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  29 July 2022
  AMERICA/CANADA - The Pope to Canadian Catholics: after the "failure", the return to Galilee, back to the "first announcement" Quebec (Agenzia Fides) - In the spiritual deserts of our time, generated by secularism and indifference, it is necessary to "return to Galilee", to meet the Risen Jesus again and "to start again after failure". With this ...
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  28 July 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Women and migrants are the main victims of human trafficking; labor slavery on the rise Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In 2013 the General Assembly of the United Nations established that July 30 would be celebrated every year as the World Day to combat human trafficking. The aim was to "create greater awareness ...
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  28 July 2022
  ASIA/INDIA - New indigenous president, Christians: "Promote the rights of tribals and women" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in India welcomed the election and inauguration of Drupadi Murmu, 64, as president of the country on July 21. Murmu is the first indigenous president and the second woman to hold th ...
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  28 July 2022
  ASIA/LEBANON - Inauguration of the first "community agricultural market". Father Zgheib: "instrument of resilience" in the crisis that is crushing the country Rayfoun (Agenzia Fides) - A singular "alliance" between young Christians from Lebanese parishes and small agricultural producers from the Land of Cedars is trying to provide a concrete response to the economic emergencie ...
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  28 July 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops stand in solidarity with police after attacks and killings: "Every fallen policeman is a brother" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We express our most sincere condolences for the loss of many members of the National Police. We wish to extend this sentiment to all the relatives of the police officers who have fallen in the f ...
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  28 July 2022
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - In Seoul, the "Signis" world congress: "the apostolate of listening" for Catholic communicators Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Highlighting the importance of communication in our time and the commitment of all communicators to peace and truth: this is the objective of the World Congress of Catholic Media "SIGNIS" to be he ...
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  27 July 2022
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Formation and missionary awareness of priests, crucial for the life of the Church, looking at the treasures of the past Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The formation of seminarians and priests and their missionary awareness are crucial for the life of the Church in Vietnam: according to information from Agenzia Fides, Fr. Anton Nguyen Van Thang, ...
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  27 July 2022
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Appeal by religious leaders: justice and security for religious minorities Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – More than 100 leaders of religious minority communities in Bangladesh, a country with a large Muslim majority, demonstrate and express disappointment at the violence against their places of wors ...
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  27 July 2022
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - On August 15, the closing celebrations of the Altagracian Jubilee Year Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominican Episcopal Conference (CED) has announced the celebrations planned for the closing of the Altagracian Jubilee Year, convened on the occasion of the centenary of the canonical ...
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  27 July 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The President of Celam: "huge amounts of money for the war instead of investing in combating the causes of the conflicts" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We regret with deep disappointment how huge amounts of money are allocated to war instead of investing in intelligently and completely in the fight against the causes of conflicts", underlined t ...
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  27 July 2022
  AMERICA/CANADA - Father Ouellet: "Let us learn from the Pope how to continue our mission of truth, forgiveness and reconciliation" Montréal (Agenzia Fides) - "Walking together": this is the common thread, but also the approach proposed to Canadians on the occasion of the 37th apostolic journey of Pope Francis which is taking place in these days in ...
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  27 July 2022
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - New terrorist attacks: Al Shabab tries to open new fronts in the country Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "A united people and a functional State can never be intimidated by groups like Al Shabab", declared the president of the Somali region Mustafe Omer in relation to the clashes recorded yeste ...
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  27 July 2022
  AMERICA/CANADA - The Pope to native peoples: Christ can heal even the "indelible pain" of your wounds Edmonton (Agenzia Fides) - Faith rarely comes "from reading a book alone in a corner", instead, "it spreads within families, transmitted in the language of mothers, in the sweetly lyrical accents of grandmothers". The ...
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  26 July 2022
  AMERICA/CANADA - "One cannot proclaim God in a way contrary to God himself". Pope Francis asks native peoples for forgiveness Edmonton (Agenzia Fides) - Faith in Christ can only be announced "in freedom and charity", as Christ himself wishes. When one renounces this trait of gratuitousness, and wants to "inculcate God in people" by imposing him ...
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  26 July 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - International Seminar: reflections and proposals to achieve "Comprehensive Disarmament in Latin America and the Caribbean" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Today, July 26, the International Seminar "Comprehensive Disarmament in Latin America and the Caribbean" is being held at the Santo Tomás University of Bogota, whose objective is to inform about ...