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  16 May 2026
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops promote initiatives for "responsible voting" ahead of elections Bogotá (Fides News Agency) – With the presidential elections scheduled for May 31 in Colombia, bishops and Catholic organizations have launched initiatives to promote responsible voting. If no candidate achieves an ab ...
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  16 May 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Cardinal Coutts: "Pakistan as a mediator of peace: We are working for harmony, in Pakistan and in the world" Rome (Fides News Agency) – "Pakistan is acting as a mediator of peace between two major powers, Iran and the United States, for world peace. This is a very positive development. I am also surprised that Pakistan is sud ...
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  15 May 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops: Poverty and violence plague the Ecclesiastical Province of Kinshasa Kinshasa (Fides News Agency) – “Poverty, widespread insecurity, targeted attacks against the Catholic Church, its representatives and its institutions, as well as an alarming rise in physical and verbal violence”. ...
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  15 May 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Secretary of the Bishops’ Conference: solidarity with the people and a call on the Government to put a stop to incidents of religious intolerance Beira (Fides News Agency) – “We are following with deep concern the situation of terrorism raging our country, with its epicenter in Cabo Delgado since 5 October 2017, which, according to published statistics, has al ...
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  15 May 2026
  Cardinal Chow at the exhibition marking the 80th anniversary of the diocese's foundation: our joy is in being able to share the joy of the Gospel with Hong Kong Hong Kong (Fides News Agency) – “The joy of our Church lies in being able to share the joy of the Gospel with Hong Kong”. With these words, Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan, Bishop of Hong Kong, outlined the present a ...
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  15 May 2026
  ASIAINDIA - Two Salesians kidnapped and released in Manipur: the Naga and Myanmar insurgents involved in the general instability Imphal (Fides News Agency) - Two young Salesians were kidnapped and then released after 24 hours in captivity in Manipur, a state in north-eastern India where there is significant instability due to the ethnic conflict t ...
• 14 May 2026
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Appointment of Bishop of Bata Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father, Leo XIV, has appointed Bishop Miguel Angel Nguema Bee Etete, S.D.B., currently Apostolic Administrator of the same See and Bishop of the Diocese of Ebebiyin, as Bishop ...
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  14 May 2026
  “I choose not to hate”: in his new book, missionary Pier Luigi Maccalli highlights “a forgotten essential for building peace”
  Genoa (Fides News Agency) – “Peace is a possible mission”: this, along with many other meaningful insights and reflections, represents the core of the new book with the equal ...
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  14 May 2026
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Ascensión de Guarayos celebrates 200 years of faith and Franciscan presence in the Bolivian Amazon Ascensión de Guarayos (Fides News Agency) – From May 13 to 15, the Apostolic Vicariate of Ñuflo de Chávez will host celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of this historic city in eastern Bolivia and the beginni ...
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  13 May 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Three Kuki Baptist Pastors killed in Manipur Imphal (Fides News Agency) –In an ambush against a convoy of Kuki Baptist Christians in the Indian state of Manipur, three Baptist pastors were brutally murdered and others were wounded. The attack occurred on May 13 a ...
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  13 May 2026
  At Urbaniana University, the spotlight is on the relevance of "Contextual Theology," at the service of the mission Rome (Fides News Agency) – In his opening address at the Pontifical Urbaniana University on May 12, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, spoke about the doctrine o ...
• 13 May 2026
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides news Agency) - On May 5, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), confirmed Fr. Théogène ...
• 13 May 2026
  AFRICA/COTE I’IVOIRE - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Abidjan Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Aguia Jean Martial Arnaud Kouamé, until now parish priest of Saint Ambroise Ma vigne, Ma Vie, as auxiliary bishop of the metropolitan archdio ...
• 13 May 2026
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of bishop of Wote Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe, until now auxiliary bishop and apostolic administrator sede vacante of the diocese of Wote, Kenya, as bishop of the same see. ...
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  13 May 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - After being kidnapped in February: Father Nathaniel Asuwaye is free Abuja (Fides News Agency) – Father Nathaniel Asuwaye, who was kidnapped on February 7, 2026, has been released (see Fides, 8/2/2026). The Diocese of Kafanchan informed the faithful of this in a statement on May 12: “ ...