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  1 June 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Ecumenical prayer for Pentecost: to bring new hope for India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - "In these difficult times, while we are fighting Covid-19, we pray for the healing of the sick and for the recovery of our land. As a family of God, we are united in one accord and united in f ...
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  1 June 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Tempo de Cuidar": aid campaign for the most vulnerable people during the Covid-19 crisis Belo Horizonte (Agenzia Fides) - Food packages containing rice, beans, sugar, flour, pasta, milk, eggs, oil and sardines, as well as personal hygiene items such as soap and bleach for cleaning are part of the aid distrib ...
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  1 June 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - "Attractiveness, gratuitousness and humility" are the key words of the Pope's message to the PMS for the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "We read with great joy and enthusiasm the Holy Father's message to the Pontifical Mission Societies, which motivates and strengthens us and provides us with guidance for the work we are doing i ...
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  1 June 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Neither monolithism nor indifferentism. Maronite patriarch defends the Lebanese institutional model Bkerkè (Agenzia Fides) - The Lebanese political model, in its historical singularity, represents a heritage to be protected and applied, and not a negative remnant of the past from which to emancipate. This is what Mar ...
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  30 May 2020
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Contagions increase: the only Catholic church and school for disabled children are still closed Kabul (Agenzia Fides) - "In Afghanistan we are still in full lockdown. The Italian Embassy in Kabul continues to be closed and consequently access to the church continues to be blocked, which is situated within the diplo ...
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  30 May 2020
  ASIA/JAPAN - A missionary: "In times of a pandemic, we rediscover the centrality of the word of God" Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - "Isolation is not a new situation for Japanese Christians, it was like that even at the time of persecutions: even then they could not meet in churches, but they carried on faith in families. Toda ...
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  30 May 2020
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Churches help migrants during the time of the pandemic Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - While the national lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19 is still in force, many churches in Malaysia are offering aid and services for migrants. The Movement Control Order (MCO), a national ...
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  30 May 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Africa: Burkina Faso shaken by jihadist conflicts Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - In the north-east of Burkina Faso, since the beginning of the year, there have been at least five attacks against Christian communities. Over 2000 schools have been closed. Since 2012, there ...
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  30 May 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bishops: do not politically exploit the pandemic La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "We deplore and reject the irresponsible and immoral corruption in the acquisition of ventilators to save the life of the sick. We denounce any attitude and action that endangers the life and hea ...
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  30 May 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Violence in Northern Nigeria: the Church promotes reception and dialogue Bauchi (Agenzia Fides) - "Boko Haram is only one of the serious problems. For some time now there have been severe clashes between Tivs and other ethnic groups such as Chamba and Kuetp. They fight each other for possessi ...
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  30 May 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - The Marian shrine of Our Lady of Africa, among the shrines that will join the Pope in the Marian prayer Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "This choice is a grace for us Christians in Ivory Coast and in particular for the devotees of Mary; To look at our shrine and pray in communion with the Holy Father, can only be a joy, especial ...
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  29 May 2020
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - The pandemic slows down the registration of a new parish, but the life of the Church continues thanks to technology Tashkent (Agenzia Fides) - "The lockdown has had the effect of blocking the construction process and registration of a new parish in the city of Angren. At the beginning of the year we had started to collect the necessar ...
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  29 May 2020
  AFRICA/ERITREA - The Lazarists alongside the children of all religions, in the footsteps of St. Justin Hebo (Agenzia Fides) - They have been close to children for 73 years. They feed them, dress them, help them grow and then place them in the community of origin. Since 1947, in Eritrea, the Vincentian fathers (Lazarist mi ...
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  29 May 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Candidates for permanent diaconate in formation through virtual connection La Serena (Agenzia Fides) - In the midst of the difficulties the nation is facing, between social tensions and a pandemic, the school of deacons of San Lorenzo de La Serena, the entity responsible for forming candidates ...
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  29 May 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Prayer, empathy, solidarity of the Church with victims of Cyclone Amphan New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer, empathy, closeness and concrete solidarity: this is how the Catholic Church in India shows its proximity to the victims of Cyclone Amphan which in recent days hit parts of the Indian s ...