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  8 July 2021
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - The Icon of the Holy Family begins its pilgrimage among the hopes and afflictions of the peoples of the Middle East Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The journey of the Icon of the Holy Family has begun from Jerusalem which in the coming months will make a long pilgrimage to Lebanon and other Middle Eastern countries, uniting with the commo ...
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  8 July 2021
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The local Church remembers Father Adolfo L'Imperio, a missionary in Bangladesh for 50 years Dinajpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic diocese of Dinajpur and the entire Church in Bangladesh remember with joy and gratitude the life and work of Father Adolfo L'Imperio, priest and missionary, member of the Pontifica ...
• 7 July 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Abakaliki Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On July 6, 2021, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Abakaliki, Nigeria, presented by Bishop Michael Nnachi Okoro. At the same time the Holy ...
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  7 July 2021
  AFRICA/MALI - Four years and 5 months after the kidnapping, there is still no news of Sister Gloria Bamako (Agenzia Fides) - Time passes, inexorable and cruel: 4 years and 5 months ago Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez, a Colombian nun from the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, fell into the hands ...
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  7 July 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops elect their new Presidency and pay tribute to the 148 pastoral workers who died of Covid Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Bogotá, Monsignor Luis José Rueda Aparicio, has been elected President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC) for the three-year period 2021-2024. The election took pl ...
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  7 July 2021
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Haitian immigrants forbidden to take the bus or ask for rides, the Church welcomes them into the communities Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "We welcome immigrants in our temples, in the churches of our communities in Quebradas, Cifuentes and San José de Mata Guineo. How sad it is that they cannot travel by bus or that they cann ...
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  7 July 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Appeal from a Catholic politician: "No" to rules and job advertisements that discriminate and dishonor religious minorities Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "In public job postings for ecological operators and the cleaning of streets and sewers, reference is still made to the necessary requirement of 'reserved for non-Muslims'. This embarrasses me a ...
• 7 July 2021
  AFRICA/ESWANTINI - Appeals for dialogue to overcome the crisis are multiplying Mbabane (Agenzia Fides) - The alarms of international organizations are multiplying over the situation in the small southern African state of Eswantini (formerly Swaziland). After the appeal for reconciliation launched a ...
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  7 July 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Synod convened to elect the new Patriarch of Catholic Armenians without results Bzommar (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Synod of Armenian Catholic Bishops, gathered from the evening of June 22 at the Lebanese Convent of Our Mother of Bzommar in order to elect their new Patriarch, has not so far managed t ...
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  7 July 2021
  ASIA/INDIA - The Asian Bishops: Father Swamy is like Gandhi, "Saint of the poor", who died "as a true disciple of Christ" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "With deep anguish and sorrow, we mourn the death of the martyr of the marginalized people, Father Stan Swamy, SJ. His last month in custody on a hospital bed till the last moments is the most ...
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  7 July 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - An indigenous catechist, defender of rights, assassinated, the diocese's complaints on the increasing violence in Chiapas are not heard San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - "With pain we have learned of the murder of our brother Simón Pedro Pérez López, an indigenous Tzozil, catechist of the parish of Santa Catarina, in Pantelho, diocese of San Cristóbal ...
• 6 July 2021
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Hwange Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July, 5th 2021, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Hwange, Zimbabwe, presented by Bishop José Alberto Serrano Antón, I.E.M.E. The Holy ...
• 6 July 2021
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Resignation and appointment of vicar apostolic of Esmeraldas Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July, 5th 2021, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the apostolic vicariate of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, presented by Bishop Eugenio Arellano Fernández, M.C.C. ...
• 6 July 2021
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Appointment of archbishop ad personam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On July, 5th 2021, the Holy Father conferred the title of archbishop ad personam to Bishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D., of the diocese of Gaborone, Botswana. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 6/7/ ...
• 6 July 2021
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Appointment of bishop of Francistown Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July, 5th 2021, the Holy Father appointed as bishop of the diocese of Francistown, Botswana, the Reverend Fr. Anthony Pascal Rebello, S.V.D., until now parish priest of the Holy Cross pa ...