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  25 March 2020
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - COVID-19 - The Bishop of Djibouti: "courage to you in Rome and in Italy" Djibouti (Agenzia Fides) - "The enemy has arrived here in Djibouti: there are two confirmed cases," says Mgr. Giorgio Bertin, Bishop of Djibouti to Agenzia Fides. "Our cathedral has been closed since last Saturday: only ...
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  25 March 2020
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians in India: helping the poorest during the complete lockdown of the nation because of Covid-19 New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent to take care of the poorest during the 21 days of total lockdown of the nation, imposed by the government until April 14, as a measure to contain the spread of COVID-19. Christian ...
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  25 March 2020
  ASIA/LEBANON - "May Mary protect the world". Christians and Muslims pray together on the feast of the Annunciation Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - This year, Lebanese Christians and Muslims will not be able to meet in squares and churches to venerate the Virgin Mary together on the Marian solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, proclaime ...
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  25 March 2020
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - COVID-19: Catholic radio stations mobilized to allow the faithful to follow Mass from home Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Ivory Coast in their statement of 17 March on coronavirus protection measures had given the faithful a series of recommendations, such as the ban on gathering more than 50 peo ...
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  24 March 2020
  AFRICA - Covid-19: "Evil will not win. Yes to solidarity; the family is the domestic Church" Kara (Agenzia Fides) - "At this time of crisis linked to the coronavirus, the family today becomes the sacred place par excellence, where to welcome and live the mystery of God. Christ was incarnated in a family, making ...
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  24 March 2020
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Coronavirus crisis: digital resources to ensure pastoral closeness to the faithful Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Masses are suspended due to coronavirus, but the Episcopal conference has made available digital resources useful for not "cutting the bridges" and ensuring maximum pastoral proximity to the fait ...
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  24 March 2020
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "National week of prayer": the Bishops invite the faithful to support the doctors on the front line against Covid-19 Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Praying incessantly for doctors who are "on the front line" to fight against coronavirus: this is the invitation issued by the Filipino bishops and civil authorities to support health workers who ...
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  24 March 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Tourism operators, among the sectors most affected by the coronavirus Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Tourism operators are and will be one of the groups most affected by the pandemic. Now they are on the front line, taking care of those who move around the world and, subsequently, they will s ...
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  24 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - On the feast of San Romero the memory of all the missionaries killed in the name of Christ Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Stephen's witness, culminating in martyrdom, "is a source of inspiration for the renewal of our Christian communities. They are called to become increasingly missionary, all of them tending towards ...
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  24 March 2020
  AFRICA/MAURITIUS - Coronavirus; Cardinal Piat: "Let us follow authority guidelines and intensify prayer" Port-Louis (Agenzia Fides) - "Although confinement is difficult, I ask for strict compliance with authority guidelines. In doing this, we will respect our brothers and sisters", says Cardinal Maurice Piat, Bishop of Port ...
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  24 March 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops: "historical responsibility" of journalists and media as educators and counselors of public opinion Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement on Monday 23 March, the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) recognizes the tireless work of the media, journalists and professionals in this field, who take a leading role in mo ...
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  24 March 2020
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Theodoros, Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria: The world is entering an apocalyptic time Alexandria of Egypt (Agenzia Fides) - «It is now a fact that the world is entering an apocalyptic era, where no one feels safe, and where the drums of war are synchronized with the cries of men's hearts `who die from fe ...
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  23 March 2020
  AFRICA/GABON - A religious woman who dedicated her life to abandoned elders has been murdered in Libreville Libreville (Agenzia Fides) - On the night between 19 and 20 March, Sister Lydie Oyanem Nzoughe who had dedicated her life to welcoming and caring for the elderly abandoned by their families, poor and homeless, was attack ...
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  23 March 2020
  VATICAN - Pope Francis invites to respond to the pandemic of the virus "with the universality of prayer, of compassion, of tenderness" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "To the pandemic caused by the virus, we want to respond with the universality of prayer, of compassion, of tenderness", invited Pope Francis at the end of the Angelus yesterday, Sunday 22 ...
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  23 March 2020
  ASIA/TURKEY - Syriac priest’s missing mother found dead in SE Turkey after 70 days Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - The body of Şimoni Diril, the mother of Remzi Diril, a Catholic Chaldean priest in İstanbul, was discovered in a stream close to the village of Kovankaya, seventy days after the kidnapping pe ...