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• 16 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Delhi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed rev. Deepak Valerian Tauro, of the clergy of Muzaffarpur, former Rector of St. Albert's College in Ranchi as auxiliary bishop of the Metropolitan Archd ...
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  16 July 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Prime Minister-designate Hariri resigns from office. Father Zgheib: crisis with uncertain outcome Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - With Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's renunciation to form a new government "a new stage of the Lebanese crisis opens. The outcome appears uncertain: new ways out may be opened, or the coun ...
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  15 July 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - The priest who was kidnapped on June 21 has been released Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Léon Dougnon, the priest who was kidnapped on June 21 along with four lay people from Ségué, was released on the afternoon of July 13, in Bandiagara, where he is still recovering from th ...
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  15 July 2021
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Flores Island: Despite initial restrictions, the Camillians continue their initiatives Maumere (Agenzia Fides) - "Churches and schools will remain closed while air and sea travel have been suspended until at least July 21st. The virus now seems to have penetrated our island, where the restrictions are beg ...
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  15 July 2021
  AFRICA/ESWATINI - In a worrying social and economic situation, the Churches strive to dialogue with everyone Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - Violence continues in the small Southern African state of eSwatini. The murder of Thabani Nkomonye, a young law student, at the hands of the police last May, sparked protests from thousands of c ...
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  15 July 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Defend threatened lives, rights not respected and support the reestablishment of justice": the Bishops' requests Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Brazil has more than 537,498 victims of Covid and 19,209,021 cases, according to the report of the press consortium and data from the Department of Health, with an average of 1,270 deaths per d ...
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  15 July 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "We are all outgoing missionary disciples": formation for men and women religious and priests Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - With the slogan "We are all outgoing missionary disciples", the Conference of Religious of Paraguay (CONFEREPAR) has scheduled the traditional week of formation which began on Tuesday, July 13 ...
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  15 July 2021
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Tawadros: money, the media and the marketing of big companies are today the true "masters of the world" Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The current state of the world is dominated by three "global powers" that do not identify with governments and political apparatuses, but rather fuel wars and violent conflicts according to their ...
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  14 July 2021
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - The new law "On freedom of conscience and religious associations" clarifies what is meant by "mission" Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - Many positive aspects derive from the new law "On freedom of conscience and religious associations" approved on July 7 in Uzbekistan. This is explained to Fides by Fr. Jerzy Maculewicz, Apostol ...
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  14 July 2021
  AMERICA/CUBA - "Those who demonstrate are not criminals, but ordinary people who express their discontent": the Church's appeals to dialogue Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "At this moment, as Pastors, we are concerned that the response to these requests is immobility that contributes to giving continuity to the problems, without solving them. Not only do we see t ...
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  14 July 2021
  ASIA/THAILAND - Between false news, tensions and lack of vaccines, infections due to Covid-19 are rampant Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "From this week 10 provinces have established a night curfew. Night air traffic is at a standstill throughout Thailand. Those arriving from Bangkok and other red areas must also be quarantined i ...
• 14 July 2021
  EUROPE/MONACO - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Sr. Jeannette M. Elisabeth Toutiane Bassene, FSC Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 15, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. by Sister Jeannette Marie Elisabeth Toutiane Bassene, of the D ...
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  14 July 2021
  ASIA/IRAQ - Pain and condolences of the Chaldean Church for the victims of the fire at the hospital of Nassiriya Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, expressed on behalf of the entire Chaldean Church, "profound sadness and pain" for the tragedy that occurred on Monday, July 1 ...
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  14 July 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Violence in Chiapas has become "a public health problem"; an Italian volunteer killed Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Violence has not stopped in Chiapas. Michele Colosio, an Italian volunteer, was killed on the evening of Sunday, July 11 near his home in San Cristobal de Las Casas. The victim was allegedly ...
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  13 July 2021
  EUROPE/SPAIN - New board of directors for the NGO Misión América: aid for the integral development of people Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The NGO Misión América (ONGD) has just elected its new board for the next four years (2021-2025): the President will be Fernando Redondo Benito, of Toledo, who will take on this task, as he dec ...