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  28 July 2025
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - National Meeting of Basic Ecclesial Communities Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – After several years of suspension, the Basic Ecclesial Communities (CEB) in Guatemala held their national meeting. "We are CEB united in hope, to transform reality," reads a statemen ...
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  27 July 2025
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - CAM7: In 2029, the Brazilian Church will host the American Missionary Congress in Curitiba Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – After 34 years, the Church in Brazil will once again host the American Missionary Congress (CAM7). The Archdiocese of Curitiba, located in Paraná, southern Brazil, has been chosen as the sit ...
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  26 July 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - At the Christian Study Centre, interreligious dialogue through music Rawalpindi (Agenzia Fides) – Music is a powerful tool for interreligious dialogue, capable of promoting understanding and human and spiritual bonds between people of different faiths. Through shared musical experiences ...
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  26 July 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Apostolic Vicar of Phnom Penh: during Sunday Masses, let's implore the miracle of peace between Thailand and Cambodia Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - The sudden border conflict that broke out between Thailand and Cambodia is also a fragment of the ‘third world war in pieces’ as the late Pope Francis repeatedly stated during his pontifi ...
• 25 July 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of the Bishop of Quelimane Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 25, 2025, the Holy Father appointed His Eminence Osório Cîtora Afonso, IMC, as Bishop of the Diocese of Quelimane (Mozambique), currently Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Arch ...
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  25 July 2025
  ASIA/THAILAND - Thai missionary in Cambodia: "Economic and political reasons are fueling the border war; let us pray for peace" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Clashes on the border between Thailand and Cambodia continued today for the second consecutive day, with artillery fire from the armed forces of both countries. Clashes were reported in the prov ...
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  25 July 2025
  AMERICA/PERU - The faithful of Chiclayo celebrate with Primate Castillo the Conclave document that elected Pope Leo XIV Chiclayo (Agenzia Fides) – “The Conclave document that I deliver to you will be like a relic, because it is there that we placed all our votes, and it is one of the most important memories that Robert Prevost left us ...
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  25 July 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Tensions between the Israeli government and U.S. Christian Zionists, the largest group of supporters of the Jewish state Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – A diplomatic incident was nearly triggered between Israel and the United States due to the refusal to grant entry visas to to US evangelical organizations wanting to visit the Holy Land. ...
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  25 July 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - "Vietnamese Catholic medical staff admired by the people and praised by the Vietnamese State" by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Right before the mass, the priest was asked to celebrate the mass as quickly as possible, due to the health of the patients from the Oncology Hospital who are attendi ...
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  24 July 2025
  ASIA/SYRIA - Father Paolo Dall'Oglio's prophecy resonates in a still-wounded Syria by Gianni Valente Homs (Agenzia Fides) - In post-Assad Syria, still bloodied by sectarian violence and terror, Father Paolo Dall'Oglio's prophecy of coexistence echoes once again, 12 years after his mysterious and uns ...
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  24 July 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Cholera and other epidemics, "side effects" of an endless war by Cosimo Graziani Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – In addition to the war, Sudan is suffering from the spread of diseases that are worsening the humanitarian crisis, with a health alert for the spread of cholera. Accordi ...
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  24 July 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Apostolic Prefect Figaredo: “We are living the nightmare of a war with Thailand; UN mediation is needed” Battambang (Agenzia Fides) – “We have woken up to the nightmare of a war. Military clashes have broken out again on the border between Cambodia and Thailand, and the situation is very tense and worrying, with the use ...
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  24 July 2025
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The local Church's commitment to the dignity and rights of migrants Asunción (Agenzia Fides) – Faced with the physical and symbolic barriers faced by migrants, the Church in Paraguay puts into practice the four verbs proposed by Pope Francis: welcome, protect, promote, and integrate. ...
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  24 July 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops express concern over the suspension of the President of the Supreme Court Accra (Agenzia Fides) – "The suspension of the President of the Supreme Court is a matter of great national importance." This is how the Ghanaian Bishops' Conference (CBC) has expressed its concern regarding the suspen ...
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  24 July 2025
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Pontifical Society of Saint Peter the Apostle at the V COMINSE, the National Missionary Congress of Seminarians Teresina (Agenzia Fides) – "On behalf of this Dicastery, we come to tell you, seminarians, that the universal Church loves you, that she appreciates your courageous enthusiasm, your resolute 'yes' to the Lord's call, d ...