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5 August 2020
AMERICA/PERU - Peruvian solidarity: 100 dining rooms for 10,000 people
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Church has transferred the funds raised during the campaign "For a Peru without hunger", a great crusade of national solidarity, to the 100 dining rooms to assist the most needy people sufferin ...
5 August 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - "The Amazon needs you", real help to the Amazonian peoples
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Almost three months after its launch, the "The Amazon needs you" campaign (See Fides, 19/05/2020) has collected over 700 thousand reais and this week provides a bulletin for the actions carried ...
5 August 2020
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Covid 19: health projects to raise awareness, train and prepare health workers
Yopougon-Kouté (Agenzia Fides) - The St. Laurent parish of Yopougon Kouté celebrates today 5 August the ceremony for the delivery of protective face masks, hydroalcoholic gel, sterilizers and ventilators, infrared ther ...
5 August 2020
ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai: "mysterious explosion" in Beirut. We ask everyone for help
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "Beirut, the bride of the East, Beirut, the lighthouse of the West, is wounded". It is a "devastated city", reduced to "a scenario of war without war". Thus begins the appeal launched by Maronite ...
4 August 2020
AMERICA/PANAMA - Mgr. Ulloa on the pandemic: "sensitivity, unity, solidarity and generosity must prevail"
Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are living in a moment in which the great sense of sensitivity, unity, solidarity and generosity that will allow us to overcome the challenges as a country must prevail", are the words o ...
4 August 2020
AFRICA/SUDAN - Covid-19: Caution urged in Sudan before Eid El Adha holiday
Karthoum (Agenzia Fides) - No new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in 14 out of 18 states in Sudan in the past two weeks, however, precautionary measures against the spread of coronavirus will be maintained across th ...
1 August 2020
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Missionary Childhood Day: growing in holiness through daily experiences
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 2 August the Day of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence, JONIAM2020, is celebrated in Paraguay, on the theme "May it be done to me according to your Word" ("Hágase en mi según tu ...
1 August 2020
ASIA/MYANMAR - Towards the peace conference: ceasefire and federalism on the agenda
Naypyidaw (Agenzia Fides) - Myanmar is preparing for the two most important events of the year which, despite the restrictions for Covid-19, will be held with the times and methods already decided, albeit with some limit ...
1 August 2020
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The construction of a Hindu temple stops after the opposition of Islamic groups: religious freedom at stake
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a fundamental right of every Pakistani citizen to preach and profess his religion freely, as prescribed by the Constitution of Pakistan. It is legitimate that each community has its pla ...
1 August 2020
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Sisters of Don Orione alongside young people to "help them get out of the vicious circle of addictions"
San Juan Bautista (Agenzia Fides) - "Since arriving in the locality of San Juan Bautista two years ago, we have been working in different sectors of society and specifically with young people: the goal is prevention and ...
1 August 2020
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Violence on the streets: the Church calls for peace in a polarized nation
Makeni (Agenzia Fides) - The recent past, made of civil war and atrocities, causes an alarm signal to light up whenever outbreaks of violence are awakened in Sierra Leone. Clashes have occurred in Makeni, the capital of ...
31 July 2020
AFRICA/TOGO - The diocese of Sokodé beneficiary of the government's program to combat poverty
Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the youth employment promotion policy and access to the infrastructure of the most vulnerable, the Togolese government has launched numerous programs. Among these is the Program of ...
31 July 2020
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Vicariate of Pando sends breathing apparatus to the most distant medical centers
Pando (Agenzia Fides) - Sixteen oxygen concentrators were sent by Mgr. Eugenio Coter, Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Pando, to the medical centers in the rural area. The purchase of these medical devices was made p ...
31 July 2020
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The National Council of Churches recognizes religious freedom in Cuba
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The National Council of Churches (NCC) of the United States recognized the religious freedom existing in Cuba, and criticized the government of Donald Trump for blacklisting Cuba for serious ...
31 July 2020
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Violence does not stop, while outbreaks of coronavirus and malaria increase
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - Peace is still far in South Sudan. Violence is widespread across the Country, which sees farmers involved, in search of pastures for their animals. "Here instability appears to be endemic", explain ...
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