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  10 June 2020
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Chikungunya alert: precautions against Covid-19 increase Kassala (Agenzia Fides) - The spreading of Chikungunya, the pandemic fever that caused the death of so many people in the country just a couple of years ago (see Fides, 15/11/2015) is causing concern in the State of Kass ...
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  10 June 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - In addition to the pandemic: the historical virus of violence and the abandonment of the state and corruption increases Chocò (Agenzia Fides) - "In addition to the pandemic, the Department of Chocò is suffering from the growth of the historical virus of violence, abandonment of the state and corruption", is what we read in the first lin ...
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  10 June 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Pandemic and Pancasila: the Charter of the five principles, the "guiding beacon" for care, cooperation and brotherhood Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - " Pancasila establishes how to behave towards others. With humanity, and consent in the national interest, which must be placed before our individual interest; finally it wants to see us engaged ...
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  10 June 2020
  ASIA - Asian Churches promote hope and compassion in the time of the pandemic Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - Christian Churches in Asia are authentic lighthouses of hope and compassion in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis. "Churches live and play a crucial role in accompanying suffering people and co ...
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  10 June 2020
  VATICAN - Secretary General of POSPA: "Prayer and charity, even in times of pandemic, are the channels for carrying out the mission of evangelization" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "In general, the Covid-19 pandemic can be considered to have caused fewer victims in Africa. Faced with this disease, many people in sub-Saharan Africa keep calm. They are in fact accustome ...
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  10 June 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - "Egyptian Fatwa" against those who want to re-transform Ayasofya in Mosque. The pronouncement of the Council of State is awaited Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Council of State, in a session put on the agenda for next Thursday 2 July, will consider opening the monumental complex of Ayasofya to Islamic worship again, reversing the decision ...
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  10 June 2020
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Did Covid-19, whose incidence is minimized by the authorities, cause the President to die? Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - The sudden death of outgoing President Pierre Nkurunziza is raising questions in Burundi about the real causes of death. The Burundian Head of State passed away on June 8 at Cinusi's Karusi ho ...
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  10 June 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Covid-19: Good Shepherd Call Center of the Archdiocese of Nyeri offers spiritual and psychological assistance Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Nyeri has launched a Christian based counseling and support center to provide support to individuals and families facing difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic period. "The ...
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  9 June 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Teachers, good news amid the pandemic La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The president of the educational area of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference, Mgr. Fernando Bascopé Múller, thanked for the work carried out by the teachers of his country who traditionally celebr ...
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  9 June 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Violence against churches and state institutions, "young people are moved by cowardly leaders" denounces Mgr. Cabrero Xalapa (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of Xalapa, in the Mexican state of Veracruz, and the Expiatory Temple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, known as "El Beaterio", were vandalized during a presumably protest march against ...
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  9 June 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Malaria drugs have run out, patients forced to buy them from private clinics Maridi (Agenzia Fides) - In the states of Mundri and Maridi, western Equatoria, the door-to-door information campaign on Covid and the distribution of hygiene materials continues, through the local non-governmental body ...
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  9 June 2020
  ASIA - Migrants in the grip of Covid-19 Bangok (Agenzia Fides) - The suffering condition of migrants has multiplied throughout Eastern Asia, South and North during the Coronavirus period and paradoxically above all in more advanced countries, such as Singapore ...
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  9 June 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Today "Virtual March for Life": strengthening the fundamental values to face the pandemic Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Frente pela Vida", a movement that brings together realities from different sectors of Brazilian civil society, has called for a "Virtual March for Life" for today, 9 June. According to inform ...
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  9 June 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Stop of the Coptic Church to those who distribuite "thaumaturgical" products against the pandemic Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Orthodox Church has made known the name of the first monk who died from coronavirus: Father Sawiris, of the Monastery dedicated to St Paul the Hermit, not far from the Red Sea. Born in ...
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  9 June 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Covid-19, Archbishop Kaigama greets the reopening of churches: "Never forget the spiritual aspect in crisis like this" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The spiritual life is a central element of humanity, it cannot be excluded from people's lives", said His Exc. Mgr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, Archbishop of Abuja, greeting the lifting of the ban on ...