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  27 April 2020
  VATICAN - Pope Francis invites to pray the Rosary: "Our Mother will help us overcome this trial" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The month of May will begin in a few days, dedicated in a particular way to the Virgin Mary. With a brief Letter — published yesterday — I invited all the faithful to pray the Holy Ros ...
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  27 April 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Capuchin friars produce and donate protective masks to the poorest Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) – Face masks with a thousand colors to protect the most disadvantaged sections of the population from coronavirus infection. The initiative was launched by the Capuchin friars of Cameroon, one ...
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  27 April 2020
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Covid-19: in times of suffering, the Church is close to the faithful via radio Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "Because of the pandemic, we have postponed baptisms and first communions which we normally celebrate at Easter. Now, due to the spread of the coronavirus in the country, nobody knows when our ca ...
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  27 April 2020
  EUROPE/POLAND - An ad of the PMS for the extraordinary collection for the Covid-19 Emergency Fund Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - Responding to the appeal of the Holy Father to create an international emergency fund to help the populations of mission territories affected by the Covid 19 pandemic (see Fides, 6/4/2020), the P ...
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  27 April 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops: we can recover from Covid-19, but we must overcome hatred, indifference and violence Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly of the Chilean Episcopal Conference was held in an unusual way, via video conference, where the Bishops exchanged information on the different problems, challenges and solutions fa ...
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  27 April 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - COVID-19: for missionaries it is the "time to 'stay' and do 'acts of solidarity, even if with simple gestures" Duràn (Agenzia Fides) - “Those who can afford to be at home and have the opportunity to go out to do shopping live a 'quarantine' which is certainly different from those who live in barracks, without basic services, w ...
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  27 April 2020
  ASIA - An appeal from the Asian bishops for a global truce in times of pandemic Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Asia have joined the call of the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres and Pope Francis, for a global ceasefire in the face of the unprecedented threat of the coronavi ...
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  24 April 2020
  AFRICA - "How can one be a missionary in times of Covid-19, when you cannot meet people?" Kara (Agenzia Fides) - Missionary activity is suffering heavily due to the Covid-19 crisis, many are trying to adapt through technology by offering masses, adorations, exhortations, etc. "Guaranteeing the evangelizing mi ...
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  24 April 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The policy towards religions does not change: the new government promotes coexistence Astana (Agenzia Fides) - About a year after the resignation of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the Kazakh ruler who led the nation from the dissolution of the Soviet Union to March 2019 making freedom of worship one of the flagshi ...
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  24 April 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - A "Non-migratory" Ramadan due to coronavirus: travelling and pilgrimages prohibited Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - For the holy month of "Ramadan", which began on the evening of April 23 and culminates on May 23 on the feast of Id-ul-Fitr, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, called "Jokowi", officially issued ...
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  24 April 2020
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Sunday 26: National day of prayer from one's own house for the end of the pandemic Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Permanent Council of the Dominican Episcopal Conference (DEC) has invited all the faithful to join the "National Day of Prayer" from their homes next Sunday, April 26, from 9 to 11, to ...
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  24 April 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Luca De Mata passes away, Director of Fides for 7 years Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Luca De Mata, Director of Agenzia Fides from May 2002, when he took over from Father Bernardo Cervellera, PIME, until September 2009, concluding his mandate for reaching age limits, passed away in ...
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  24 April 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Interreligious Council set up: working together for the good of the Venezuelan family Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of the Christian Churches (Catholics, Evangelicals, Anglicans and Adventists), the Jewish community and a group of social organizations, came together to form the Venezuelan inte ...
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  24 April 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Rains devastate the south-east of the DRC: Bishops’ appeal for solidarity Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "At a time when we are worried about the COVID-19 pandemic, it is with great pain that we received the sad news of the disasters caused by the torrential rains of recent days in the provinces o ...
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  24 April 2020
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Widespread information to contain Covid-19: the contribution of civil society Kabul (Agenzia Fide) - "We have launched the largest social communication campaign in the Country. Our teams of young volunteers are active in visiting 18 provinces and creating awareness of the risks of the virus and wa ...