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  9 May 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Special consecration of the country to the Blessed Mary Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Virgin Mary is the safe haven to protect the Philippines and heal the country from the disastrous COVID-19 pandemic: with this spirit all the dioceses of the Philippines, will be consecrated ...
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  9 May 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The "return of the missionary", priest and volunteer for the sick of Covid-19 in Poland Bochnia (Agenzia Fides) - "I returned to my country to update my visa, but I was unable to return to Kazakhstan due to the closure of the borders for the containment of Covid-19. At the beginning I felt lost. I 'fought' ...
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  9 May 2020
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - How PMS in Tanzania is working in order to face the COVID-19 emergency Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - How is the Covid-19 pandemic influencing the life of the mission in Tanzania? To answer these and other questions, Fides asked the Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Tanzania fo ...
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  9 May 2020
  AFRICA - Covid 19: renew the mission in Africa, what remains is the Word of God Kara (Agenzia Fides) - What future does the mission in Africa have after the pandemic? Will we have to go back to the missionary activities and projects carried out until the interruption caused by the global epidemic or ...
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  9 May 2020
  EUROPE/ARMENIA - Premier Pashinyan calls Pope Francis: full support for "global ceasefire" Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) - Full and unequivocal support "to the appeal made by the Holy Father for an immediate ceasefire in all corners of the globe and unity, as the world is exposed to an unprecedented threat". This is ...
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  8 May 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Covid-19: health mission in the Vicariate of Inirida, the Bishops of Nariño ask the President for "urgent care" Inirida (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the social actions carried out by the Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida (Colombia) in this period of pandemic and with the support of a group of health professionals, a boat left in pas ...
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  8 May 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards the gradual reopening of churches ensuring the safety of the health of the faithful Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (CEE) met with the technical-scientific Commission to detail its plans for the reopening of churches, following agreements between bishops and government repres ...
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  8 May 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Heads of Churches: Israeli annexation plans and divisions among Palestinians sabotage hopes for peace Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Israel's plans for unilateral annexation of West Bank lands, "backed mainly by right-wing factions", raise "catastrophic questions" about the feasibility of any peaceful agreement to end the d ...
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  8 May 2020
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Bishops denounce serious human rights violations in the application of measures to contain Covid-19 Monrovia (Agenzia Fides) - "Since the beginning of the emergency phase, there have been gross violations and missteps in the enforcement of the state of emergency and the measures as announced by the President", denounce ...
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  8 May 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "We need peace and not to fuel conflict" says the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "Let's avoid clashes, fighting or violence, let's not get involved in any conflict because of the desire for power", says to Agenzia Fides the bishop of the diocese of Tombura Yambio, Mgr ...
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  8 May 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Day of prayer on May 14 to ask for an end to the pandemic and war Yangoon (Agenzia Fides) - A special prayer to ask for healing from coronavirus and the end of the war in the nation: in this spirit, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Myanmar has announced its participation in the "Day ...
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  8 May 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The new "Commission for religious minorities" will only be effective if created through an act of Parliament, otherwise it risks being useless Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The new National Commission for religious minorities, created by the government of Pakistan, risks being an empty and useless organ, without any real power. This is why it must be created, like o ...
• 8 May 2020
  EUROPE/IRELAND - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Michael O’Sullivan, M.Afr. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 January 2020 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Michael O’Sullivan, M.Afr as National Director of the Pontifical ...
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  7 May 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Families without work and without food because of the pandemic: initiatives of the Chilean dioceses Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The pandemic has affected everyone, in particular hundreds of Chilean families who have been left without work or resources to meet basic needs. For this reason, the diocese of Iquique, through ...
• 7 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Victor Roche, SVD Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 1, 2020 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Victor Roche, SVD National Director of the Pontifical Mission Socie ...