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  20 May 2020
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Life after Covid-19 will never be the same: hunger and poverty are on the rise Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The first cases of coronavirus in the country were registered by the authorities in late March. A few weeks later, the government decreed a state of emergency, but "during the crisis, the constan ...
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  20 May 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - "Covid-19 is bringing out the image of the Church as a family of God", says the PMS National Director Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Covid-19 has encouraged families to pray together and to stay together, bringing out the image of the Church as a family in Africa", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Isaac Ebo-Blay, National Director of ...
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  20 May 2020
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The memory of the victims of the Khmer Rouge is an occasion to remember the Cambodian martyrs Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us remember today the victims and the sufferings that occurred during the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. Let us also remember our martyrs. And let us pray for peace, dialogue and reconcil ...
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  19 May 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The "Amazon needs you" campaign begins Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "The Amazon needs you" is the campaign launched yesterday, May 18, on the social networks of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network in Brazil (Repam-Brazil) and of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
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  19 May 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Active in prayer and on social networks: the PMS during the Covid-19 period Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The pandemic has questioned the mission in its very nature: the mission in fact involves sending, going out to meet your neighbor. However, right now, faced with this situation of isolation ...
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  19 May 2020
  AFRICA - Covid-19 and the re-opening of churches in Africa: hope at the center of the mission Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "The reality of closed churches has immersed many African Christians in the sad and painful experience of the sealed tomb, a symbol of despair and failure", writes Fr. Donald Zagore, SMA to Agenzia ...
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  19 May 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The government announces the re-opening of Churches in Punjab: joy among the faithful Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very happy for the announcement of the government of Punjab, which will allow the churches to reopen; however, we need some time to prepare everything: we must educate and sensitize t ...
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  19 May 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Agriculture and tailoring projects during confinement at Ark Village Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "We inhabitants of Ark Village could consider ourselves almost privileged, because we live in a six-hectare territory and we do not feel the weight of the restrictions imposed for Covid-19. Due t ...
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  19 May 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Covid-19: poverty bites in slums, but "the social and pastoral lifeline of small communities is extraordinary" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "Social distancing remains a difficult goal to achieve, in some cases absolutely unrealistic. We just have to hope that the contagion does not progress", says Father Andrew Bwalya, director of t ...
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  19 May 2020
  AFRICA/BOTSWANA - The "Sisters of Calvary" committed to helping the population: from face masks to spiritual support Gabarone (Agenzia Fides) - "The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a drastic change in the life of the local Church of Botswana. Amidst the crisis, most parishes have adjusted to the cultural change" say, in a reflection ...
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  18 May 2020
  VATICAN - The missionary anxiety of Saint John Paul II, "Pastor close to the people" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - While World Mission Day was celebrated around the world, on Sunday 22 October 1978, the new Pope, John Paul II, began his ministry as universal Pastor in St. Peter's Square with a vigorous ...
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  18 May 2020
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Pastoral activities resume, with attention to interreligious solidarity Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Public religious activities blocked for at least six weeks due to the Covid-19 emergency have resumed, albeit with due caution. The green light from the authorities was given on May 8 when Vu Chie ...
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  18 May 2020
  AMERICA/CUBA - "Dignity and freedom are worth our prayers with all our strength": the Archdiocese of Havana in the face of a health emergency Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Cuba is experiencing moments of discouragement in the face of the health emergency. The population, although informed of the need to follow the measures to maintain social distance to avoid the c ...
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  18 May 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The commitment of the PMS in the time of Covid-19: the means of social communication, a missionary resource Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "The period we are going through is a difficult period in all aspects of human life and the Church also pays the consequences; but the mission continues to be carried out", says Fr. Jean Noel Go ...
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  18 May 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Covid-19 among Rohingya refugees: "Prevention and awareness measures are urgently needed" Cox's Bazar (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a difficult job, but now the priority is to stop the infection. In these settlements, where it is almost impossible to keep social distancing, Rohingya refugees are at high risk for t ...