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  16 May 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Missionary rosary on social networks for Covid patients; the Bishops urgently ask for State aid Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Every Sunday the missionary rosary prayer is broadcast as a message of hope, faith and motivation for the faithful in this moment of pandemic on the social networks of the Pontifical Mission ...
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  15 May 2020
  AFRICA/CHAD - COVID-19, the Bishops: "Food security must be guaranteed" N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "We appreciate the prompt reaction of the State to deal with the pandemic through the Alert and Health Security Cell", write the Bishops of Chad in their message sent to Agenzia Fides, on the ...
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  15 May 2020
  AMERICA - "Time of pandemic, time of opportunity in the light of Laudato Sì": Laudato Sì week Aysén (Agenzia Fides) - In communion with the initiatives promoted all over the world 5 years after the publication of Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Sì" on the care of the common home, the Apostolic Vicariate of Ay ...
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  15 May 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Bishops express solidarity with indigenous communities during the pandemic Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux and chairman of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City and chai ...
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  15 May 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Erdogan: Armenian and Greek "lobbies" conspire against the Turks even during the time of the pandemic Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to use periodic speeches dedicated to the Covid-19 crisis to denounce geopolitical forces and actors who, in his opinion, in this emergency situat ...
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  15 May 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church and the Pontifical Mission Societies are a compass in the difficult time of the coronavirus Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The spiritual and material work of the Catholic Church in the Philippines and, in this context, the action of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the country constitute a compass, and a saf ...
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  15 May 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders gathered in prayer and fasting: "God free us from the pandemic" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - United in prayer and mutual solidarity, invoking God to free us from the pandemic: it is with in this spirit that yesterday, May 14, leaders of the various religions in Pakistan met in the Cathol ...
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  15 May 2020
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "There is still time for the May 20 vote to take place in peace and security" say the Bishops Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We appreciate the fact that, in general, the current election campaign has so far continued peacefully and safely. However, we cannot fail to deplore some shortcomings and the non-reassuring ...
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  15 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Schools reopen after lockdown Bereina (Agenzia Fides) - The gate of the Jesus Good Shepherd Primary School has reopened. After a few weeks of lockdown in Papua due to the Covid-19 emergency, children return to class. "Thank God, only 8 infected cases ...
• 14 May 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - Resignation of metropolitan Archbishop of Tharé and Nonseng, Thailand, and appointment of new metropolitan Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 May 2020, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Tharé and Nonseng, Thailand, presented by Archbishop Louis Chamniern Sant ...
• 14 May 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Bishop of Bafia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 May 2020, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Emmanuel Dassi Youfang, currently titular of Esco and auxiliary of Bafoussam, as Bishop of the diocese of Bafia, Cameroon. (SL) (Agenzia Fid ...
• 14 May 2020
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of Bishop of Mpanda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 May 2020, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Eusebius Alfred Nzigilwa, currently titular of Mozotcori and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, as Bishop of the diocese of Mpan ...
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  14 May 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "We must know if this government is interested in life", asks Mgr. Centellas on Journalist's Day Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - Bolivia celebrated "Bolivian Journalist's Day" on Sunday 10 May. On this occasion Mgr. Ricardo Centellas, apostolic Administrator of the diocese of Potosi, recently appointed Archbishop of Sucre a ...
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  14 May 2020
  AFRICA - Covid-19 and Gospel of charity in Africa Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "What will the poor become when the current extraordinary situation caused by the pandemic is over?" writes Father Donald Zagore, a priest of the Society for African Missions, to Agenzia Fides. "In ...
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  14 May 2020
  AMERICA - Bishops of the continent participate in the "Day of prayer, fasting and works of charity" to invoke the end of the pandemic Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM), Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, urged the Bishops of the continent to accept Pope Francis’ call to join ...