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  28 April 2020
  AFRICA/SUDAN - In the time of Covid-19 no clashes and hostilities: the hopes of the Church El Obeid (Agenzia Fides) - "Partly because of the terror due to the spread of the coronavirus, partly because dialogue continues, there have been no clashes here in Sudan". This is what Mgr. Tombe Trille, Bishop of El Ob ...
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  28 April 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Ecological operators, almost all non-Muslims, at high risk of contagion for coronavirus Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan about 95% of the workers involved in cleaning and sanitizing roads, hospitals, schools, sewers and public institutions belong to religious minorities: these are men and women, especia ...
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  28 April 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Government-Bishops Commission at work for the reopening of churches according to the concrete situation of each city Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidential Council and some Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (ECE) met with the Government Minister, Maria Paula Romo, and her councilors, to discuss the issue of the reopening ...
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  28 April 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Sisters of Don Orione continue to assist the disabled, minors and the elderly during the pandemic, "now we need help" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of Don Orione (Little Missionary Sisters of Charity, PSMC) of the Italian Province have launched an appeal in order to face this very difficult moment, in which the Covid-19 pandemic ha ...
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  28 April 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest threatened with death, but the Church does not stop in defense of the rights of the population San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - Quarantine to combat the pandemic is not enough to stop organized crime that continues to threaten the population in Mexico. This is what happens in Chiapas, where priests have been threat ...
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  28 April 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Suspension of masses for the pandemic is painful, but can help save lives Belo Horizonte (Agenzia Fides) - The social isolation measures decided by the authorities to curb the growth of cases and the spread of covid-19 in Brazil have also been adopted by the Brazilian archdioceses and dioceses ...
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  28 April 2020
  AFRICA/TOGO - Coronavirus pandemic: missionaries also suffer due to restrictions Sokodé (Agenzia Fides) - "We are also confined, no more Sunday and weekday masses. So no more collections on Sunday. We used to do two: one for missions and one for the church. For two months we have not received any do ...
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  27 April 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - Aid to families without income must be given priority, in the social crisis due to coronavirus Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "Our first concern is that nobody must feel hungry, so we will provide the poor with food and medicines; families without any monthly income will come first", says the director of Caritas Lebanon ...
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  27 April 2020
  VATICAN - Pope Francis invites to pray the Rosary: "Our Mother will help us overcome this trial" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The month of May will begin in a few days, dedicated in a particular way to the Virgin Mary. With a brief Letter — published yesterday — I invited all the faithful to pray the Holy Ros ...
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  27 April 2020
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Capuchin friars produce and donate protective masks to the poorest Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) – Face masks with a thousand colors to protect the most disadvantaged sections of the population from coronavirus infection. The initiative was launched by the Capuchin friars of Cameroon, one ...
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  27 April 2020
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Covid-19: in times of suffering, the Church is close to the faithful via radio Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - "Because of the pandemic, we have postponed baptisms and first communions which we normally celebrate at Easter. Now, due to the spread of the coronavirus in the country, nobody knows when our ca ...
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  27 April 2020
  EUROPE/POLAND - An ad of the PMS for the extraordinary collection for the Covid-19 Emergency Fund Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - Responding to the appeal of the Holy Father to create an international emergency fund to help the populations of mission territories affected by the Covid 19 pandemic (see Fides, 6/4/2020), the P ...
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  27 April 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops: we can recover from Covid-19, but we must overcome hatred, indifference and violence Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly of the Chilean Episcopal Conference was held in an unusual way, via video conference, where the Bishops exchanged information on the different problems, challenges and solutions fa ...
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  27 April 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - COVID-19: for missionaries it is the "time to 'stay' and do 'acts of solidarity, even if with simple gestures" Duràn (Agenzia Fides) - “Those who can afford to be at home and have the opportunity to go out to do shopping live a 'quarantine' which is certainly different from those who live in barracks, without basic services, w ...
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  27 April 2020
  ASIA - An appeal from the Asian bishops for a global truce in times of pandemic Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Asia have joined the call of the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres and Pope Francis, for a global ceasefire in the face of the unprecedented threat of the coronavi ...