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  31 March 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Cardinal Ambongo criticizes the postponement of the blockade in Kinshasa: "One must not play with people's lives" Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the serious dangers posed to our Country by the coronavirus, the President of the Republic has taken preventive measures. In applying these measures, the governor of the provinc ...
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  31 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Covid-19: even more dramatic situation for those living in war zones Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Concerns are growing for communities living in war zones around the world, where access to basic health care is scarce and insufficient. The displaced people in these areas already suffer from the ...
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  30 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Young people of "The Economy of Francesco": "The international crisis due to coronavirus shows how everything is interconnected" Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will not stop. The international crisis due to the coronavirus once again shows how everything is interconnected. In the light of this dramatic experience, the appointment you gave us appears ...
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  30 March 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church complies with anti-covid-19 standards, while the government promotes gatherings of people Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - The Mayor of Granada organized a pilgrimage to the Jesús del Rescate sanctuary, despite the fact that the bishop had canceled it to avoid coronavirus infections. While the Catholic Church in Nic ...
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  30 March 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Covid-19: schools closed and Camillians are not allowed to leave, but "hope is not lost" Flores (Agenzia Fides) - "In Indonesia, cases of coronavirus are constantly growing, especially in the capital Jakarta. Fortunately, here on our island of Flores, so far we have only a few suspicious cases", writes Fathe ...
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  30 March 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionaries multiply their efforts, but hunger will be more deadly than Covid 19 Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The health emergency following Covid-19 has now reached all continents. The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain have collected the testimony of some missionaries who have doubled their co ...
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  30 March 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - "The police are too brutal in applying coronavirus containment measures" denounce "Justice and Peace" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The actions by law enforcement officers yesterday across the Country especially in Mombasa are unacceptable. The brutal acts only adds more injury to the people who are already vulnerable, this ...
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  30 March 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Fighting Covid-19: prayer, solidarity, hope New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Christian faithful in India are committed to serving the nation in this moment of crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic. "In India, the lockdown of almost a month represents a challenge, ...
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  30 March 2020
  VATICAN - Pope Francis re-launches the UN appeal: all conflicts should stop in the face of the pandemic Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The planetary emergency of the coronavirus pandemic, "which knows no borders", makes more urgent than ever a "global and immediate ceasefire in all corners of the world". This is the appeal launche ...
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  30 March 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Covid-19: the Jesuits open a psychological support center Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the spread of coronavirus and its psychosocial impact on the population, Fr. Jean Messingue, specialist in clinical psychology and director of ITCJ, the theology institute of the Soci ...
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  28 March 2020
  AFRICA - Boko Haram hits hard in Nigeria, Chad and threatens northern Cameroon Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - In the midst of a coronavirus emergency that has also reached western Africa, the Countries of the region are confronted by the upsurge of Boko Haram which in a series of attacks between Nigeria a ...
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  28 March 2020
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Covid-19: situation under control, but the problem of water scarcity remains Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - "In just over a week, until yesterday evening, we have reached 40 infections due to COVID 19 in Rwanda", says to Agenzia Fides Omar Fiordalisio, representative of The Movement for the Fight again ...
• 28 March 2020
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Merauke Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Merauke, Indonesia, presented by Archbishop Nicolaus Adi Seputra, M.S.C. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 28/3/ ...
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  28 March 2020
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Comboni Missionaries: "We must strengthen an atmosphere of democracy and peace" Awasa (Agenzia Fides) - "Ethiopia is making great strides, but still experiencing severe economic and social difficulties". This was reported to Agenzia Fides by Father Pedro Pablo Hernandez, a Comboni missionary of Mexi ...
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  28 March 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Appeal by Alianza Interreligiosa: Responsibility and solidarity in the face of the pandemic Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask all the governments of Latin America and the Caribbean, as some are already doing very effectively, to adopt responsibly and decisively the necessary measures to protect the lives of a ...