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  12 July 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Armed attack on the Seminary in Ivhianokpodi: three young seminarians kidnapped Auchi (Agenzia Fides) – An armed attack took place at the "Immaculate Conception" diocesan minor seminary in Ivhianokpodi, Edo State, Nigeria. Three young seminarians were kidnapped by an armed group. A security office ...
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  12 July 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The Word of God at the center of the formation meetings of 168 lay people from four dioceses Hangzhou (Agenzia Fides) - Reading and deepening one's understanding of Sacred Scripture "is the source of our faith": this was the theme of Father Lv Shoude, lecturer at the Sheshan Seminary of the Diocese of Shanghai a ...
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  12 July 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Online gambling is a "public health crisis that destroys society": Bishops call for it to be declared illegal Manila (Agenzia Fides) - In the gambling addiction treatment centers run by Caritas, Catholic organizations, and communities in the Philippines, the number of cases of online gambling addiction is increasing, a trend fue ...
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  11 July 2025
  EUROPE/POLAND - Four days for four continents: a look at the world from the "School for Missionary Animators 2025" Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - Daily prayer, thematic workshops, and meetings with missionaries: these were the main activities of the second-level School for Missionary Animators (SAM), held from July 1 to 4 in Warsaw. Organi ...
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  11 July 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Three Bishops of war-torn regions address the faithful in a joint pastoral letter: "Do not let your hearts be troubled" Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of terrible events such as the bloody civil war and the earthquake that devastated central Myanmar, the three bishops of the Burmese dioceses of Myitkyina, Banmaw, and Lashio (in n ...
• 11 July 2025
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Appointment of bishop of Constantine Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Michel Guillaud, of the clergy of Lyon, until now diocesan administrator of the diocese of Constantine, Algeria. as bishop of the same see. Bis ...
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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 ...
• 10 July 2025
  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 ...