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2 June 2020
VATICAN - Other aid from the PSM Fund for the Covid emergency in Sao Tomé and Principe, Sierra Leone, Chad and Guinea
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Emergency Fund set up by Pope Francis at the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) to support the Churches of mission countries facing the Covid-19 pandemic (see Fides, 6/4/2020), continue ...
2 June 2020
AFRICA/CAMEROON - "Today in Cameroon apart from known, reported or detected cases, one does not have an idea or the exact proportion of the development of COVID-19", says a priest
Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "Although all ten regions of the Country are affected, there are very different levels of contagion, with some epicenters from which the contagions spread in the rest of Cameroon. These epicent ...
2 June 2020
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Peaceful dissent and prayer for the death of George Floyd in El Paso
El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - In an atmosphere of violence and generalized tension for the many demonstrations in different places in the United States for the death of George Floyd, in El Paso the Catholic faithful tried to ...
2 June 2020
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Unemployment and new poverty: lockdown due to the pandemic has a serious economic and social impact
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The pandemic and the lockdown imposed to contain Covid-19 have a serious impact on millions of destitute, marginalized or people who survive thanks to a daily wage in the Philippines. According t ...
2 June 2020
ASIA/TURKEY - Covid-19, ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: governments cannot impose rules on the celebration of the Eucharist
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Orthodox Churches have followed the dispositions imposed by the civil authorities of their respective Countries to combat the coronavirus pandemic, closing the churches and celebrating the ...
2 June 2020
AFRICA/MALAWI - Covid-19 and election campaign for the presidential elections: tensions increase
Blantyre (Agenzia Fides) - "Tension due to the election campaign and serious episodes of violence are being registered", writes to Agenzia Fides the missionary, Anna Tomasi of the Franciscan Auxiliary Lay Missionaries of ...
2 June 2020
EUROPE/ITALY - In time of Coronavirus, the commitment of the Blessed Scalabrini is always present, at the forefront of calamities
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Today more than ever, in times of pandemic, the commitment of Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, who was at the forefront of those calamities, remembered as the protagonist of a daily, generous ...
1 June 2020
AFRICA/CONGO - Erection of the Ecclesiastical Province of Owando, and appointment of first metropolitan Archbishop
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 30 May 2020, the Holy Father erected the Ecclesiastical Province of Owando, Republic of the Congo, elevating it to a Metropolitan Church; and assigning as suffragan Churches the Dioceses ...
1 June 2020
AFRICA/CONGO - Erection of the Ecclesiastical Province of Pointe-Noire, and appointment of first metropolitan Archbishop
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On 30 May, the Holy Father erected the Ecclesiastical Province of Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo, at the same time elevating the diocese in question to a metropolitan Church; it will ...
1 June 2020
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Umuahia
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 30, 2020, the Holy Father appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the diocese of Umuahia, Nigeria, the Reverend Michael Kalu Ukpong of the clergy of Umuahia, currently Chancellor of the sam ...
1 June 2020
EUROPE/FRANCE - Mgr. De Brésillac and Pauline Jaricot: protagonists of the extraordinary season of missionary commitment of the 19th century
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Among the decrees that the Holy Father authorized to publish on May 26, in addition to the recognition of the miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Pauline Marie Ja ...
1 June 2020
EUROPE/SPAIN - PMS National Director: "Pauline Jaricot is a gift for the Church"
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Pauline is a gift for the Church" says Don José María Calderón, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain in a message sent to Fides, in which he comments the publi ...
1 June 2020
VATICAN - "Here I am, send me": Pope Francis' Message for World Mission Sunday
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis released his annual Message for World Mission Sunday 2020 on Pentecost Sunday. It’s theme is taken from Isaiah: “Here am I, send me” (6:8). World Mission Sunday is celebr ...
1 June 2020
AMERICA/CHILE - Bishop-elect of San Felipe: "We need structures of justice"
San Felipe (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop-elect of the diocese of San Felipe, appointed by Pope Francis on May 26, gave a long interview to "Kairos News Chile", where he presents himself as a person and as a priest, and of ...
1 June 2020
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Living charity and a people-based economy", the voice of the Church on the feast of Pentecost
León (Agenzia Fides) - "We must understand from the Lord that it is necessary to have charity, to be more detached, that it is necessary to transform the mentality that we had before, we must renew a mentality in which ...
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