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  21 July 2021
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Participating in the political life of the nation and "choosing a leader who embodies the example of Jesus": the invitation of the Bishops Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Almost eight months before the general elections scheduled for May 2022, Mgr. Pablo Virgilio David, Bishop of Caloocan, recently elected President of the Bishops' Conference of the Philippines ...
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  21 July 2021
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Education is the key to development: the General States of National Education and Literacy inaugurated Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Rethinking the Ivorian school environment is necessary to offer the younger generations a quality education is the goal of the General States of National Education and Literacy inaugurated on M ...
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  21 July 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Age limit for religious conversion: the Ministry of Religious Affairs opposes Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Pakistani Ministry of Religious Affairs has no intention of setting age limits for religious conversion. As Fides learns, during a recent meeting of the Parliamentary Commission for the right ...
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  21 July 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The evangelizing mission of the diocese of San Cristobal begins in the apostolic vicariate of Caroni San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, July 20, the decree was made public by which the Holy See, through the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, entrusts the Apostolic Vicariate of Caroní to the pastora ...
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  21 July 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Ecumenical meetings to relaunch the Council of Patriarchs and Heads of Churches present in Iraq Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of the Chaldean Church, led by Patriarch and Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, held a series of meetings in Erbil with representatives of other Churches and ecclesial communities present i ...
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  20 July 2021
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Administrator of the diocese of Loikaw: the third wave of the pandemic overlaps political and social crisis Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - "In Kayah State and in our diocese of Loikaw, fighting between the military and the People Defense Forces (PDF) began in mid-May. They already caused more than 100,000 civilians to flee their hom ...
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  20 July 2021
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Hope amidst COVID-19: messages of hope, faith and inspiration in short films created by young Catholic students Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - "Media seminars offer our digital natives the opportunity to be supporters of the changes underway in society", said Father Ambrose Pereira, SDB, Secretary of the Social Communications Comm ...
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  20 July 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops' solidarity with the Cuban people: may our countries grow in friendship, justice and peace Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "As protests continue in Cuba and among the diaspora in the United States, we would like to express our solidarity, as well as that of our brother bishops in the United States, with our broth ...
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  20 July 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Archbishop Howlader: "Young people are missionaries of the Kingdom of God" Chattogram (Agenzia Fides) - "By receiving adequate formation, young people can overcome, with the help and grace of God, all the challenges, fears and concerns that help them realize their dreams. They can be missionari ...
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  20 July 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - July 23: National Day of Prayer for the victims of Covid Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Argentine Bishops' Conference (CEA) has announced a National Day of Prayer for those who died due to Covid-19, inviting all the communities of the country to join in prayer on Friday, J ...
• 20 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Andraws Fahmi Abdou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 15, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr Andraws Fahmi Abdoua as National Director of the Pontifical Miss ...
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  20 July 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Massacre on the eve of the Islamic holiday. Patriarch Sako writes to "Muslim brothers": fratricidal struggles open the gates of hell Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - "We have two options: either we unite and cooperate so that our country recovers completely, or we persist in perpetuating our struggles, and open - God forbid - the gates of hell". This is the ...
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  19 July 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops: "Real solutions are not necessary, on the contrary, we need each other" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "In the current moment that Colombia is living, let's walk together! Despite the fact that we feel we are in the midst of a storm, let us listen to the voice of the Lord, 'Do not be afraid' (Is 4 ...
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  19 July 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Covid spreads amid vaccine shortages and severe economic repercussions Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Uganda is experiencing a second lockdown. After the first full closure in spring 2020, the government ordered a new quarantine. Officially, the health authorities of Kampala declare more than 88 ...
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  19 July 2021
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 'Greening the School': the Bishops' project continues despite the pandemic Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - Preserving and safeguarding the environment is the objective of the "Greening the School" project that the Education Commission at the Catholic Secretariat of the Uganda Bishops' Conference (UEC ...