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  30 June 2021
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Young people in prayer for the end of the pandemic Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "Responding to the call of the Holy Father Pope Francis to pray intensely for the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Jesus Youth movement organized a Eucharistic Adoration, with a prayer of inter ...
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  30 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - Christian leaders summoned to Rome by Pope Francis to pray and reflect together the "signs of the times" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In all likelihood, 10 senior representatives of the Churches and ecclesial communities present in Lebanon will take part in the meeting convened in the Vatican by Pope Francis to reflect and pray t ...
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  30 June 2021
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Archbishop of Lagos: "state of emergency" to guarantee security for citizens Lagos (Agenzi Fides) - "Insecurity is now a widespread phenomenon in our country: kidnappings take place directly in homes as well as in churches, or in mosques, everywhere; bandits attack villages and kill, rob, loot an ...
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  28 June 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - "The existing inequalities are open wounds that bleed a lot and need to be healed": Archbishop Chomali's open letter Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - Your responsibility is great, because the citizens' perception of the value of political authority in society and the return to the polls in the next elections largely depends on you. With ...
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  28 June 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - After the latest massacre in Reynosa: "We cannot accept living in fear" Reynosa (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of Reynosa are hurt, shocked and terrified ... unfortunately we are used to violence, which should not be the case, since we all have the right to a safe and peaceful life": these ar ...
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  28 June 2021
  VATICAN - Marian prayer for Myanmar organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Missionary Union, an organization of animation and formation within the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), has organized for tomorrow, June 29, at 4.30 pm (Rome time), a spe ...
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  28 June 2021
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Art as an instrument of evangelization Samarkand (Agenzia Fides) - Art as an instrument of the apostolate to talk about Christ to those who enter the church driven by curiosity. This is the objective that led the priests of the Institute of the Incarnate Word ...
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  28 June 2021
  EUROPE/ITALY - Online General Assembly of the Missionary Community of Villaregia Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The V General A ssembly of the Missionary Community of Villaregia, an association founded in 1981 with headquarters in Villaregia (Rovigo), will be the first in 40 years of history to take place "r ...
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  28 June 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops: "the Church believes in democracy, defends the democratic system, supports the electoral results" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Three weeks after the presidential elections in Peru, Pedro Castillo is already serving as virtually elected president, pending his official proclamation, delayed by the insistence of his opponent, ...
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  28 June 2021
  ASIA/LEBANON - The many implications of the "Lebanese emergency" at the center of the ecclesial summit convened by Pope Francis Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches and ecclesial communities present in Lebanon are leaving for Rome and on Wednesday, July 1 they will take part in the reflection and prayer meeting for the La ...
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  26 June 2021
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Missio Austria launches the "Editio Missio" series: "Every book is a motivation for the reader to become a missionary" Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Austria (Missio Austria) are opening new horizons. In addition to the magazine called "allewelt", which has been published for more than 60 years and which has ...
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  26 June 2021
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - The Church promotes interreligious dialogue among young people, in the spirit of "Fratelli Tutti" Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – To promote interreligious dialogue among young people: this is one of the initiatives and guidelines of the Church of Singapore, which in 2021 celebrates 200 years since the arrival of the C ...
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  26 June 2021
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - "Alongside displaced people and children, in the name of the Gospel": the commitment of the Capuchin friars in times of crisis Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "The great crisis in which Cameroon is currently involved, relating to the tensions in the English-speaking regions of the country, generates heavy effects in various sectors from school to th ...
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  26 June 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishop Seitz to Vice President Harris: "I welcome in the name of Christ, present in the poor who knock on our door" Texas (Agenzia Fides) - "As a pastor, I also welcome you on behalf of Christ, present in our borderland community in so many beautiful ways—present in our resilience, our spirit of compassion and service,” he said in ...
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  26 June 2021
  ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - The Middle East Council of Churches invites to join in the consecration of the region to the Holy Family: our land "attracts" wars, let’s ask the Savior for help Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Middle East has become an optimal geopolitical space to unleash "wars by proxy" that turn into a sort of "rotating slaughter" for local populations, victims of conflicts "that end in one plac ...