Europe

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  17 April 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - 19 months after the kidnapping of Fr. Pierluigi Maccalli the hope for his release remains alive Crema (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a great surprise and you can imagine my joy: after a silence of about 18 months, for the first time we had the certainty of what we have always believed and hoped," writes Fr. Walter Macca ...
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  15 April 2020
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The PMS for the Covid 19 emergency fund: "the missionaries are already ringing the alarm bell" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Spain adhere to the request of the Holy Father to create an international emergency fund to help mission territories affected by this pandemic (see Fides ...
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  9 April 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Ecumenical Message for Easter: "Do not be afraid" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In view of the Easter of Resurrection, which our Churches will celebrate on different dates (April 12 in the western tradition and April 19 in the eastern one), on the basis of the fraternity that ...
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  8 April 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Scalabrinians: in the fight against Coronavirus, let us not forget the health conditions of migrants Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The crisis dictated by the coronavirus cannot abandon the work that is being done to protect the last. The Holy Father’s appeal cannot be forgotten and, on the contrary, must be the result of a ...
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  7 April 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - The kidnapping of the missionary Maccalli: avoid speculation and wait confidently Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Now more than ever, maximum discretion is needed, in order not to jeopardize the work carried out so far". Authoritative Fides sources urge the utmost confidentiality and delicacy in dealing with ...
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  6 April 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Gigi Maccalli: knowing that he is alive is a message of hope for Holy Easter Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Holy Week begins with news that we have all been waiting for for almost 18 months. From a short video released in these hours, it appears that Father Perluigi Maccalli, priest of the Society for Af ...
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  6 April 2020
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Journey towards Easter: traveling across the world without leaving home Friborg (Agenzia Fides) - The closure of churches due to the coronavirus infection will not make the Easter celebrations in communities possible. Families can no longer get together for the feast. Missionary Childhood of ...
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  4 April 2020
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Order of Malta extends its projects all over the world to combat Covid-19 Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Covid-19 pandemic is profoundly influencing the activity of the Order of Malta, which every day offers social and health assistance around the world, but has now had to adapt to this unpreceden ...
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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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  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 ...