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  29 April 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - World premiere on the internet: "Shepherd of souls", life of Mgr. Salvador Montes de Oca Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Among the initiatives of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela to express its closeness to the community of believers in the country, a "world premiere on the internet", the film about the life ...
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  29 April 2020
  ASIA - The emergency of Covid-19 in Central Asia, between containment measures and absolute denial Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "With respect to the response to the pandemic that is affecting all the countries of the world, the Central Asian Republics can be divided into two groups. On one side, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and ...
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  29 April 2020
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Covid-19: containment measures work, but the damage to the economy is serious Gulu (Agenzia Fides) - The virus has not yet reached Gulu. At St Mary's Lacor Hospital, however, everything is ready. Non-acute patients were sent home. The Medicine department has been equipped for the infected by Covid ...
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  29 April 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Jesus is alive and wants you alive": the day of prayer for vocations and native vocations on 3 May Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 3rd May, 4th Sunday of Easter, known as the Sunday of the Good Shepherd from the Gospel passage that is proclaimed during the Mass, the World Day of Prayer for Vocations is celebrated. In ...
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  29 April 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Zimbabwe, Churches in the frontline for a national agreement Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Christian Churches, historically active and recognized presence in Zimbabwe, have decided to structure some proposals to help the country get out of the tunnel of difficulty and suffering in whic ...
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  29 April 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Need to support the agricultural sector to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus Manila (Agenzia Fides) - To address the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Church in the Philippines hopes and asks the government "for measures to provide stronger and more targeted support to agricult ...
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  28 April 2020
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Zero deaths due to Covid-19, the Church resumes celebrating masses Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Given the excellent management of the coronavirus emergency and the limited spread of the disease, the Catholic community in Vietnam has been able to resume celebrating the Eucharist. As Agenzia F ...
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  28 April 2020
  AFRICA/SUDAN - In the time of Covid-19 no clashes and hostilities: the hopes of the Church El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - "Partly because of the terror due to the spread of the coronavirus, partly because dialogue continues, there have been no clashes here in Sudan". This is what Mgr. Tombe Trille, Bishop of El Ob ...
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  28 April 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Ecological operators, almost all non-Muslims, at high risk of contagion for coronavirus Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan about 95% of the workers involved in cleaning and sanitizing roads, hospitals, schools, sewers and public institutions belong to religious minorities: these are men and women, especia ...
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  28 April 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Government-Bishops Commission at work for the reopening of churches according to the concrete situation of each city Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidential Council and some Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (ECE) met with the Government Minister, Maria Paula Romo, and her councilors, to discuss the issue of the reopening ...
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  28 April 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Sisters of Don Orione continue to assist the disabled, minors and the elderly during the pandemic, "now we need help" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of Don Orione (Little Missionary Sisters of Charity, PSMC) of the Italian Province have launched an appeal in order to face this very difficult moment, in which the Covid-19 pandemic ha ...
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  28 April 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest threatened with death, but the Church does not stop in defense of the rights of the population San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - Quarantine to combat the pandemic is not enough to stop organized crime that continues to threaten the population in Mexico. This is what happens in Chiapas, where priests have been threat ...
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  28 April 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Suspension of masses for the pandemic is painful, but can help save lives Belo Horizonte (Agenzia Fides) - The social isolation measures decided by the authorities to curb the growth of cases and the spread of covid-19 in Brazil have also been adopted by the Brazilian archdioceses and dioceses ...
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  28 April 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - Coronavirus pandemic: missionaries also suffer due to restrictions Sokodé (Agenzia Fides) - "We are also confined, no more Sunday and weekday masses. So no more collections on Sunday. We used to do two: one for missions and one for the church. For two months we have not received any do ...
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  27 April 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Aid to families without income must be given priority, in the social crisis due to coronavirus Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "Our first concern is that nobody must feel hungry, so we will provide the poor with food and medicines; families without any monthly income will come first", says the director of Caritas Lebanon ...