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  24 July 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church participates in the humanitarian service and control of Covid-19 in the largest slum in Asia Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of Saint Anthony in the area of Dharavi, in the archdiocese of Bombay, is offering its contribution to stem the spread of the Covid-19 virus in Dharavi, one of the largest slums in the ...
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  23 July 2020
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop Tjephe: "The Church has an important role in the peace process" Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church has had and still has an important role in the peace process in Myanmar. And we can say with satisfaction that the ceasefire has been holding up for years in Kayah State and ...
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  23 July 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - An increase in Covid-19 infections: the Church seeks international support Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "The increase in infections due to Covid-19 that occurred in Kazakhstan since 1 July has led us to ask for international support in launching an emergency project. Currently the situation related ...
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  23 July 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Covid-19 emergency: borders closed, visas denied, the minor seminary of the Latin Patriarchate suspends its activities Beit Jala (Agenzia Fides) - The minor Seminary of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem announces the suspension of study courses and training activities for the 2020-2021 academic year. Various factors have contributed to ...
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  23 July 2020
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - A missionary: "The post-Covid recovery, still an impervious path" Kikolo (Agenzia Fides) - "The post-Covid recovery in Angola has been once again postponed: we here in the neighborhood of Kikolo, on the outskirts of the capital Luanda, are heading towards the fifth closing month. In Ju ...
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  23 July 2020
  AMERICA - From the health to the economic emergency: 37% of the population will be in poverty because of Covid-19 Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In the framework of the OECD-LAC Virtual Social Inclusion Ministerial Summit, Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, called for promoting universal, redistributive and solidarity-based s ...
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  23 July 2020
  AMERICA - Mission animation and online Christian formation are strengthened during the pandemic Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The isolation and social distancing established by the authorities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, has pushed the Church to make greater use of social media to continue its evangelizing ...
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  23 July 2020
  AFRICA/GHANA - Jesuits in Africa: starting afresh from young people to give a prosperous future to the continent Accra (Agenzia Fides) - Starting afresh from children to build a peaceful future in Africa. Rely on their energies to transform the continent into a better place. This is the sense of a virtual meeting, the first of a lo ...
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  22 July 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - The Sisters of Bethany: one hundred houses for the poor on the centenary of the congregation Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The congregation of the Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany (the so-called "Sisters of Bethany"), on the occasion of the centenary of the foundation of the Institute, has started a housing ...
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  22 July 2020
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Covid-19, side effects: people die due to the difficult access to hospitals Kampala (Agenzia Fides) - In Uganda coronavirus is likely to kill more for the side effects, deriving from the lockdown that has stopped social activities and has complicated access to hospitals. The alarm about what app ...
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  22 July 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - First Eucharist in Kolowarè with about 200 people after the lockdown Kolowaré (Agenzia Fides) - "We hadn't heard the bells of our parish ring for months", writes Father Silvano Galli, a priest of the Society for African Missions, a missionary in the St Léon IX parish of Kolowaré to Age ...
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  22 July 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mgr Alvarez on the national situation: "Need to build a country where the dignity of the person is respected" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "The Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) has received information on the murder of Jorge Rizo in La Trinidad, Estelí. The tragic events took place after the victim shouted anti-g ...
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  22 July 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic nun "mother of the mentally disabled" dies from Covid-19 Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of Sister Ruth Lewis, 74, religious of the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionaries of Christ the King (FMCK), who lost her battle against Covid-19 on 20 July 2020, at the Agha Kh ...
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  22 July 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - "Kemalist theologians": the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque fuels Islamophobia Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The decision to reopen the ancient Christian basilica of Hagia Sophia exclusively for Islamic worship risks becoming "a serious and irreparable error", destined to foment Islamophobic sentiment ...
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  22 July 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The funeral of Mgr. Scarpellini: in life he gave everything for the announcement of the Gospel El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 20 July, in the Cathedral of the diocese of El Alto, dedicated to the Virgin of Carmel, the funeral mass of Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini was celebrated, Bishop of El Alto, who died on 15 ...