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  21 April 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Week of indigenous peoples: the pandemic is "further pain and suffering, among many delays and forgetfulness" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Although other priorities can be identified in this emergency situation, it would not be reasonable and right to lose sight of our brothers and sisters of the Original Peoples, since for m ...
• 21 April 2020
  AFRICA/CONGO - Appointment of the Coadjutor Archbishop of Brazzaville Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 18 April 2020, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Bienvenu Manamika Bafouakouahou, currently Bishop of the Diocese of Dolisie, as Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Brazzavi ...
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  21 April 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - On May 1, the Act of Entrustment of Italy to Mary Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) entrusts the entire Country to the protection of the Mother of God as a sign of salvation and hope. He will do it on Friday 1st May, at 9 pm, with a moment o ...
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  21 April 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Oldest Cathedral in South Africa Desecrated Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with great sadness and alarm that we confirm the news that has been doing the rounds on Social Media, that the Cathedral had been vandalized and that a ciborium, a pyx, four silver c ...
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  21 April 2020
  AFRICA/NIGER - Covid-19 "Protests due to confinement measures cause fear of assault on Christians" Niamey (Agenzia Fides) - "It was to be expected. There have been scenes of urban guerrilla warfare for several days in Niamey due to the 'confinement' measures caused by the Covid-19 pandemic", writes Fr. Mauro Armanino, ...
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  21 April 2020
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The nation stops to commemorate "the martyrs", victims of last year’s Easter massacre Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "This morning all the bells of our churches and of all Christian, Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim places of worship rang to remember the martyrs of the attacks of April 21, 2019, when terrorists comm ...
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  21 April 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Mission: "The pandemic should not make us forget the poorest and most vulnerable" Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "Around the world, hundreds of missions have been stopped because of Covid-19: many missionaries have been forced to reduce their range or stop altogether. Priests, nuns and operators are doing e ...
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  21 April 2020
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Covid-19: a joint response from Israel and Palestine to the virus is needed Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - "Covid 19 has caused the total closure, geographic and economic isolation of the Bethlehem region. Families do not have enough money for food, not to mention medical treatment. At the Holy Fam ...
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  20 April 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops: solidarity with other countries affected by coronavirus Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - Solidarity, spiritual closeness and prayers for the dramatic situation underway due to the terrible consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: this is what the Bishops of Paraguay express in a lett ...
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  20 April 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - National Day of Prisoners: appeal by a priest for greater humanization of prisons Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Ivory Coast, through the Episcopal Commission for Social Pastoral, has been celebrating the national day of prisoners every year since 2007 on the feast of the Divine Merc ...
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  20 April 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Oil pipeline breakage: disaster for populations and territory Aguarico (Agenzia Fides) - An ecological disaster that affects local populations and the territory: Mgr. José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico (Ecuador), has reported with concer ...
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  20 April 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Covid-19: "We entrust ourselves to Divine Providence", writes a missionary from the State of Roraima Caracarai (Agenzia Fides) - Pastoral activities in the Brazilian state of Roraima, including the celebration of mass, have been suspended since March 22 to avoid the spread of the virus. Civil authorities have ordered pr ...
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  20 April 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - COVID-19: Nigerian Caritas distributes food to the poor blocked at home Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria (CCFN) donated food materials to over 500 households in Durumi community and its surroundings in Abuja (federal capital of Nigeria), as part of measures ...
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  20 April 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - "Divine mercy" Sunday spent for the poorest, blocked by the coronavirus emergency Bhubaneswar, (Agenzia Fides) - Bishops and Catholic faithful in the State of Orissa (Odisha) lived the Sunday of Divine Mercy, April 19, by dedicating themselves to the marginalized, the "discarded", migrants and destitu ...
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  20 April 2020
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The response to Covid-19: Bishop and priests close to people in villages Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "Our heart is turned and entrusted to Our Lady of Smiles, in the middle of the rice fields of Cambodia, while the suspension of any form of activity for the spread of coronavirus is underway" ...