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24 July 2020
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - In the face of an increase in infections, the Bishops reiterate that "it is not wise to hold elections"
Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference (CEB), Archbishop Ricardo Centellas of Sucre, reaffirms the position of the Catholic Church in Bolivia on the priority of preserving and caring fo ...
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24 July 2020
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Card. Souraphiel: "Dialogue, solidarity, international relations: the Church works for the good of the nation"
Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are living in a climate of tension due to the period of profound transformation and the numerous reforms initiated by the government which, evidently, not everybody agrees. But the Churc ...
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24 July 2020
ASIA - The Claretians: evangelization with the Bible in the time of Covid-19
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Claretian missionaries continue and strengthen their ministry of evangelization with the spread of the Bible, in times of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Catholic publishing house Claret Publishing ...
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24 July 2020
ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai insists on Lebanese "neutrality", as the contagions of Covid-19 rise
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - While in Lebanon there has been a rise in the number of infections due to Covid 19, and prestigious institutions such as the American University are showing signs of crisis, Maronite Patriarch Be ...
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24 July 2020
ASIA/INDIA - The Church participates in the humanitarian service and control of Covid-19 in the largest slum in Asia
Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of Saint Anthony in the area of Dharavi, in the archdiocese of Bombay, is offering its contribution to stem the spread of the Covid-19 virus in Dharavi, one of the largest slums in the ...
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23 July 2020
ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop Tjephe: "The Church has an important role in the peace process"
Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church has had and still has an important role in the peace process in Myanmar. And we can say with satisfaction that the ceasefire has been holding up for years in Kayah State and ...
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23 July 2020
ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - An increase in Covid-19 infections: the Church seeks international support
Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "The increase in infections due to Covid-19 that occurred in Kazakhstan since 1 July has led us to ask for international support in launching an emergency project. Currently the situation related ...
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23 July 2020
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Covid-19 emergency: borders closed, visas denied, the minor seminary of the Latin Patriarchate suspends its activities
Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The minor Seminary of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem announces the suspension of study courses and training activities for the 2020-2021 academic year. Various factors have contributed to ...
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23 July 2020
AFRICA/ANGOLA - A missionary: "The post-Covid recovery, still an impervious path"
Kikolo (Agenzia Fides) - "The post-Covid recovery in Angola has been once again postponed: we here in the neighborhood of Kikolo, on the outskirts of the capital Luanda, are heading towards the fifth closing month. In Ju ...
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23 July 2020
AMERICA - From the health to the economic emergency: 37% of the population will be in poverty because of Covid-19
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In the framework of the OECD-LAC Virtual Social Inclusion Ministerial Summit, Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, called for promoting universal, redistributive and solidarity-based s ...
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23 July 2020
AMERICA - Mission animation and online Christian formation are strengthened during the pandemic
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The isolation and social distancing established by the authorities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, has pushed the Church to make greater use of social media to continue its evangelizing ...
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23 July 2020
AFRICA/GHANA - Jesuits in Africa: starting afresh from young people to give a prosperous future to the continent
Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Starting afresh from children to build a peaceful future in Africa. Rely on their energies to transform the continent into a better place. This is the sense of a virtual meeting, the first of a lo ...
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22 July 2020
ASIA/INDIA - The Sisters of Bethany: one hundred houses for the poor on the centenary of the congregation
Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The congregation of the Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany (the so-called "Sisters of Bethany"), on the occasion of the centenary of the foundation of the Institute, has started a housing ...
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22 July 2020
AFRICA/UGANDA - Covid-19, side effects: people die due to the difficult access to hospitals
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - In Uganda coronavirus is likely to kill more for the side effects, deriving from the lockdown that has stopped social activities and has complicated access to hospitals. The alarm about what app ...
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22 July 2020
AFRICA/TOGO - First Eucharist in Kolowarè with about 200 people after the lockdown
Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - "We hadn't heard the bells of our parish ring for months", writes Father Silvano Galli, a priest of the Society for African Missions, a missionary in the St Léon IX parish of Kolowaré to Age ...
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