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  8 April 2020
  VATICAN - President of the PMS: the Emergency Fund, a sign of the Pope's care for the young Churches affected by the pandemic Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "For almost a century, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) have been an instrument of the Pope for the benefit of the Churches in mission territories. We know that there is an impact of ...
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  8 April 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Home as a "mission land": material to live Holy Week at home Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) shares a series of prayer and reflection resources so that the faithful can follow the celebrations of Holy Week from home, in times of social isolation ...
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  8 April 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Coronavirus makes us more humble, invites us to return to God and to show solidarity towards the poor" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A bath of humility to remind everyone that it is necessary to return to God. Thus some Bishops of Nigeria exhort the faithful in the face of the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes ...
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  8 April 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - COVID-19: Christian foundations contribute to funds for the solidarity campaign wanted by Erdogan Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Foundations that are part of the Christian communities also adhere with substantial donations to the "National Solidarity Campaign" launched by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to acc ...
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  8 April 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops launch "Appostolica", to remain united around the pillars of faith in times of the pandemic Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico presented the mobile application "Appostolica", "the Church now closer to you", a free tool "to unite the people of God around the pillars of our faith: the Word of God ...
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  8 April 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Digital Via Crucis animated by young people "for the health of the world" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In times of COVID-19, the San Paolo Company (Province Colombia, Ecuador, Panama) created a "digital Via Crucis", involving young people from different countries not only in Latin America: Colombi ...
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  7 April 2020
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - A "Telegram" channel to unite the various religious faiths in times of coronavirus Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - Uzbekistan stops in the face of the widespread of Covid-19. In the Central Asian Country there are over 55 cases and still no deaths, but about 20,000 people are currently in quarantine: for th ...
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  7 April 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "It is time to help": the Church continues to work for the most vulnerable Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the health crisis that the world is experiencing, the Colombian Catholic Church in its archdioceses, dioceses and vicariates is working tirelessly with local administrations, universit ...
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  7 April 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Covid-19 emergency: the Church opens shelters for migrants and internally displaced persons Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of Ranchi, in Jharkhand, State of eastern India, has opened the first shelter for migrant workers and their families stranded in the district of Muri, on the border with West ...
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  7 April 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Civic Alliance condemns the regime's inhuman attitude for not allowing the medical prevention centers promoted by the bishop of Matagalpa Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministry of Health has prohibited Mgr. Rolando Álvarez, bishop of the diocese of Matagalpa, from creating a medical prevention project in the face of the spread of covid-19, which should ...
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  7 April 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Covid-19: "Let us share our food with the poor", appeal by a Bishop to the clergy Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "This is a humbling disease that cuts across humanity in the whole world with no consideration of whether one is rich or poor. It is a tiny invisible bacteria that is wreaking havoc more th ...
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  7 April 2020
  ASIA/SYRIA - Easter of charity for Christians and Muslims even in the area still controlled by jihadists Idlib (Agenzia Fides) - In Syria, the threat of the Coronavirus pandemic looms over a reality devastated by the war years, which in the northwestern Province of Idlib still sees a situation of armed conflict involving go ...
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  7 April 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Armed clashes stop for "coronavirus crisis" Bamenda (Agenzia Fides) - "The spread of the pandemic in Africa is an epoch-making drama but in some cases, it can also have unexpected positive effects", says to Agenzia Fides Mgr. Cornelius Fontem Esua, Archbishop of B ...
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  7 April 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - The kidnapping of the missionary Maccalli: avoid speculation and wait confidently Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Now more than ever, maximum discretion is needed, in order not to jeopardize the work carried out so far". Authoritative Fides sources urge the utmost confidentiality and delicacy in dealing with ...
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  6 April 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Message of the Bishops to the people of God: "Christ is not quarantined and his Gospel is not in chains" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Future generations will look back on this as the long Lent of 2020, a time when disease and death suddenly darkened the whole earth. As we enter into Holy Week, these most sacred days of the ...