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  16 May 2020
  AFRICA/NIGER - Prayer and hope for the release of Father Maccalli, still in the hands of his kidnappers Bomoanga (Agenzia Fides) - Twenty months have passed since the kidnapping of Father Gigi Maccalli, priest of the Society for African Missions in Niger (see Fides, 18/9/2018). The memory, prayer and hope of many are alway ...
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  16 May 2020
  AFRICA/CONGO - Covid-19 special fund: "Despite the crisis there is a huge wave of solidarity", says PMS National Director Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - The outbreak of the global health crisis caused by Covid-19 has profoundly changed the life and mission of the Church in Congo-Brazzaville", says Fr. Gélase Armel Kema, National Director of ...
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  16 May 2020
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Solidarity and gratitude of the Taiwanese people in times of Covid-19 Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - "The Covid-19 pandemic was immediately an opportunity for solidarity, given that the Taiwanese are an open, generous and supportive population", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Raphael Lin Zhiding, Ch ...
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  16 May 2020
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Father Cosme: "In times of Covid-19, cultivate the desire to get together again, to grow united in faith" Kompong Cham (Agenzia Fides) - "There is perhaps a new image of the Church that is emerging in this period of pandemic: it is that of a Church that is based not only on the celebration of the Eucharist, but invites the f ...
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  16 May 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - The COVID-19 pandemic has also strongly impacted the newspapers of the Christian communities Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - Among the side effects of the coronavirus pandemic, in Turkey as in other countries, there are the difficulties affecting the media sector and in particular newspapers, mainly distributed throu ...
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  16 May 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Covid-19: the Bishops invite the faithful to return to mass on Sunday 17 May, after two months of confinement Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - Two months after the closure of churches throughout the country due to the health crisis caused by Covid-19, the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Ivory Coast (CECI) has ordered the "resumpt ...
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  16 May 2020
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - "Let's spread hope": Caritas competition, committed throughout the country since the first signs of the pandemic Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - For the sixth consecutive year Caritas Uruguay launches the national illustration competition on the theme "Let's spread hope". In this particular moment marked by the pandemic, Caritas invit ...
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  16 May 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Missionary rosary on social networks for Covid patients; the Bishops urgently ask for State aid Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Every Sunday the missionary rosary prayer is broadcast as a message of hope, faith and motivation for the faithful in this moment of pandemic on the social networks of the Pontifical Mission ...
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  15 May 2020
  AFRICA/CHAD - COVID-19, the Bishops: "Food security must be guaranteed" N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - "We appreciate the prompt reaction of the State to deal with the pandemic through the Alert and Health Security Cell", write the Bishops of Chad in their message sent to Agenzia Fides, on the ...
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  15 May 2020
  AMERICA - "Time of pandemic, time of opportunity in the light of Laudato Sì": Laudato Sì week Aysén (Agenzia Fides) - In communion with the initiatives promoted all over the world 5 years after the publication of Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Sì" on the care of the common home, the Apostolic Vicariate of Ay ...
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  15 May 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Bishops express solidarity with indigenous communities during the pandemic Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux and chairman of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City and chai ...
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  15 May 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Erdogan: Armenian and Greek "lobbies" conspire against the Turks even during the time of the pandemic Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to use periodic speeches dedicated to the Covid-19 crisis to denounce geopolitical forces and actors who, in his opinion, in this emergency situat ...
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  15 May 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church and the Pontifical Mission Societies are a compass in the difficult time of the coronavirus Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The spiritual and material work of the Catholic Church in the Philippines and, in this context, the action of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the country constitute a compass, and a saf ...
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  15 May 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious leaders gathered in prayer and fasting: "God free us from the pandemic" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - United in prayer and mutual solidarity, invoking God to free us from the pandemic: it is with in this spirit that yesterday, May 14, leaders of the various religions in Pakistan met in the Cathol ...
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  15 May 2020
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - "There is still time for the May 20 vote to take place in peace and security" say the Bishops Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - "We appreciate the fact that, in general, the current election campaign has so far continued peacefully and safely. However, we cannot fail to deplore some shortcomings and the non-reassuring ...