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  22 April 2020
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Training and legal support: the Church's commitment to orphans Dushambe (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Tajikistan continues its work in support of teenagers belonging to the poorest sectors of society: legal support for young people was born as part of the project of mutual support betwe ...
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  22 April 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Lockdown for Covid-19, the Scalabrinians: "Poor and immigrants without livelihood" Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - In South Africa the situation is becoming increasingly tense. Government measures that require the lockdown due to Covid-19 prevent those who live for today from getting food. The poorest p ...
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  22 April 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Church launches a charity fund for coronavirus victims Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Bangladesh launches a special fund to help alleviate the suffering of people affected by the Covid-19 emergency and the consequent lockdown. "The Covid-19 pandemic has affec ...
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  22 April 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Indigenous people reject food parcels for fear of contracting Covid-19 Loreto (Agenzia Fides) - The National Coordination of Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in the face of the global health emergency, have asked the Peruvian government for precise and targeted directives regarding the c ...
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  22 April 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Missionaries in times of Covid-19: "a small and humble sign of the love of Christ in this land" Adaba (Agenzia Fides) - "Our missions are numerically small, but we immediately followed the indications that were given to us by public and religious institutions regarding Covid-19", explains missionary Fr. Nicola de G ...
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  22 April 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops: "hunger is a current cry", need to alleviate the food and economic crisis that accompanies social isolation Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - "The spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) in our country and all over the world has important and serious repercussions in the life of each person, in social life and in our way of dealing with li ...
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  22 April 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appeal of the Bishop of Bamenda to end the conflict in the English-speaking regions: "Now is the time for peace" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "After so many years fighting and killing each other, now is the time for peace", Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda wrote in his pastoral letter dated April 17 in which he appeals for a ...
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  21 April 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Week of indigenous peoples: the pandemic is "further pain and suffering, among many delays and forgetfulness" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Although other priorities can be identified in this emergency situation, it would not be reasonable and right to lose sight of our brothers and sisters of the Original Peoples, since for m ...
• 21 April 2020
  AFRICA/CONGO - Appointment of the Coadjutor Archbishop of Brazzaville Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 18 April 2020, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou, currently Bishop of the Diocese of Dolisie, as Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Brazzavi ...
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  21 April 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - On May 1, the Act of Entrustment of Italy to Mary Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) entrusts the entire Country to the protection of the Mother of God as a sign of salvation and hope. He will do it on Friday 1st May, at 9 pm, with a moment o ...
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  21 April 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Oldest Cathedral in South Africa Desecrated Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with great sadness and alarm that we confirm the news that has been doing the rounds on Social Media, that the Cathedral had been vandalized and that a ciborium, a pyx, four silver c ...
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  21 April 2020
  AFRICA/NIGER - Covid-19 "Protests due to confinement measures cause fear of assault on Christians" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "It was to be expected. There have been scenes of urban guerrilla warfare for several days in Niamey due to the 'confinement' measures caused by the Covid-19 pandemic", writes Fr. Mauro Armanino, ...
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  21 April 2020
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The nation stops to commemorate "the martyrs", victims of last year’s Easter massacre Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "This morning all the bells of our churches and of all Christian, Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim places of worship rang to remember the martyrs of the attacks of April 21, 2019, when terrorists comm ...
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  21 April 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Mission: "The pandemic should not make us forget the poorest and most vulnerable" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Around the world, hundreds of missions have been stopped because of Covid-19: many missionaries have been forced to reduce their range or stop altogether. Priests, nuns and operators are doing e ...
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  21 April 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Covid-19: a joint response from Israel and Palestine to the virus is needed Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - "Covid 19 has caused the total closure, geographic and economic isolation of the Bethlehem region. Families do not have enough money for food, not to mention medical treatment. At the Holy Fam ...