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  26 March 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Coronavirus: in the face of the suspension of Masses, a parish priest in the streets with the Blessed Sacrament Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "In these dark times of confinement I thought that Jesus Christ cannot be confined, I decided that your parish priest should pass with the Holy Sacrament in the parish territory", said parish pr ...
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  26 March 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - COVID-19: the Holy Sepulcher closed, but liturgies continue to take place inside Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the measures taken to combat the infection of the coronavirus epidemic, the Israeli authorities also ordered the closure of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on Wednes ...
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  25 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Today you are Don Orione, no longer with the cassock, but with your white coat" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Don Orione inspires us to live this time of health and social emergency with seriousness, in full respect of the norms and public guidelines, but also with the fantasy of charity". This is what Fa ...
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  25 March 2020
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - On the 40th anniversary of San Romero, the testimony of the faithful through social media San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - El Salvador yesterday celebrated the 40th anniversary of the martyrdom of San Oscar Arnulfo Romero, assassinated on March 24, 1980 in the chapel of the Divine Providence hospital while cele ...
• 25 March 2020
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - The country is unprepared to face the Coronavirus crisis Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "Afghanistan's health facilities are unable to deal with a pandemic like the Covid-19 pandemic. At the moment even the West is in difficulty, so we can only remotely imagine what could happen in a ...
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  25 March 2020
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - COVID-19 - The Bishop of Djibouti: "courage to you in Rome and in Italy" Djibouti (Agenzia Fides) - "The enemy has arrived here in Djibouti: there are two confirmed cases," says Mgr. Giorgio Bertin, Bishop of Djibouti to Agenzia Fides. "Our cathedral has been closed since last Saturday: only ...
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  25 March 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians in India: helping the poorest during the complete lockdown of the nation because of Covid-19 New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to take care of the poorest during the 21 days of total lockdown of the nation, imposed by the government until April 14, as a measure to contain the spread of COVID-19. Christian ...
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  25 March 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - "May Mary protect the world". Christians and Muslims pray together on the feast of the Annunciation Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - This year, Lebanese Christians and Muslims will not be able to meet in squares and churches to venerate the Virgin Mary together on the Marian solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, proclaime ...
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  25 March 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - COVID-19: Catholic radio stations mobilized to allow the faithful to follow Mass from home Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Ivory Coast in their statement of 17 March on coronavirus protection measures had given the faithful a series of recommendations, such as the ban on gathering more than 50 peo ...
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  24 March 2020
  AFRICA - Covid-19: "Evil will not win. Yes to solidarity; the family is the domestic Church" Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "At this time of crisis linked to the coronavirus, the family today becomes the sacred place par excellence, where to welcome and live the mystery of God. Christ was incarnated in a family, making ...
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  24 March 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Coronavirus crisis: digital resources to ensure pastoral closeness to the faithful Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Masses are suspended due to coronavirus, but the Episcopal conference has made available digital resources useful for not "cutting the bridges" and ensuring maximum pastoral proximity to the fait ...
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  24 March 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "National week of prayer": the Bishops invite the faithful to support the doctors on the front line against Covid-19 Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Praying incessantly for doctors who are "on the front line" to fight against coronavirus: this is the invitation issued by the Filipino bishops and civil authorities to support health workers who ...
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  24 March 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Tourism operators, among the sectors most affected by the coronavirus Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Tourism operators are and will be one of the groups most affected by the pandemic. Now they are on the front line, taking care of those who move around the world and, subsequently, they will s ...
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  24 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - On the feast of San Romero the memory of all the missionaries killed in the name of Christ Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Stephen's witness, culminating in martyrdom, "is a source of inspiration for the renewal of our Christian communities. They are called to become increasingly missionary, all of them tending towards ...
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  24 March 2020
  AFRICA/MAURITIUS - Coronavirus; Cardinal Piat: "Let us follow authority guidelines and intensify prayer" Port-Louis (Agenzia Fides) - "Although confinement is difficult, I ask for strict compliance with authority guidelines. In doing this, we will respect our brothers and sisters", says Cardinal Maurice Piat, Bishop of Port ...