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  20 March 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - COVID-19: President Kenyatta proclaims a national day of prayer Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot ignore the need to turn to God," Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta said in an official statement in which he declared Saturday, March 21 a National Day of Prayer, to ask for divine p ...
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  20 March 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - "Coronavirus is a threat like Ebola", say the Bishops Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "You must be aware that the one transmitted by coronavirus is an equally dangerous disease like Ebola", say the Bishops of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a statement sent to Agenzia Fi ...
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  20 March 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - From Patriarch Tawadros a spiritual thought a day, in the time of the global epidemic Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Coronavirus epidemic can lead everyone to take note that nature and the human condition remain fragile, even in the time of global development. It is from this realistic consideration that Pop ...
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  20 March 2020
  ASIA/IRAN - Coronavirus, Ayatollah to the Pope: "Help us to revoke the sanctions, especially for medical assistance" Teheran (Agenzia Fides) - Ayatollah Seyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad, a man for decades committed to bridging the distance between Iran and other countries in the world, wrote a heartfelt letter to Pope Francis, asking him ...
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  18 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - All Italy in prayer on the evening of March 19 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI) has promoted a moment of prayer for the whole country, inviting every family, every faithful, every religious community to pray the Rosary, the Mysteries of li ...
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  18 March 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the first Argentine Mass suspended Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Following the provisions issued by the government of the province of Santa Cruz and the National Ministry of Health, the celebration and meeting for the first Mass in Puerto San Julian, sched ...
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  18 March 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - On March 20 a day of fasting and prayer to defeat the coronavirus Islamabad (Agenzia Fides): "In this moment of pain and suffering, I invite all the faithful of the diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi to observe a day of prayer and fasting on Friday 20 March 2020 to combat the threat of CO ...
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  18 March 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Fight against Coronavirus: the Church adopts drastic measures Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Ivory Coast have adopted a series of measures to be applied during gatherings (Masses, Via Crucis, funeral vigils, pilgrimages, catechesis ...) in order to adapt to the provis ...
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  18 March 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - 'When we start, we stay': the "blood pact" of the Doctors WITH Africa CUAMM Nyal (Agenzia Fides) - "There is only one humanity" said Don Dante Carraro, Director of Doctors with Africa CUAMM, returning to Italy from South Sudan, and was shocked to find deserted cities and hospitals in distress du ...
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  18 March 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The island of Luzon closed due to coronavirus: the impact on the poorest and most vulnerable Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The "total lockdown" imposed for a month on the island of Luzon, the region where the capital Manila is located, to combat the coronavirus pandemic, will have a very strong impact, especially on ...
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  18 March 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops and ecclesial movements: together to evangelize families Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for Life and the Family of the Bishops’ Conference of Brazil (CNBB) and movements must "join forces" and work together from the activities point of view, of the excha ...
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  18 March 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Coronavirus, Lebanese churches offer residences and buildings for those infected and under quarantine Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Maronite diocese of Byblos started, where bishop Michel Aoun made a summer residence belonging to the eparchy available to coronavirus patients forced to isolate themselves. Then, yesterday e ...
• 18 March 2020
  ASIA/JAPAN - Resignation of the Bishop of Sendai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Sendai (Japan), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Martin Tetsuo Hiraga. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 18/3/202 ...
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  17 March 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Religious dies in the flames after rescuing students Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - Sr.Henrietta Alokha, an administrator at Bethlehem Girls College, Abule Ado, Amuwo Odofin local government area of Lagos state lost her life in the explosion which occurred on Sunday Sunday, March ...
• 17 March 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - A message of hope from Catholic musicians through a virtual festival Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The best-known Catholic artists will come together in a virtual festival to bring a message of hope to those forced into their homes due to the pandemic: in these two weeks they will hold live co ...