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  11 May 2020
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - Catholic marriage is celebrated only "in person" and not through online platforms, in times of pandemic Singapore (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Singapore has refused the possibility of celebrating and therefore validating a marriage by connecting to an online platform. The solution, in times of Covid-19, is provided ...
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  11 May 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Today, like yesterday: the Camillians at the forefront of the Covid-19 emergency Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Simple feelings such as proximity, compassion, understanding, closeness, collaboration, love, which are shown through a look, a smile, a hug, all things that today, in this forced isolation, seem ...
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  11 May 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Pope Francis calls Coptic Patriarch Tawadros: let us together ask God to have mercy on the world Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 10 May Pope Francis called Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II to confirm his proximity to the Coptic Church and all the Egyptian people, and to renew the promise to pray for each other every d ...
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  11 May 2020
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Missionaries in support of women, to remove them from a life of suffering and slavery Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - Guaranteeing small loans to remove women from a life of unheard suffering and hard work: this is the project launched by the White Fathers (also called Missionaries of Africa) in the Democratic R ...
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  11 May 2020
  ASIA - The Bishops of Asia: Christians united with other religions on the Day of fasting, prayer and works of charity on May 14 Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We encourage all the Christian faithful in Asia to live fruitfully, generously and with hope the Day of fasting, prayer and works of charity, scheduled all over the world on May 14, to call for ...
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  11 May 2020
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "I hope we will emerge from the quarantine aware of the value of solidarity" hopes a priest Harare (Agenzia Fides) - "The corona virus pandemic, to some extent has sent us into o ur own little exile, away from our friends and sometimes from our families", writes Fr. Keto Sithole, a priest from Zimbabwe, in a no ...
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  9 May 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mgr. Schmitz to politicians: "You must not play with the life of humble people" Bluefields (Agenzia Fides) - In Nicaragua the health emergency situation continues to be increasingly difficult and confusing. While the population, also following the advice of the Catholic Church, is spontaneously unde ...
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  9 May 2020
  EUROPA - Covid-19: European Jesuit superiors ask the European Union for "authentic ethical and social solidarity" Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - The Conference of Jesuit Provincial Superiors of Europe sent a message to the institutions of the European Union (EU) asking for "authentic ethical and social solidarity" to be promoted in time ...
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  9 May 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Special consecration of the country to the Blessed Mary Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Virgin Mary is the safe haven to protect the Philippines and heal the country from the disastrous COVID-19 pandemic: with this spirit all the dioceses of the Philippines, will be consecrated ...
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  9 May 2020
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - The "return of the missionary", priest and volunteer for the sick of Covid-19 in Poland Bochnia (Agenzia Fides) - "I returned to my country to update my visa, but I was unable to return to Kazakhstan due to the closure of the borders for the containment of Covid-19. At the beginning I felt lost. I 'fought' ...
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  9 May 2020
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - How PMS in Tanzania is working in order to face the COVID-19 emergency Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) - How is the Covid-19 pandemic influencing the life of the mission in Tanzania? To answer these and other questions, Fides asked the Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Tanzania fo ...
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  9 May 2020
  AFRICA - Covid 19: renew the mission in Africa, what remains is the Word of God Kara (Agenzia Fides) - What future does the mission in Africa have after the pandemic? Will we have to go back to the missionary activities and projects carried out until the interruption caused by the global epidemic or ...
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  9 May 2020
  EUROPE/ARMENIA - Premier Pashinyan calls Pope Francis: full support for "global ceasefire" Yerevan (Agenzia Fides) - Full and unequivocal support "to the appeal made by the Holy Father for an immediate ceasefire in all corners of the globe and unity, as the world is exposed to an unprecedented threat". This is ...
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  8 May 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Covid-19: health mission in the Vicariate of Inirida, the Bishops of Nariño ask the President for "urgent care" Inirida (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the social actions carried out by the Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida (Colombia) in this period of pandemic and with the support of a group of health professionals, a boat left in pas ...
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  8 May 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards the gradual reopening of churches ensuring the safety of the health of the faithful Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (CEE) met with the technical-scientific Commission to detail its plans for the reopening of churches, following agreements between bishops and government repres ...