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  6 May 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bishops: a new date for the elections so as not to endanger the health and life of Bolivians La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Episcopal Conference suggests that the Plurinational Assembly together with the Supreme Electoral Court, work in a coordinated way and take into account the difficulty that currently ...
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  6 May 2020
  ASIA/TIMOR-LESTE - A pastoral task force for the Covid-19 emergency begins Dili (Agenzia Fides) – In order to provide spiritual, psychological and material assistance to the poor directly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Archdiocese of Dili has set up a "pastoral task force" of priests, ...
• 6 May 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Bouaké Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 5 May 2020, the Holy Father appointed as Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, the Reverend Jacques Assanvo Ahiwa, of the clergy of Grand-Bassam, currently Maître d ...
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  6 May 2020
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - COVID-19: Solidarity Fund of the Senegalese Church for the poorest families Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - On March 7, 2020, the Bishops of Senegal launched a national mobilization campaign in favor of the Emergency Fund of Senegal. The idea was to provide Caritas Senegal with the means to act quickly ...
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  6 May 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Family month in times of pandemic: "With Mary, we experience the domestic Church" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian Church usually celebrates "Family Week" in May, however, given the current reality due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year the Bishops have proposed to experience "Family Month" ...
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  6 May 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The Eucharist distributed "door to door" to the faithful: the Church cares for the spiritual needs of the people of God Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Blessed Sacrament brought to the streets of the neighborhoods, to bless the houses; masses in Urdu followed online by the faithful also in other parts of the world; the Eucharist distributed ...
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  6 May 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Christian doctor Murat Dilmener, the "doctor of the poor" dies from coronavirus Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the social distancing measures to counter the contagion from Covid-19, hundreds of doctors, students and workers of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Istanbul wanted to be pr ...
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  6 May 2020
  VATICAN - COVID 19: Caritas Internationalis joins Pope Francis' request for the promotion of a 'global creative solidarity' Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are aware that we are facing an atypical emergency in which the countries that are normally among the largest donors are the most affected by the virus", said Secretary General of Carit ...
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  6 May 2020
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Church in Kisumu donates aid to flood victims and launches an appeal to deal with the consequences of Covid-19 Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will reach out to many other places because the generosity of our people has so far made us to be convinced that the jar will not go empty nor the jug of oil will run dry (1Kings 17:14)", sa ...
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  5 May 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Church campaign raises double the funds needed for Covid-19 patients Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) - Good news in the midst of the Covid 19 crisis come from the region of Loreto (Peruvian forest), one of the Peruvian areas most affected by the pandemic. On Sunday 3 May, the Apostolic Vicariate ...
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  5 May 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Coronavirus: support for crews at risk of contagion from the Apostleship of the Sea Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Chaplains and other pastoral workers on the Australian coast are doing everything possible to support those who work in the seas in this crisis phase linked to the spread of coronavirus. The cur ...
• 5 May 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of Bishop of Asansol Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 4, 2020, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Asansol, India, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Cyprian Monis. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 5/5/2020) ...
• 5 May 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of Bishop of Baruipur, India, and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On May 4, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Baruipur, India, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Salvadore Lobo. He is succeeded by His Exc. Mgr. Sh ...
• 5 May 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Bishop of Oudtshoorn Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 4, 2020, the Holy Father Francis appointed as Bishop of Oudtshoorn, South Africa, the Reverend Noel Andrew Rucastle, of the clergy of Cape Town, currently parish priest of the Our La ...
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  5 May 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Bishops of the Amazon ask the authorities for more attention for Covid-19 which is spreading more and more in the region Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "We Bishops of the Amazon, in the face of the uncontrolled spread of Covid 19 in Brazil, especially in the Amazon, express our immense concern and ask for greater attention from federal and sta ...