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  3 April 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Covid-19, religious minority foundations join the "Donation collection" launched by Erdogan Ankara (Agenzia Fides) - The Turkish foundations headed by minority religious communities are preparing to participate in the collection of donations launched by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a "National Solidarity C ...
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  3 April 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Coronavirus: an appeal for universal solidarity from the President of the Episcopate Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear brothers and sisters, the pandemic due to the coronavirus puts man in front of his fragility; but then the thought of God expressed by the apostle Paul helps us: charity never goes", said ...
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  2 April 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Missionary Childhood: family prayer to stop the pandemic Leticia (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Celina Mota Sánchez, diocesan director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Apostolic Vicariate of Leticia, Colombia, explains to Fides the pastoral and humanitarian initiati ...
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  2 April 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Religious congregations and dioceses provide homes and spaces for coronavirus patients Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Chile and the world are experiencing a serious health reality. The global spread of Covid-19 has caused a painful number of victims and highlighted the needs and shortcomings of the various he ...
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  2 April 2020
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - The Church makes its structures available to combat COVID-19 Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of Guinea-Bissau is ready to make its health facilities available to national authorities in the context of the fight against COVID-19. This is what emerged from yesterday's m ...
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  2 April 2020
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Prevention is better than cure: Caritas's commitment to fight coronavirus Karachi (Agenzia Fides): "Prevention is better than cure. At this stage it is very important to share accurate and authentic information with people, to avoid the circulation of rumors and false information. Caritas Paki ...
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  2 April 2020
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Covid-19: no case of infection, but preventive measures in the archdiocese of Blantyre Blantyre (Agenzia Fides) - "Here in Blantyre, so far, there has been no case of infection verified and it would be a great grace if there were none in the future", writes to Agenzia Fides missionary Anna Tomasi of the Fr ...
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  2 April 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Lebanese San Charbel "co-patron" of a large trade fair and exhibition center in the Italian city of Milan for Covid-19 patients Milan (Agenzia Fides) - Lebanese Saint Charbel, together with the Lombard San Riccardo Pampuri, will be co-patron of the new hospital set up in record time in the building of a large trade fair and exhibition center in t ...
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  2 April 2020
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Covid-19, Catholics nurture faith with "spiritual communion" Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - As Holy Week approaches, Catholics in Cambodia continue to stay at home, given the Covid-19 emergency and, given the suspension of religious services following the epidemic, nurture their fai ...
• 2 April 2020
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Elevation of the Apostolic Vicariate of Kontagora to Diocese and appointment of the first Bishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis elevated the Apostolic Vicariate of Kontangora (Nigeria) to Diocese, with the same denomination and territorial configuration, making it suffragan of the Metropolita ...
• 2 April 2020
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Appointment of the Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Father Giorgio Marengo, IMC, currently regional councilor of Asia, Superior for Mongolia and parish priest of Mary Mother of Mercy in Arvaiheer, as Apostolic P ...
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  1 April 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops: "concrete and immediate solutions" for problems aggravated by the pandemic Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops gathered in the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV), have raised their voices in this time of world health emergency, expressing their concern about the serious situation that th ...
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  1 April 2020
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle for global truce: Covid-19 emergency "can be an occasion for peace and reconciliation" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The appeal of the Secretary General of the United Nations for a global ceasefire is needed and opportune. That Pope Francis supported and repeated it makes the appeal truly prophetic. The ...
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  1 April 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Hope and support" of the Episcopate for the one-month humanitarian truce of ELN Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "A hope of relief for the Colombian people, especially for those who suffer the consequences of the armed conflict more severely": with these words the Bishops of Colombia accepted the announceme ...
• 1 April 2020
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Resignation of the Archbishop of Bloemfontein and appointment of the new Archbishop Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bloemfontein (South Africa), presented by His Exc .Mgr. Jabulani Adatus Nxumalo, O.M.I. ...