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  28 May 2025
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: “Hope, the word that describes the spirit that prevails in Sri Lanka” Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "Sri Lanka is going through a period of profound political and democratic renewal. Since November 2024, we have had a new president and a new parliament, with an absolute majority, changing the ...
• 28 May 2025
  AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Appointment of bishop of Ouesso Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Brice Armand Ibombo, of the clergy of Gamboma, until now vice rector of the Emile Card. Biayenda National Theological Major Seminary in Brazzavill ...
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  28 May 2025
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishops express solidarity with the families of the victims: Two bloody attacks by jihadists in three months worry the population Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops of Benin express their deepest sympathy to the entire nation and to the grieving families of our soldiers who fell in the line of duty," said the Bishops of Benin on the sidelines o ...
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  26 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics celebrate the Day of Prayer for the Church in China also remembered by Leo XIV Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) – Solemn celebrations took place across mainland China, involving local Catholic communities in the Day of Prayer for the Church in China, established by Pope Benedict XVI and celebrated annual ...
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  26 May 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - In the midst of conflict and suffering "the faithful live a deep faith and do not lose hope" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The country is divided. The situation in Yangon, where I currently live, is quite calm. In the big cities in the central part of the country, people's lives continue, and even our liturgies and ...
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  26 May 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest injured along the Makurdi-Naka road called "the shortest route to hell" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic priest, Father Solomon Atongo, was seriously injured after being shot on the evening of May 24. Father Atongo was traveling with two others when armed assailants attacked their vehicle al ...
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  26 May 2025
  EUROPE/CZECH REPUBLIC - The “Night of the Churches”, an opportunity for encounters in the time of agnosticism by Chiara Dommarco Prague (Agenzia Fides) – On Friday, May 23, the Czech Republic hosted the 17th edition of the “Night of Churches” (Noc kostelů), centered this year on the theme of hope, in line with the ong ...
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  25 May 2025
  Pope Leo XIV and the "unique mission" of the Church of Rome by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Rome is heir to a great history, "grounded in the witness of Peter, Paul and countless martyrs, and it has a unique mission: to be Mater omnium Ecclesiarum, Mot ...
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  25 May 2025
  VATICAN - Regina Coeli, Pope Leo recalls the Day of Prayer for the Church in China Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - Also this year, on the Day of Prayer for the Church in China, established by Pope Benedict XVI, "in churches and shrines throughout China and around the world, prayers were offered to God as a s ...
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  24 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Month of May: Chinese Catholic communities invoke Mary and welcome the gift of new priests Shijiazhuang (Agenzia Fides) – The month of May, which the People of God traditionally dedicate to Mary, is also a time when the fruits of the intercession of the Mother of God can be seen—among them, new priestly an ...
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  24 May 2025
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - The Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood celebrates its sixth anniversary with a publication Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) – Missionary children and adolescents celebrated their sixth anniversary in Romania and the Republic of Moldova during the National Day of Missionary Childhood, which took place last weekend. ...
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  24 May 2025
  VATICAN - Leo XIV: I thank the Lord for the gift of having been a missionary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The experience of mission forms part of my life, and not only as a baptized person, as for all us Christians, but because as an Augustinian religious I was a missionary in Peru, and in the ...
• 24 May 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Huê Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Huê, Vietnam, presented by Archbishop Joseph Nguyên Chi Linh. He is succeeded by Ar ...
• 24 May 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Leo XIV assigns the Title of the Suburbicarian Church of Albano to Cardinal Tagle Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Leo XIV has assigned the Title of the Suburbicarian Church of Albano to His Eminence Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization in the S ...
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  23 May 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies: "There is a need to embody faith in political action" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "After the 2025 midterm elections, we can say that there is still much to be done to create an authentic political consciousness in the nation. We use the word 'politics' in the noblest and highest ...