (AFC) guerrillas signed a declaration of principles on July 19 in Doha, Qatar, to end the war in the ea ...
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  21 July 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Gaza: Southern African bishops reaffirm their support for the South African government's genocide complaint Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – The Southern African bishops re-affirmed their full support of South Africa’s legal case against Israel at the International Criminal Court (ICJ), which accuses Israel of genocide again ...
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  21 July 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A thousand young Koreans in Rome for the Jubilee Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – More than a thousand young Koreans have departed for Rome to participate in the Jubilee of Youth. The Catholic community of Seoul greeted the young pilgrims with the Mass for “1004 Project,” ...
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  21 July 2025
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Jubilee of the Youth: more than just a trip, it is a journey of faith Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) – A group of 90 faithful from across the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (AVOSA) are traveling to Italy for a two-week pilgrimage that includes several spiritual stops before arriving i ...
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  20 July 2025
  Pope Leo XIV: "Profound sadness" for the "Israeli army attack" against the Gaza parish Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - "I express my profound sadness regarding last Thursday’s attack by the Israeli army on the Catholic Parish of the Holy Family in Gaza City". Pope Leo expressed his clear and explicit w ...