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  25 July 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Two Italian missionaries at the service of the poor have died of coronavirus in Madagascar Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church, in its missionary commitment in many parts of the world, is paying for its contribution to the Covid-19 pandemic which does not spare peoples and nations from all continents. I ...
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  24 July 2020
  AMERICA/CUBA - The first Cuban Catholic radio on the Internet, thanks to the commitment of young people Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "Radio El Sonido de la Esperanza", of the Catholic Youth Network (RCJ), is the first Catholic radio station in Cuba to broadcast online 24 hours a day, thanks to the commitment of a group of youn ...
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  24 July 2020
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Missionaries: pastoral activities resumed "to guarantee mass for even the most remote communities" Foya (Agenzia Fides) - "In Liberia we are still in 'Phase 1' even if we have resumed our pastoral activities, with all the necessary precautions", writes to Agenzia Fides Father Lorenzo Snider, priest of the Society for ...
• 24 July 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Appointment of the Rector of the Saint Jean-Baptiste major Seminary in Ouagadougou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 May 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Valentin Dabiré, of the diocesan clergy of Diébougou as Rector ...
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  24 July 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - In the face of an increase in infections, the Bishops reiterate that "it is not wise to hold elections" Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference (CEB), Archbishop Ricardo Centellas of Sucre, reaffirms the position of the Catholic Church in Bolivia on the priority of preserving and caring fo ...
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  24 July 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Card. Souraphiel: "Dialogue, solidarity, international relations: the Church works for the good of the nation" Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are living in a climate of tension due to the period of profound transformation and the numerous reforms initiated by the government which, evidently, not everybody agrees. But the Churc ...
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  24 July 2020
  ASIA - The Claretians: evangelization with the Bible in the time of Covid-19 Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Claretian missionaries continue and strengthen their ministry of evangelization with the spread of the Bible, in times of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Catholic publishing house Claret Publishing ...
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  24 July 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai insists on Lebanese "neutrality", as the contagions of Covid-19 rise Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - While in Lebanon there has been a rise in the number of infections due to Covid 19, and prestigious institutions such as the American University are showing signs of crisis, Maronite Patriarch Be ...
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  24 July 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church participates in the humanitarian service and control of Covid-19 in the largest slum in Asia Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of Saint Anthony in the area of Dharavi, in the archdiocese of Bombay, is offering its contribution to stem the spread of the Covid-19 virus in Dharavi, one of the largest slums in the ...
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  23 July 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop Tjephe: "The Church has an important role in the peace process" Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church has had and still has an important role in the peace process in Myanmar. And we can say with satisfaction that the ceasefire has been holding up for years in Kayah State and ...
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  23 July 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - An increase in Covid-19 infections: the Church seeks international support Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "The increase in infections due to Covid-19 that occurred in Kazakhstan since 1 July has led us to ask for international support in launching an emergency project. Currently the situation related ...
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  23 July 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Covid-19 emergency: borders closed, visas denied, the minor seminary of the Latin Patriarchate suspends its activities Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The minor Seminary of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem announces the suspension of study courses and training activities for the 2020-2021 academic year. Various factors have contributed to ...
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  23 July 2020
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - A missionary: "The post-Covid recovery, still an impervious path" Kikolo (Agenzia Fides) - "The post-Covid recovery in Angola has been once again postponed: we here in the neighborhood of Kikolo, on the outskirts of the capital Luanda, are heading towards the fifth closing month. In Ju ...
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  23 July 2020
  AMERICA - From the health to the economic emergency: 37% of the population will be in poverty because of Covid-19 Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In the framework of the OECD-LAC Virtual Social Inclusion Ministerial Summit, Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, called for promoting universal, redistributive and solidarity-based s ...
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  23 July 2020
  AMERICA - Mission animation and online Christian formation are strengthened during the pandemic Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The isolation and social distancing established by the authorities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, has pushed the Church to make greater use of social media to continue its evangelizing ...