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9 April 2020
EUROPE/ITALY - Ecumenical Message for Easter: "Do not be afraid"
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In view of the Easter of Resurrection, which our Churches will celebrate on different dates (April 12 in the western tradition and April 19 in the eastern one), on the basis of the fraternity that ...
9 April 2020
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - "Churches remain open in our hearts and actions", says the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio
Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) - "We are unable to endure other wars, we have no more strength, people are destroyed, homeless. I pray to God that a solution is found as soon as possible to defeat the virus all over the ...
9 April 2020
AMERICA/PERU - Covid-19: Caritas Peru helps 40 thousand vulnerable families across the country
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The general coordinator of "Caritas in the face of the coronavirus" campaign, reported on April 3 on national television, that the Caritas network has already assisted about 40,000 families across ...
9 April 2020
AFRICA/KENYA - Covid-19, "the Church is close to her people in this moment of fear and despair"
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Kenya is working hard to raise awareness among the population so that the measures imposed by the government to combat the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic are respected. And there ...
8 April 2020
ASIA/THAILAND - Covid-19, "fear is disproportionate and visible", says a missionary
Chiang Mai (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church has suspended all liturgical and pastoral activities, with the participation of the people, until after Easter and has disseminated information and preventive material, i ...
8 April 2020
EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinians: in the fight against Coronavirus, let us not forget the health conditions of migrants
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The crisis dictated by the coronavirus cannot abandon the work that is being done to protect the last. The Holy Father’s appeal cannot be forgotten and, on the contrary, must be the result of a ...
8 April 2020
VATICAN - President of the PMS: the Emergency Fund, a sign of the Pope's care for the young Churches affected by the pandemic
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "For almost a century, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) have been an instrument of the Pope for the benefit of the Churches in mission territories. We know that there is an impact of ...
8 April 2020
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Home as a "mission land": material to live Holy Week at home
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) shares a series of prayer and reflection resources so that the faithful can follow the celebrations of Holy Week from home, in times of social isolation ...
8 April 2020
AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Coronavirus makes us more humble, invites us to return to God and to show solidarity towards the poor"
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A bath of humility to remind everyone that it is necessary to return to God. Thus some Bishops of Nigeria exhort the faithful in the face of the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes ...
8 April 2020
ASIA/TURKEY - COVID-19: Christian foundations contribute to funds for the solidarity campaign wanted by Erdogan
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish Foundations that are part of the Christian communities also adhere with substantial donations to the "National Solidarity Campaign" launched by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to acc ...
8 April 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops launch "Appostolica", to remain united around the pillars of faith in times of the pandemic
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico presented the mobile application "Appostolica", "the Church now closer to you", a free tool "to unite the people of God around the pillars of our faith: the Word of God ...
8 April 2020
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Digital Via Crucis animated by young people "for the health of the world"
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In times of COVID-19, the San Paolo Company (Province Colombia, Ecuador, Panama) created a "digital Via Crucis", involving young people from different countries not only in Latin America: Colombi ...
7 April 2020
ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - A "Telegram" channel to unite the various religious faiths in times of coronavirus
Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - Uzbekistan stops in the face of the widespread of Covid-19. In the Central Asian Country there are over 55 cases and still no deaths, but about 20,000 people are currently in quarantine: for th ...
7 April 2020
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "It is time to help": the Church continues to work for the most vulnerable
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the health crisis that the world is experiencing, the Colombian Catholic Church in its archdioceses, dioceses and vicariates is working tirelessly with local administrations, universit ...
7 April 2020
ASIA/INDIA - Covid-19 emergency: the Church opens shelters for migrants and internally displaced persons
Ranchi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of Ranchi, in Jharkhand, State of eastern India, has opened the first shelter for migrant workers and their families stranded in the district of Muri, on the border with West ...
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