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  26 May 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Coronavirus puts the first Congress of Missionary Childhood at risk Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies of Malawi have temporarily suspended the preparatory meetings of the first Congress of Missionary Childhood scheduled from 12 to 17 August in the capital Lilong ...
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  26 May 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishops: "We urge rulers and all sectors of the country to seek and find alternatives and solutions" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday the Nicaraguan Episcopal Conference (CEN) invited the regime of Daniel Ortega and the opposition to create consensus in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, to avoid a "greater human cat ...
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  26 May 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - A bloody week in North-Kivu: 49 people massacred by terrorists Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Last weekend turned out to be one of the deadliest: it started with 7 dead, ended with 25 victims", says a statement sent to Agenzia Fides on the situation in the Beni and Irumu territories in ...
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  26 May 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Bishops express their condolences to the Muslim community following the death of Cheick Aimah Boikary Fofana, a great figure in interreligious dialogue Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Following the death of Cheich Aimah Boikary Fofana, President of the Higher Council of Imams, Mosques and Islamic Affairs (COSIM) in Ivory Coast, Catholic Bishops in the West African nation have ...
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  26 May 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - PMS National Director: "The poor people of our country contribute to the Fund for the victims of Covid-19" Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "The coronavirus pandemic has given us the opportunity to rethink our missionary service in Bangladesh. The Catholic Church in Bangladesh is always close to the poor and most vulnerable, with its ...
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  26 May 2020
  VATICAN - PMS Covid emergency Fund sends support to Pakistan, Bangladesh, Colombia, South Africa, Liberia, Botswana and Morocco Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Through the Emergency Fund established by Pope Francis at the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) to support local churches in mission countries (see Fides, 6/4/2020), contributions have alr ...
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  26 May 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - The Catholic community of Bangkok close to the poorest, affected by the pandemic: "Whoever wants can leave, whoever wants can take" Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - Many parishes of the Archdiocese of Bangkok, Thailand, are at the forefront in helping and assisting the poor, severely affected by the social and economic effects of the pandemic. The Church ...
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  26 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The entrustment of the nation under the mantle of Mary Help of Christians amid the pandemic Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) - The feast of St Mary Help of Christians was an opportunity to entrust Papua New Guinea to the Lord and place it under the loving mantle of the Mother of God, in the difficult time of the pa ...
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  25 May 2020
  VATICAN - Pope Francis entrusts Pastors and faithful of the Catholic Church in China to Our Lady Help of Christians Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After the Regina Caeli prayer from the Library of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father yesterday remembered the "World Day of Prayer for the Church in China" with these words: "Dea ...
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  25 May 2020
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Drinking water and waste management: the Church operates in the spirit of Laudato Sì Dushanbe (Agenzia Fides) - "After four editions of the 'Wash' project in the Jomi district, our main partner, 'National KMK', a government company for the management of housing and public services, asked us to replicate ...
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  25 May 2020
  AFRICA/MOROCCO - The PMS Covid-19 Fund in aid of the Poor Clares of Casablanca Rabat (Agenzia Fides) - The Covid-19 Emergency Fund established by the Pontifical Mission Societies guarantees the necessary support for the maintenance of the Poor Clares community of the monastery of Our Lady of Guadal ...
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  25 May 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - All diocesan structures at the service of the country due to the Covid emergency Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of the health emergency in Peru is taking unexpected dimensions despite the measures established by the authorities and the extension of isolation until 30 June. In Peru there are now ...
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  25 May 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "God supersedes all the pain caused by Coronavirus and heals" says the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - As the Catholic Church begins days of preparation for the feast of Pentecost, the diocese of Tombura Yambio has declared nine days of prayer for all the faithful to ask for God’s interv ...
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  25 May 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The pastoral ministry of the deaf and partially sighted in the diocese of Yopougon in the face of challenges due to Covid-19 Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "With social confinement, we have not really been able to carry out our pastoral care as we thought it appropriate, but we have always been in contact with our people", said Fr. Roland Malan Kou ...
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  25 May 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The pandemic has aggravated overcrowding and unhealthy conditions in prisons Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The National Secretariat of the Social Pastoral Care - Colombian Caritas (SNPS-CC) is following with deep concern the complex health emergency that has in particular affected the prisons in the c ...