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  14 May 2020
  AMERICA - Bishops of the continent participate in the "Day of prayer, fasting and works of charity" to invoke the end of the pandemic Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM), Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, urged the Bishops of the continent to accept Pope Francis’ call to join ...
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  14 May 2020
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Covid-19: "There is a reawakening of faith even if churches are closed" says the PMS National Director Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - Since 22 March, Malagasy people have been living in a state of health emergency. Since then churches have been closed, during the most important and central period of Christian faith; the l ...
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  14 May 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A missionary: "The pandemic must not stop the peace process" Juba (Agenzia FIdes) - South Sudan responded immediately and seriously to the threat of the coronavirus, by adopting containment measures, but the pandemic must not slow down the peace process: this is what Sister Elena ...
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  14 May 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Civil society and religious communities: coronavirus increases "slave labor" New Delhi (Agenza Fides) - In some states of India there are measures that extend working hours and suspend the minimum wages, in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, increasing the phenomenon of "slave labor", or what b ...
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  13 May 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - Covid-19 and aid from the PMS: "Challenges to the mission of Christ in our dear Haiti" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "People are very worried because nobody knows when this virus can hit us. The Church is closed, schools are closing. Families suffer due to the psychological, socio-economic and political ...
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  13 May 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Rueda Aparicio after the latest murderers: "Cauca, sing and fight for peace" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot silence the pain we feel in the face of this cruel reality: the elderly are not respected and children are eliminated, crime is killing the memory of peoples". These are the heartfelt ...
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  13 May 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Covid-19: reduced sacramental life, the Church of Manila hopes for the reopening of churches and strengthens online services Manila (Agenzia fides) - The Archdiocese of Manila has submitted the request to reopen churches and resume celebrating masses with the faithful to the government, whilst keeping in place all the precautions needed to con ...
• 13 May 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Luis Alberto Hernandez Guzman Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 January 2020, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Luis Alberto Hernandez Guzman, of the diocesan clergy of Ma ...
• 13 May 2020
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Rev. Estefan Turcios Carpano Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 23 January 2020, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed rev. Luis Estefan Turcios Carpano, of the clergy of the Archdioc ...
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  13 May 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religions united for World Prayer Day on May 14th Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "All religions are invited to unite spiritually for a Day of prayer, fasting and works of charity. I invite and encourage all our faithful, parishes, institutions to be united to end Covid-19": ...
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  13 May 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The State and Churches united in fighting the emergency of Covid-19 Bereina (Agenzia Fides) - In Papua New Guinea the State and Christian Churches, civil and ecclesial institutions and are united to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic: as Sister Nguyet Vu missionary of the Cavanis Ges Good Shep ...
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  13 May 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Ecumenical bodies to the EU: say no to the illegal annexation of Palestinian territories Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - The European Union cannot make itself "complicit" in the illegal annexation of Palestinian territories announced by the next Israeli government, and must ensure that any such annexation is met ...
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  13 May 2020
  AFRICA - Covid-19: the Church in Africa prepares for the safe resumption of celebrations Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Several Churches in Africa are resuming their activities after the lockdown imposed to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. According to what Fides has learned, liturgical celebrations in Burkina Faso wi ...
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  12 May 2020
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A Bishop: the coronavirus teaches us the lesson of unity and the common good Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - In times of the COVID-19 pandemic, the disease that has attacked humanity, despite the suffering, some positive aspects can be seen: in a pastoral letter sent to the faithful of his diocese and Ag ...
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  12 May 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Our pilgrim Lady of Fatima in the dioceses, May 13 celebration in streaming from the Shrine of Maipù Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Wednesday, 13 May, feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Mgr. Cristián Roncagliolo, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago, will preside the prayer of the Holy Rosary, the Mass and the act of Consecration to t ...