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  30 April 2020
  AMERICA / HAITI - Covid 19, a Redemptorist: "Many believe that the disease does not exist in the country and the diaspora no longer sends money" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "It should be said that the predictions of experts on Haiti, regarding this pandemic, can come true in all their brutality since the country has weak points that seem to condemn it. We t ...
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  30 April 2020
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - May 1: "An embrace of solidarity in the pain and difficulties of workers, a message of great hope" Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - This May 1st "finds us in the midst of a global storm, imagining a future of great economic and social crisis that will require the greatest responsibility and generosity of all, social movem ...
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  30 April 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Scalabrinians: "The issue of migration is central even in this period of pandemic" Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - "There is great concern about the condition that thousands of migrants currently live along the border line between Mexico and the United States. With the closure of the borders, due to the Covi ...
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  30 April 2020
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Covid-19: young people in music to face social distancing Boroko (Agenzia Fides) - Contactless sports, musical creations, reflection sessions, themed films and cineforums: these are some of the initiatives proposed by educators to young students and residents of the Don Bosco a ...
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  30 April 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - A community thriving on hope: the testimony of the Church in South Sudan Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in South Sudan consists of an archdiocese and six suffragan dioceses most of whom have celebrated their first centenary of Christian Faith. Like the rest of the church in Africa, the qu ...
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  30 April 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Cardinal Coutts: "We serve people without any discrimination, in the time of Covid-19" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - "We must work in unity to overcome the challenges that people are facing in this global Covid-19 pandemic. Let us open our hearts and work to reach and serve people in need, without making any d ...
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  29 April 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - MCA Day: "From my home, like Santa Teresina, I am also a missionary!" Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Adapting to the time in which we live for the Covid 19 pandemic, the National Day of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (MCA) was celebrated in the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz, with the motto ...
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  29 April 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "I do not mind, he is my brother": campaign to welcome those who return Guasdualito (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the return of Venezuelans to their country, on the border with Alto Apure, the Bishop of the diocese of Guasdualito, in Venezuela, launched the campaign "I do not mind, he ...
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  29 April 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - World premiere on the internet: "Shepherd of souls", life of Mgr. Salvador Montes de Oca Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Among the initiatives of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela to express its closeness to the community of believers in the country, a "world premiere on the internet", the film about the life ...
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  29 April 2020
  ASIA - The emergency of Covid-19 in Central Asia, between containment measures and absolute denial Astana (Agenzia Fides) - "With respect to the response to the pandemic that is affecting all the countries of the world, the Central Asian Republics can be divided into two groups. On one side, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and ...
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  29 April 2020
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Covid-19: containment measures work, but the damage to the economy is serious Gulu (Agenzia Fides) - The virus has not yet reached Gulu. At St Mary's Lacor Hospital, however, everything is ready. Non-acute patients were sent home. The Medicine department has been equipped for the infected by Covid ...
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  29 April 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Jesus is alive and wants you alive": the day of prayer for vocations and native vocations on 3 May Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 3rd May, 4th Sunday of Easter, known as the Sunday of the Good Shepherd from the Gospel passage that is proclaimed during the Mass, the World Day of Prayer for Vocations is celebrated. In ...
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  29 April 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Zimbabwe, Churches in the frontline for a national agreement Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Christian Churches, historically active and recognized presence in Zimbabwe, have decided to structure some proposals to help the country get out of the tunnel of difficulty and suffering in whic ...
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  29 April 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Need to support the agricultural sector to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus Manila (Agenzia Fides) - To address the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Church in the Philippines hopes and asks the government "for measures to provide stronger and more targeted support to agricult ...
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  28 April 2020
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Zero deaths due to Covid-19, the Church resumes celebrating masses Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Given the excellent management of the coronavirus emergency and the limited spread of the disease, the Catholic community in Vietnam has been able to resume celebrating the Eucharist. As Agenzia F ...