Pope Francis special Urbi et Orbi, March 27/28, still online
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Pope Francis special Urbi et Orbi, March 27/28, still online

Vatican (Vatican News): Pope Francis presided over a moment of prayer on the sagrato of St Peter’s…

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Vatican decree issued for Holy Week liturgies with Covid-19 restrictions
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Vatican decree issued for Holy Week liturgies with Covid-19 restrictions

VATICAN (CNS): “By the mandate of the supreme pontiff for the year 2020 only,” the…

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Lockdown of Metro Manila is anti-poor migrant groups say
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Lockdown of Metro Manila is anti-poor migrant groups say

HONG KONG (SE): Migrant rights workers said that the lockdown of Metro Manila showed a…

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Sri Lanka imposes curfew to tackle Covid-19
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Sri Lanka imposes curfew to tackle Covid-19

COLOMBO (UCAN): The government of Sri Lanka government imposed a police curfew in several areas,…

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India exemplifies problems facing Southeast Asia as Covid-19 spreads
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India exemplifies problems facing Southeast Asia as Covid-19 spreads

South and Southeast Asia have a combined population of over two billion people and India…

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Church in India braced for Covid-19 emergency
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Church in India braced for Covid-19 emergency

NEW DELHI (UCAN): India came to a grinding halt at midnight on March 25 as…

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Philippine lockdown tramples on the homeless and hungry
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Philippine lockdown tramples on the homeless and hungry

MANILA (UCAN): “There was no mass gathering. The poor fell in line and kept their…

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