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  2 April 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Prevention is better than cure: Caritas's commitment to fight coronavirus Karachi (Agenzia Fides): "Prevention is better than cure. At this stage it is very important to share accurate and authentic information with people, to avoid the circulation of rumors and false information. Caritas Paki ...
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  2 April 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Covid-19: no case of infection, but preventive measures in the archdiocese of Blantyre Blantyre (Agenzia Fides) - "Here in Blantyre, so far, there has been no case of infection verified and it would be a great grace if there were none in the future", writes to Agenzia Fides missionary Anna Tomasi of the Fr ...
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  2 April 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Lebanese San Charbel "co-patron" of a large trade fair and exhibition center in the Italian city of Milan for Covid-19 patients Milan (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese Saint Charbel, together with the Lombard San Riccardo Pampuri, will be co-patron of the new hospital set up in record time in the building of a large trade fair and exhibition center in t ...
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  2 April 2020
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Covid-19, Catholics nurture faith with "spiritual communion" Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - As Holy Week approaches, Catholics in Cambodia continue to stay at home, given the Covid-19 emergency and, given the suspension of religious services following the epidemic, nurture their fai ...
• 2 April 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Elevation of the Apostolic Vicariate of Kontagora to Diocese and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis elevated the Apostolic Vicariate of Kontangora (Nigeria) to Diocese, with the same denomination and territorial configuration, making it suffragan of the Metropolita ...
• 2 April 2020
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Appointment of the Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Father Giorgio Marengo, IMC, currently regional councilor of Asia, Superior for Mongolia and parish priest of Mary Mother of Mercy in Arvaiheer, as Apostolic P ...
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  1 April 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops: "concrete and immediate solutions" for problems aggravated by the pandemic Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops gathered in the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV), have raised their voices in this time of world health emergency, expressing their concern about the serious situation that th ...
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  1 April 2020
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle for global truce: Covid-19 emergency "can be an occasion for peace and reconciliation" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The appeal of the Secretary General of the United Nations for a global ceasefire is needed and opportune. That Pope Francis supported and repeated it makes the appeal truly prophetic. The ...
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  1 April 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Hope and support" of the Episcopate for the one-month humanitarian truce of ELN Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "A hope of relief for the Colombian people, especially for those who suffer the consequences of the armed conflict more severely": with these words the Bishops of Colombia accepted the announceme ...
• 1 April 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Bloemfontein and appointment of the new Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bloemfontein (South Africa), presented by His Exc .Mgr. Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I. ...
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  1 April 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Hospitals and Christian doctors at the forefront of the fight against coronavirus New Delhi (Agenzzia Fides) - "Over 1,000 hospitals and 60,000 beds guaranteed by Christian institutes, hospitals and clinics are ready and equipped to provide medical care to Covid-19 patients. Christian communities in I ...
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  1 April 2020
  AMERICA - On Easter Sunday the consecration of Latin America to Our Lady of Guadalupe, to invoke the end of the pandemic Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidency of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), together with the Bishops of Mexico, on Easter Sunday, April 12, will celebrate at 12 noon (Mexico time), the Act of consecrat ...
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  1 April 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Appeal from Christian associations and communities: Opening of "health corridors" for Iran and the urgent need to stop sanctions Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The creation of a "health aid corridor" to bring essential medicines and medical supplies to Iran to combat the Coronavirus epidemic; immediate suspension of the economic sanctions affecting the ...
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  1 April 2020
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo tests positive for coronavirus; cases are increasing in Africa Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo of Burkina Faso has tested positive for the coronavirus. The Cardinal himself announced it through a note from the Vicar General, Fr. Alfred Ouédraogo "We want ...
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  31 March 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In a plane with the ostensory or with the statue of the Virgin Mary to bless the Brazilians during the pandemic Goiania (Agenzia Fides) – In order to invoke the health and protection of the people of God, after the blessing imparted by Pope Francis Urbi et Orbi on Friday, March 27, from St. Peter's Square, some dioceses in Brazi ...