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  22 May 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - After the epidemic, we must think of "re-evangelization" Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The United Nations has launched the appeal: 'We are on the verge of a global famine of biblical proportions, with over 250 million people at risk'. The African continent has been preserved from ...
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  22 May 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Quota reserved for non-Muslim students in Punjab universities: a positive step for minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Religious minorities in Pakistan appreciate the measure approved by the government of the Punjab province which sets a 2% quota for students enrolled in universities, reserved for religious minor ...
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  22 May 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Condition of the Rohingya: the Burmese government in the Hague Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 23 May the Burmese government must present its first report on the condition of the Muslim minority of the Rohingya in Myanmar, in compliance with a sentence of 23 January in which th ...
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  20 May 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Covid 19: social pastoral workers are a bridge among people in need Malaga (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church continues to pursue its commitment by accompanying, supporting, protecting and coordinating efforts to guarantee the minimum necessary that communities need in this period of ...
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  20 May 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - After Covid-19, a "green change" in the economy is urgently needed, starting from agriculture Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in the Philippines sees the urgency and proposes a "green change" in the country's economy, especially in the post-Covid-19 period. According to the economists of the Jesuit-led Univer ...
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  20 May 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - In his visit John Paul II encouraged us "not to give up the dream and commitment to a reconciled and fraternal Paraguay" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "In the Year of the Word of God which celebrates our Church in Paraguay, God has sought ways to make the Good News more alive and present. The churches have been empty, but the pulpits have bee ...
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  20 May 2020
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Life after Covid-19 will never be the same: hunger and poverty are on the rise Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The first cases of coronavirus in the country were registered by the authorities in late March. A few weeks later, the government decreed a state of emergency, but "during the crisis, the constan ...
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  20 May 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - "Covid-19 is bringing out the image of the Church as a family of God", says the PMS National Director Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Covid-19 has encouraged families to pray together and to stay together, bringing out the image of the Church as a family in Africa", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Isaac Ebo-Blay, National Director of ...
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  20 May 2020
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The memory of the victims of the Khmer Rouge is an occasion to remember the Cambodian martyrs Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us remember today the victims and the sufferings that occurred during the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. Let us also remember our martyrs. And let us pray for peace, dialogue and reconcil ...
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  19 May 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The "Amazon needs you" campaign begins Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "The Amazon needs you" is the campaign launched yesterday, May 18, on the social networks of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network in Brazil (Repam-Brazil) and of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
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  19 May 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Active in prayer and on social networks: the PMS during the Covid-19 period Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The pandemic has questioned the mission in its very nature: the mission in fact involves sending, going out to meet your neighbor. However, right now, faced with this situation of isolation ...
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  19 May 2020
  AFRICA - Covid-19 and the re-opening of churches in Africa: hope at the center of the mission Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The reality of closed churches has immersed many African Christians in the sad and painful experience of the sealed tomb, a symbol of despair and failure", writes Fr. Donald Zagore, SMA to Agenzia ...
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  19 May 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The government announces the re-opening of Churches in Punjab: joy among the faithful Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very happy for the announcement of the government of Punjab, which will allow the churches to reopen; however, we need some time to prepare everything: we must educate and sensitize t ...
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  19 May 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Agriculture and tailoring projects during confinement at Ark Village Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "We inhabitants of Ark Village could consider ourselves almost privileged, because we live in a six-hectare territory and we do not feel the weight of the restrictions imposed for Covid-19. Due t ...
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  19 May 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Covid-19: poverty bites in slums, but "the social and pastoral lifeline of small communities is extraordinary" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Social distancing remains a difficult goal to achieve, in some cases absolutely unrealistic. We just have to hope that the contagion does not progress", says Father Andrew Bwalya, director of t ...