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  15 May 2020
  AMERICA - "Time of pandemic, time of opportunity in the light of Laudato Sì": Laudato Sì week Aysén (Agenzia Fides) - In communion with the initiatives promoted all over the world 5 years after the publication of Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Sì" on the care of the common home, the Apostolic Vicariate of Ay ...
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  15 May 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Bishops express solidarity with indigenous communities during the pandemic Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux and chairman of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City and chai ...
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  15 May 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Erdogan: Armenian and Greek "lobbies" conspire against the Turks even during the time of the pandemic Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to use periodic speeches dedicated to the Covid-19 crisis to denounce geopolitical forces and actors who, in his opinion, in this emergency situat ...
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  15 May 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church and the Pontifical Mission Societies are a compass in the difficult time of the coronavirus Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The spiritual and material work of the Catholic Church in the Philippines and, in this context, the action of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the country constitute a compass, and a saf ...
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  15 May 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders gathered in prayer and fasting: "God free us from the pandemic" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - United in prayer and mutual solidarity, invoking God to free us from the pandemic: it is with in this spirit that yesterday, May 14, leaders of the various religions in Pakistan met in the Cathol ...
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  15 May 2020
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "There is still time for the May 20 vote to take place in peace and security" say the Bishops Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We appreciate the fact that, in general, the current election campaign has so far continued peacefully and safely. However, we cannot fail to deplore some shortcomings and the non-reassuring ...
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  15 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Schools reopen after lockdown Bereina (Agenzia Fides) - The gate of the Jesus Good Shepherd Primary School has reopened. After a few weeks of lockdown in Papua due to the Covid-19 emergency, children return to class. "Thank God, only 8 infected cases ...
• 14 May 2020
  ASIA/THAILAND - Resignation of metropolitan Archbishop of Tharé and Nonseng, Thailand, and appointment of new metropolitan Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 May 2020, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Tharé and Nonseng, Thailand, presented by Archbishop Louis Chamniern Sant ...
• 14 May 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Appointment of the Bishop of Bafia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 May 2020, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Emmanuel Dassi Youfang, currently titular of Esco and auxiliary of Bafoussam, as Bishop of the diocese of Bafia, Cameroon. (SL) (Agenzia Fid ...
• 14 May 2020
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appointment of Bishop of Mpanda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 May 2020, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Eusebius Alfred Nzigilwa, currently titular of Mozotcori and auxiliary of the archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam, as Bishop of the diocese of Mpan ...
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  14 May 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "We must know if this government is interested in life", asks Mgr. Centellas on Journalist's Day Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - Bolivia celebrated "Bolivian Journalist's Day" on Sunday 10 May. On this occasion Mgr. Ricardo Centellas, apostolic Administrator of the diocese of Potosi, recently appointed Archbishop of Sucre a ...
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  14 May 2020
  AFRICA - Covid-19 and Gospel of charity in Africa Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "What will the poor become when the current extraordinary situation caused by the pandemic is over?" writes Father Donald Zagore, a priest of the Society for African Missions, to Agenzia Fides. "In ...
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  14 May 2020
  AMERICA - Bishops of the continent participate in the "Day of prayer, fasting and works of charity" to invoke the end of the pandemic Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM), Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, urged the Bishops of the continent to accept Pope Francis’ call to join ...
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  14 May 2020
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Covid-19: "There is a reawakening of faith even if churches are closed" says the PMS National Director Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Since 22 March, Malagasy people have been living in a state of health emergency. Since then churches have been closed, during the most important and central period of Christian faith; the l ...
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  14 May 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A missionary: "The pandemic must not stop the peace process" Juba (Agenzia FIdes) - South Sudan responded immediately and seriously to the threat of the coronavirus, by adopting containment measures, but the pandemic must not slow down the peace process: this is what Sister Elena ...