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  16 June 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Churches in the State of Gujarat reopen for personal prayer Ahmadabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Gujarat, western India, opened its churches on June 15 to allow the personal, silent prayers of the faithful, while the nation is still under lockdown, due to Covid- 19. ...
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  16 June 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Cardinal Jean Pierre Kutwa suspends the activities of the Sacerdoce Royal apostolate Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Various reports of former members of the Catholic Apostolate of Evangelization Sacerdoce Royal have appeared on social media, involving Mr. Do Oulaï Franklin Delaneaux, known as Abraham Marie ...
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  16 June 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Corpus Christi Mass in the Cathedral of Lima behind closed doors, but with 5 thousand photos of the dead for Covid-19 Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Photos of people killed by COVID-19 covered the benches and walls of the Cathedral of Lima on Sunday for a Corpus Christi mass in tribute to the victims of the coronavirus, officiated by the archbi ...
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  16 June 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Covid-19: "Need to protect the most vulnerable" says Chairman of the Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Seafarers Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The people living on the streets in towns and those suffering from mental illness are in a more precarious situation with a high risk of contracting, spreading, and being overwhelmed by COVID-1 ...
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  15 June 2020
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Archbishop of San Salvador for Corpus Domini: "Life is precious and we must protect it" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - On the solemnity of Corpus Domini, Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, Archbishop of San Salvador, underlined in a statement sent to Fides, that the care of human life should continue to be essen ...
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  15 June 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - "Huge deficit". The Latin Patriarchate forced to sell land in Nazareth Nazareth (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem is forced to sell land and real estate also in the area of Nazareth to face a deficit that has reached the impressive figure of 100 million dollars, caused l ...
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  15 June 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church involves young people to bring the Eucharist into homes and pastoral services Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Manila involves young people to help, as volunteers, in liturgies and pastoral services, in view of the desired reopening of churches, after the period of lockdown due to Covid ...
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  15 June 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Covid-19: invocation of representatives of religious denominations and Abrahamic churches, in the sign of fraternity Florence (Agenzia Fides) - A choral invocation for those affected by Covid-19, for those who still suffer - in Italy and in the world - due to the pandemic and its social and economic consequences, for solidarity and soc ...
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  15 June 2020
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Prevention from contagion: the Bishops activate catechism for children via radio Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - A new program dedicated to catechism for children, to be listened to via radio in homes: is the initiative launched today, June 15, by the Catechetical Office in the Tanzanian Episcopal Co ...
• 15 June 2020
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appointment of the Bishop of Caxito Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as Bishop of the diocese of Caxito, Angola, the Reverend Fr. Maurício Agostinho Camuto, C.S.Sp., currently director of the Radio Ecclesia National Catholic Ra ...
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  15 June 2020
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Migrants in refugee camps live in hell: hunger, violence, disease Tripoli (Agenzia Fide) - Hunger, diseases (especially coronavirus), violence: the situation of migrants in Libya gets more and more difficult. "Africans live in terror" says to Fides Mussie Zerai, a priest of the Asmara ...
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  15 June 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In the pandemic, the 35th Migrants' Week: "Where is your brother and sister?" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Where is your brother, your sister?" is the question that, taking inspiration from the biblical verse (cf. Gn 4,9), constitutes the theme of the 35th edition of the Week of the Migrant, which ...
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  15 June 2020
  AFRICA/CONGO - Bishops: "The health crisis becomes an opportunity for conversion" Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we are in a phase of progressive reopening", write the Bishops of the Republic of Congo in the message published at the end of their Extraordinary Assembly and sent to Agenzia Fides. ...
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  13 June 2020
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Celebrations with the participation of the faithful resume as of June 19th Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, liturgical celebrations will be resumed in Uruguay as of Friday 19 June, with the participation of the faithful, which will take place according to ...
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  13 June 2020
  AFRICA/NIGER - A missionary: "I am leaving Niger, but not Father Maccalli: the mission continues with the mark of the cross" Bomoanga (Agenzia Fides) - "I am definitely leaving Niger, but in times of coronavirus it is difficult to travel; and I carry in my heart a wealth of memories made up of questions and absences, such as that of Father Gig ...