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27 March 2020
ASIA/IRAQ - The 4 activists of SOS Chrétiens d’Orient kidnapped in Baghdad on 20 January released
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) - French authorities on Thursday 26 March said four aid workers of French Christian non-governmental organization SOS Chrétiens d’Orient were released. The four were missing since January 20. T ...
27 March 2020
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Cardinal D'Rozario: "Let us collaborate with the government to overcome the coronavirus pandemic"
Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - Being faithful collaborators of the government to overcome the coronavirus pandemic. This is what Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario, Archbishop of Dhaka has asked the faithful, who in a video message sen ...
27 March 2020
AFRICA/MALI - Appointment of the Bishop of Mopti
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed His Exc. Mgr. Jean-Baptiste Tiama, currently Bishop of Sikasso, as Bishop of the Diocese of Mopti (Mali). (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 27/3/2020)
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26 March 2020
EUROPE/ITALY - 14 Xaverian Missionaries have died in a month
Parma (Agenzia Fides) - The 11 priests and the 3 religious of the Xaverian Missionaries who died in less than a month spent many years of their lives in mission land, announcing the Gospel of Jesus Christ in four contine ...
26 March 2020
AMERICA - A map to reach the Amazon in a realistic way, where poverty and inequalities favor Covid 19
Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "The idea of offering a map responds to the work that the Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network (REPAM) has been carrying out for years: helping to understand the complexity of the Amazonian reality, its ...
26 March 2020
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The White Fathers: with the arrival of Covid-19, risks of epidemic and famine
Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - "The spread of the coronavirus is not dramatic, but we cannot underestimate it. We must put in place all possible precautions to avoid being infected and to help the population not to become infe ...
26 March 2020
ASIA/INDIA - Connection and compassion: Caritas at the forefront in the fight against the coronavirus
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Curbing the panic, helping the weakest, building trust: these are the action plans put in place by Carits India, at the forefront in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in India. This is ...
26 March 2020
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A Bishop: "Facing fear with a generous heart", to contain the impact of COVID-19
Tombura (Agenzia Fides) - "The health authorities of our Country urge us to stop all activities, close institutions, places of worship and schools. As people of faith we are called to face the fear of this moment, for th ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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