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  2 June 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic communities begin the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart and prepare for Pentecost Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - With the inner light and hope rekindled during the month of May, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the Catholic communities of mainland China have begun the month consecrated to the Sacred Heart of ...
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  2 June 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Endless violence: the Missionary Benedictine close their facilities in Kerio Valley Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Missionary Benedictine Sisters of the Sacred Heart Priory have closed all their facilities in Kerio Valley, Kenya, following daily violence in the region. The missionary sisters announced ...
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  2 June 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Floods in the north of the country: humanitarian situation worsens Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – Extensive flooding, caused by heavy rains that lasted for about a week, has affected northern Myanmar, particularly the Sagaing region and Kachin State. The emergency further complicates the li ...
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  2 June 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Testimony from Bukavu: Children are the silent victims of war Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Children are the silent victims of all wars: in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, and in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. From Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu, currently under the control of t ...
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  31 May 2025
  Leo XIV to the Church of France: Your Saints will help you renew your missionary zeal by Gianni Valente Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The most beautiful and simplest "mission program" for the Church in France is not a strategy directed to resist secularization. Nor does it consist in a "genetic eng ...
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  31 May 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Humanitarian situation worsens as conflict intensifies Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is worsening as the war intensifies. According to the UN Secretary-General's spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric de la Rivière, the situation remains particularly ...
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  31 May 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - "Justice, peace, truth: the Jubilee for Christians in Pakistan" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - "We are living in critical times in Pakistan, where everything seems at risk. The economy is in a difficult situation, the cost of living has skyrocketed. At a social level, people are very wo ...
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  30 May 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Archdiocese of Seoul remembers its martyrs: "Fertile ground for the Korean Church" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic faithful of Seoul gathered for prayer at the Seosomun Shrine, where the memory of Blessed Paul Yun Ji-chung and his 123 companions, martyred at the end of the 18th century, was celebr ...
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  30 May 2025
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Chow: Pope Leo wants to visit China, let us pray that his dream may come true. Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan, Bishop of Hong Kong, invited all the faithful to pray "that Leo XIV may set foot in China as Pope." During the Mass celebrated on May 22 in Hong Kong Cathedral, ...
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  30 May 2025
  AFRICA/EGYPT - St. Catherine's Monastery in Sinai passes into the hands of the Egyptian State: concern and reactions grow by Nikos Tzoitis After fifteen centuries of autonomy, the Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai has passed into the hands of the Egyptian State, according to a ruling issued by the Ismailia court. The me ...
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  30 May 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops: “Full light must be shed on the deaths of Father Maina and Father Bett” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “We demand a deep inquiry into these deaths, to reveal the real circumstances and motives, to ensure the security and safety of our priests and all Kenyans in the future”. This was requested ...
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  29 May 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Herve Du Penhoat new Superior General of the Society of African Missions: "We must orient ourselves ever more towards the missionary aspect, towards others, towards the local Church" Rome (Agenzia Fides) – "Thank you very much, thank you all, thank you for this fraternity": these were the first words spoken by Father François Marie Herve Du Penhoat, elected new Superior General of the Society of A ...
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  29 May 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - Humanitarian Crisis: Salesian missionaries provide meals to 2,300 young Haitians Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - In a context where the humanitarian and social crisis seems to have no end, the Salesian missionaries are committed to ensuring adequate nutrition for adolescent boys and girls. In coll ...
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  28 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop of Ningbo visits his former parish: "Communion and unity in the love of Jesus Christ" Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) – “Communion and unity in the love of Jesus Christ.” With this expression, Francis Xavier Jin Yangke, Bishop of the Diocese of Ningbo, summarized the recommendations addressed to the small Ca ...
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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 ...