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  12 May 2020
  VATICAN - In times of pandemic, "the missionary creativity of animators and children" and aid from the Special Fund of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood (POSI), or Missionary Childhood (POIM), has never stopped intervening in the communities of mission countries. In particular in this period, in ...
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  12 May 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Debate over the National Commission for Minorities Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The National Commission on Human Rights, the National Commission on the Status of Women and the Commission on the Rights of the Child have been established thanks to a special law approved in Pa ...
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  12 May 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Covid-19, Christians and Muslims together for the "Prayer for Humanity" in the name of Mary Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese Christians and Muslims invite their compatriots to join on the day of "Prayer for humanity" promoted by the Higher Committee for Human Fraternity on Thursday 14 May, with the intention o ...
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  12 May 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Covid-19 imposes the need to enhance the e-learning offer Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - Educational institutions in Malawi are going through a difficult period, between strikes and closures linked to the containment measures of Covid-19. The Catholic University of Malawi Registrar ...
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  12 May 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Addressing the pandemic: responsibility, serenity and trust in God" underlines Mgr. Baez Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - Fides received a video message from Mgr. Silvio José Báez, Auxiliary Bishop of Managua with the title "Addressing the pandemic: responsibility, serenity and trust in God" where, after advising ...
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  11 May 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Pontifical Mission Societies: #WeAreStillHere campaign to support the PMS Fund for Covid-19 Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is called to heed to Pope Francis' appeal to respond and use its resources and networks, reflecting on the economic and social consequences of the pandemic. The Church can offer itsel ...
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  11 May 2020
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Bishops: "Avoid the layoff of workers, this is the moment in which we must help each other like brothers and sisters" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Salvadoran Episcopal Conference, through a statement entitled "A country according to the heart of God" asks employers to avoid the layoff of workers or the suspension of their contract ...
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  11 May 2020
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Catholic marriage is celebrated only "in person" and not through online platforms, in times of pandemic Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Singapore has refused the possibility of celebrating and therefore validating a marriage by connecting to an online platform. The solution, in times of Covid-19, is provided ...
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  11 May 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Today, like yesterday: the Camillians at the forefront of the Covid-19 emergency Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Simple feelings such as proximity, compassion, understanding, closeness, collaboration, love, which are shown through a look, a smile, a hug, all things that today, in this forced isolation, seem ...
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  11 May 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Francis calls Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: let us together ask God to have mercy on the world Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 10 May Pope Francis called Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II to confirm his proximity to the Coptic Church and all the Egyptian people, and to renew the promise to pray for each other every d ...
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  11 May 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Missionaries in support of women, to remove them from a life of suffering and slavery Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - Guaranteeing small loans to remove women from a life of unheard suffering and hard work: this is the project launched by the White Fathers (also called Missionaries of Africa) in the Democratic R ...
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  11 May 2020
  ASIA - The Bishops of Asia: Christians united with other religions on the Day of fasting, prayer and works of charity on May 14 Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We encourage all the Christian faithful in Asia to live fruitfully, generously and with hope the Day of fasting, prayer and works of charity, scheduled all over the world on May 14, to call for ...
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  11 May 2020
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "I hope we will emerge from the quarantine aware of the value of solidarity" hopes a priest Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "The corona virus pandemic, to some extent has sent us into o ur own little exile, away from our friends and sometimes from our families", writes Fr. Keto Sithole, a priest from Zimbabwe, in a no ...
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  9 May 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mgr. Schmitz to politicians: "You must not play with the life of humble people" Bluefields (Agenzia Fides) - In Nicaragua the health emergency situation continues to be increasingly difficult and confusing. While the population, also following the advice of the Catholic Church, is spontaneously unde ...
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  9 May 2020
  EUROPA - Covid-19: European Jesuit superiors ask the European Union for "authentic ethical and social solidarity" Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - The Conference of Jesuit Provincial Superiors of Europe sent a message to the institutions of the European Union (EU) asking for "authentic ethical and social solidarity" to be promoted in time ...