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  19 August 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - National Youth Day in November: Young people as prophets Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people, stand up! You are the prophets of the bicentenary" is the motto of the first National Youth Day, which Peru will celebrate from November 19-21. The event is dedicated to the celebrat ...
• 19 August 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Catholic priest, victim of an act of violence Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest was violently killed in Uganda yesterday, August 18. Fr. Joshephat Kasambula from the diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana was murdered in cold blood yesterday evening. It is believed th ...
• 19 August 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Sisters killed; President Kiir: "The groups that did not sign the peace are responsible for their death" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - The groups that did not sign the peace agreement are, according to the South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, responsible for the deaths of the two nuns of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jes ...
• 19 August 2021
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Almost 50 dead in an Islamist attack in the north of the country Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Forty-seven people, including thirty civilians, fourteen soldiers and three army auxiliaries, were killed yesterday August 18 in an attack by suspected jihadists on a military convoy in nort ...
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  18 August 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young people become catechists by choice: a gift for the Church Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Many young Catholics in Indonesia are committed to a special training and study program to become catechists. Those who come from families with much greater financial possibilities will go to un ...
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  18 August 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Highest number of US Border Patrol interventions at the border in more than two decades Texas (Agenzia Fides) - The U.S. Border Patrol reported nearly 200,000 encounters with migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in July, the highest monthly total in more than two decades. The number of monthly encounters ...
• 18 August 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Two nuns killed in an ambush; "Murdered cold bloodedly" denounce the sisters Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "Our sisters were killed cold bloodedly", says Sister Christine John Amaa, of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, providing details of the murder of Sister Mary Daniel Abut, and Sister R ...
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  18 August 2021
  AMERICA/CANADA - Prayer and sharing for the Mission, in the footsteps of St. John Paul II and Pauline Jaricot Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - "The Missionary Month of October and World Mission Day offer the baptized two extraordinary means for the success of the mission: prayers and sharing. I wish everyone a good World Missionary M ...
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  17 August 2021
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - "One year for God": initiative for the Orionine Vocation Year Kiev (Agenzia Fides) - From June 23, 2021 to June 23, 2022, the Orionine Family is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the founder, Don Luigi Orione, considered the “Father of Vocations”, with an Orioni ...
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  17 August 2021
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Protests, social tension, Covid, the Bishops launch the appeal for dialogue Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Guatemala have once again raised their voices in the face of the serious social and political situation that the Central American country is experiencing regarding the dram ...
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  17 August 2021
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Grandparents and the elderly, a precious presence in society Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Grandparents and the elderly are a valuable part of Korean society, they are the origin and memory, they are an example and an important resource for young people: with this conviction, the Cathol ...
• 17 August 2021
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Why should criminals be rewarded": Nobel laureate criticizes the president's appointment of a former rebel leader Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Why should criminals be rewarded in this way?" Asks the Congolese Nobel Peace Prize laureate, doctor and human rights activist, Dr. Denis Mukwegue, in connection with the appointment of a form ...
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  13 August 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Mgr. Cabrejos receives new members of the Congress Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Monsignor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, President of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference and President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), received ten members of the Congress this week at the ...
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  13 August 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The pilgrimage to the birthplace of St. Oscar Romero canceled for the second time San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - There is great disappointment among Catholics in El Salvador after the pilgrimage to Ciudad Barrios in San Miguel, the birthplace of St. Oscar Arnulfo Romero, the first saint of El Salvador ...
• 13 August 2021
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Research data indicates deaths from Covid-19 are more than double the official count in South Africa Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The health department’s official Covid death toll for 2020 was 28,500. However, according to researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the University of Cape Town (UCT), the ...