Europe

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  1 April 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Appeal from Christian associations and communities: Opening of "health corridors" for Iran and the urgent need to stop sanctions Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The creation of a "health aid corridor" to bring essential medicines and medical supplies to Iran to combat the Coronavirus epidemic; immediate suspension of the economic sanctions affecting the ...
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  31 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Covid-19: even more dramatic situation for those living in war zones Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Concerns are growing for communities living in war zones around the world, where access to basic health care is scarce and insufficient. The displaced people in these areas already suffer from the ...
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  30 March 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Missionaries multiply their efforts, but hunger will be more deadly than Covid 19 Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The health emergency following Covid-19 has now reached all continents. The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain have collected the testimony of some missionaries who have doubled their co ...
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  30 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Young people of "The Economy of Francesco": "The international crisis due to coronavirus shows how everything is interconnected" Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - "We will not stop. The international crisis due to the coronavirus once again shows how everything is interconnected. In the light of this dramatic experience, the appointment you gave us appears ...
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  26 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - 14 Xaverian Missionaries have died in a month Parma (Agenzia Fides) - The 11 priests and the 3 religious of the Xaverian Missionaries who died in less than a month spent many years of their lives in mission land, announcing the Gospel of Jesus Christ in four contine ...
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  25 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - "Today you are Don Orione, no longer with the cassock, but with your white coat" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Don Orione inspires us to live this time of health and social emergency with seriousness, in full respect of the norms and public guidelines, but also with the fantasy of charity". This is what Fa ...
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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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  23 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - A Day to remember the missionary martyrs Rome (Agenzia Fides) - March 24, the day in which Mgr. Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador was assassinated in 1980, was chosen 28 years ago by the then Missionary Youth Movement of the Pontifical Mission So ...
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  18 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - All Italy in prayer on the evening of March 19 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI) has promoted a moment of prayer for the whole country, inviting every family, every faithful, every religious community to pray the Rosary, the Mysteries of li ...
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  17 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Camillian missionaries involved in the "Corona Care" online platform Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The risk is that the 'panic mode' is spreading in many places. Several Countries are under severe stress: people are looking for adequate answers and solutions. We of the Camillian Disaster Servic ...
• 17 March 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - A message of hope from Catholic musicians through a virtual festival Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The best-known Catholic artists will come together in a virtual festival to bring a message of hope to those forced into their homes due to the pandemic: in these two weeks they will hold live co ...
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  16 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Maccalli today: a contemplative missionary Padua (Agenzia Fides) - "It was September 17, 2018 when an unexpected event disrupted the life of Father Gigi Maccalli and we find ourselves once again to pray for him". These are the words of two dear friends of the pri ...
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  14 March 2020
  EUROPE - Common prayer of the Presidents of CCEE and COMECE to ask God for help and comfort St. Gallen (Agenzia Fides) – In response to the difficult time communities all over the world are facing due to the Covid-19 virus outbreak, H.Em. Card. Angelo Bagnasco and H.Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, respect ...
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  9 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinian social campaign for the redemption of migrant women Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "There are over 260 million migrant women in the world. Travelers and witnesses of hope, strength, the ability to want to change the world. It is for this reason that, on the occasion of Internatio ...
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  4 March 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinians: one out of three migrants is a child, a sign that the international crisis is becoming stronger and stronger Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A third of migrants stranded in Greece are children. "It is the sign of how the international crisis is becoming stronger, and how often families allow their most precious things to leave, their ch ...