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  1 July 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood help the needy families of the suburbs Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We decided to dedicate a day to the distribution of foodstuffs and other basic necessities that we had purchased to help the most needy families during the Covid-19 pandemic", said Sister Grace ...
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  1 July 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque will sow discord between Christians and Muslims Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The possible conversion of the monumental complex of Ayasofya in Istanbul into a mosque "will push millions of Christians around the world against Islam". This is the dramatic alarm launched by ...
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  1 July 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - "What will the post-Covid-19 world look like?": A priest organizes a series of radio conferences Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "What will the world be like after Covid-19? Will it be the same as before or will it be different? How can the global health crisis be an opportunity to profoundly change our habits and make us ...
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  1 July 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Italian missionary dies in Madagascar after 59 years dedicated to education and the poor Reggio Emilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Don Pietro Ganapini is one of the most singular figures, perhaps the most significant, of the missionaries from Reggio who lived their ministry in the second half of the twentieth century ...
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  30 June 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - In Sabha Dinam, Cardinal Alencherry urges Catholics to help strengthen Indian economy Kochi (Agenzia Fides) - "The pandemic experience invites everyone to a lifestyle of simplicity which is an inevitable component in spiritual renewal", writes Cardinal George Alencherry, in a pastoral letter issued ahead ...
• 30 June 2020
  OCEANIA/KIRIBATI AND NAURU - Resignation of bishop of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati and Nauru, and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 29 June 2020, the Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati and Nauru, presented by Bishop Paul Eusebius Mea Kaiuea ...
• 30 June 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation of bishop of Popokabaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 29 June 2020, the Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Popokabaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, presented by Bishop Louis Nzala Kianza. ...
• 30 June 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of coadjutor of Taungngnu, Myanmar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 29 June 2020, the Holy Father appointed as coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Taungngnu, Myanmar, the Reverend John Saw Gawdy, of the clergy of the same diocese, currently lecturer in th ...
• 30 June 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of auxiliaries of the metropolitan archdiocese of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 29 June 2020, the Holy Father appointed as auxiliaries of the metropolitan archdiocese of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Reverend Msgr. Jean-Crispin Kimbeni Ki Kanda, o ...
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  30 June 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Networking and cultivating new migration strategies: the Scalabrinians in the hottest border areas Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The commitment to support migration is a "great light" that allows us to pursue new challenges and strategies for dialogue and comparison among peoples. The opportunity to take stock of migration a ...
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  30 June 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Wars, violence, famines, ebola and now coronavirus: Congolese children increasingly at risk; the testimony of a missionary Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The ruthless picture that portrays the condition of Congolese children, making it emerge as one of the most worrying in the world, comes from UNICEF. The decades of war and political instabilit ...
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  30 June 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul during the pandemic Nehuentue (Agenzia Fides) - Since fishermen, divers and their families are already part of the tradition of the coastal sector of La Araucanía, together with the community of San Roque de Nehuentue, de la Costa de Trovo ...
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  30 June 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Help from the bishops to the poor population after the earthquake Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - The bishops of Mexico have spoken out to help those affected by the latest earthquake in the southern state of Oaxaca which caused the death of at least five people. "We put ourselves under the ...
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  30 June 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - The Bishops: "Congratulations to the new President; we hope he will keep his election promises" Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) - "We wish to extend our hearty congratulations to His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President-Elect of the Republic of Malawi and Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima, Vice President-Elect of th ...
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  30 June 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Bishop Bizzeti's proposal: to dedicate a road in Iskenderun to Luigi Padovese Iskenderun (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Luigi Padovese, Apostolic Vicar of Anatolia, killed in Iskenderun on June 3, 2010, "contributed with many of his initiatives and theological conferences organized by him to make the sp ...