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  11 July 2025
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary life is itinerant: Consolata novices between rivers and hopes Manaus (Agenzia Fides) – “The mission not only leads to Jesus, but also discovers him already present in every smile, in every stroke of the oar, in every simple gesture of love.” Sérgio Warnes, a novice at the IM ...
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  11 July 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Summer training courses for Vietnamese catechists are on the rise by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong Bac Ninh (Agenzia Fides) - In Vietnam, all pupils across the country have a 3-month summer vacation from June to August, and catechism classes are also on summer vacation. Therefore, catech ...
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  10 July 2025
  AMERICA/USA - California: Illegal immigrants also "taken" from parishes San Bernardino (Agenzia Fides) – They are being taken from the streets or public places, and even from parish churches. In California, the policy of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which carries out h ...
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  AFRICA/KENYA - Erection of the diocese of Kapsabet, Kenya and appointment of the first bishop Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has created the new diocese of Kapsabet, Kenya, with territory taken from the diocese of Eldoret, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan archdiocese of Kisumu, Kenya. The Hol ...
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  10 July 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Goma: Relics of Blessed Floribert transferred to the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament Goma (Agenzia Fides) - Less than a month after the beatification ceremony at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, the mortal remains of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi were transferred from the city cemete ...
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  10 July 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Camillian Mission on the Island of Flores celebrates the feast of the Order's founder Maumere (Agenzia Fides) – The Camillian mission in Indonesia experiences the feast of Saint Camillus of Lellis, patron saint of the sick and healthcare workers and founder of the Order of the Sick, with great joy and g ...
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  10 July 2025
  AFRICA - "Neocolonialism in fishing": The fishing industry in West African countries is in crisis by Cosimo Graziani Banjul (Agenzia Fides) - In West African countries, the local fishing industry is in crisis. European countries are also to blame for this. Gambian activist Mustapha Manneh also spoke out at the Un ...
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  10 July 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPAU NEW GUINEA - Blessed To Rot: An example of faith for catechists and laity Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "We celebrated Blessed Peter To Rot on his feast day on July 7 in Port Moresby, with a Mass that brought before the faithful the figure of our first saint, who will be canonized next Octobe ...
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  9 July 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Israeli settlers attacks threaten the Christian village of Taybeh Taybeh (Agenzia Fides) - "From that day on, they were determined to kill him. Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but withdrew from there to the region near the desert, to a town called Ephraim. There he stayed ...
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  9 July 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Hiboro Kussala: Happy birthday to You, Republic of South Sudan! Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - " Empowered by Grace, Equipped for Mission, United in Hope," thus begins the message from the bishop of the diocese of Tombura Yambio, Eduardo Hiboro Kussala, on the occasion of the 14th ...
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  9 July 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops address social issues and call for a shared commitment to fair wages and human dignity Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "We are aware of the difficult situation of workers in our country: the wages they receive are far below the minimum wage that allows them to provide for their needs and support their families," ...
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  9 July 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - 'Saba Saba Day': Violence, destruction, corruption, death toll increase Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Tuesday, July 8, the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) recorded a total of 31 deaths and 107 injuries in the demonstrations that took place on July 7 on the anniversary of "Saba Sa ...
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  9 July 2025
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The Catholic community at the Book Fair, an opportunity to proclaim the Gospel Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – This year too, the Catholic community of Hong Kong will take advantage of the upcoming Book Fair as an opportunity to proclaim the Gospel and bear witness to the newness of the Christian exp ...
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  9 July 2025
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Integrating the language of the head, the heart, and the hands: meeting of Catholic Educators Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – “To establish a joint network throughout the country and establish common priorities for educational pastoral care in schools, based on listening to different realities” was the objec ...
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  9 July 2025
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - "Our faith is our life." The testimony of Blessed Cardinal Iuliu Hossu at the center of the IV edition of the "Missionary Camp" Cetatea de Baltă (Agenzia Fides) - “Our faith is our life” was the theme of the fourth missionary camp, organized at the beginning of July in Cetatea de Baltă (Alba district) by the Greek Catholic parish of the Ho ...