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  11 March 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "Medical emergency" for Covid-19: The Church asks compassion, care and resilience                 Manila (Agenzia Fides) - "Trusting in the Lord, we prostrate to beg His mercy. We are ready to serve Him and His people”: with this spirit, expressed in a pastoral letter circulated among the faithful in the archdioc ...
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  11 March 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - Cardinal Njue: "Great concern for the presence of two sectarian groups victimizing Catholics" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "These groups have the features of a worship and use tactics to instil fear with the aim of inculcating their doctrines and applying their practices to the individuals”. In these terms His E ...
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  10 March 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The kerygma in India: the work of the "National Centre for New Evangelization" Pachmarhi (Agenzia Fides) – Its name is "Suvarta Kendra" ("Centre of the Good News") and it is the "National Center for New Evangelization" initiated by the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (C.C.B.I.), which has ...
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  10 March 2020
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Bishop Bertin: "Locusts and other calamities bring down Somalia" Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – First the drought, then the floods, now the locusts. There is no peace for Somalia. In six months, the country has been hit by three calamities that have brought down local and, mainly, sout ...
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  10 March 2020
  ASIA/KIRGHIZSTAN - Coronavirus crisis: “Thank God in advance and remember that evil won’t have the last word” Bishkek (Agenzia Fides) – “The medical emergency linked to the spread of the Coronavirus seems to get increasingly worse in many areas of the world. Here in Kirghizstan we pray for all those who are in the most affec ...
• 10 March 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Lebanon in default. Maronite Patriarch: economic liberalism without justice will fail Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – Economic liberalism “is at the core of Lebanese Constitution”, but that system can work and produce benefits only if its “social dimension aiming at preserving justice and human dignity� ...
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  9 March 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Catholics committed to the dignity of women Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - "We believe that Almighty God created man and woman as complementary to each other. God, in his profound wisdom, gave men and women equal talent and equal dignity. Man and woman can fulfill themse ...
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  9 March 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Women, builders of peace and interreligious coexistence Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "It is our task to recognize the dignity of women and recognize their precious contribution to society. We encourage and invite women to continue their vital role in promoting peace and harmony i ...
• 9 March 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Salem Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Salem (India), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Singaroyan Sebastianappan. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 9/3 ...
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  9 March 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Erdogan calls for religious minorities to support Turkish military operations in Syria Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The communication office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sent to the foundations that belong to the minority religious communities the request to sign a document of unconditional su ...
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  9 March 2020
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Apostolic Vicar to the faithful: "Do not panic for the coronavirus" Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - "The current situation is a time for us as Catholics to give an example of faith, hope and charity in the midst of anxiety and uncertainty, especially through our Lenten practices. I recommend ...
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  9 March 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - A prayer for the Coronavirus emergency from Africa Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We express our sympathy for and solidarity with those who are infected and affected by this strange epidemic and pray that an effective and affordable treatment of this disease may soon be foun ...
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  9 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinian social campaign for the redemption of migrant women Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "There are over 260 million migrant women in the world. Travelers and witnesses of hope, strength, the ability to want to change the world. It is for this reason that, on the occasion of Internatio ...
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  7 March 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A week of fasting and prayer to be freed from the coronavirus Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We feel the emergency of the present moment and, in addition to making every humanly possible effort, we feel the need to turn to God, the giver of all good. We ask for the healing and the liber ...
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  7 March 2020
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Xaverians: "The Church is close to her children in the work of reconciliation in the Country" Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "Burundi has lived for years in an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty but, despite these difficulties, the Church continues her mission, promoting and announcing the Gospel, denouncing violenc ...