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  21 May 2025
  The 2025 General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies begins Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) begins today in Rome at the San Lorenzo International College of Brindisi of the Capuchin Friars. The assembly's intense ...
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  21 May 2025
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - What the EU summit means for Central Asia by Cosimo Graziani Samarkand (Agenzia Fides) - The recent meeting between the leaders of the European Union and those of the Central Asian countries, held in Samarkand on April 4, likely marks a new beginning in relati ...
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  20 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The Diocese of Fuzhou commemorates the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Jesuit Giulio Aleni, the "Confucius of the West," who came to tell “the story of Jesus” Fuzhou (Agenzia Fides) – It has been 400 years since the Jesuit Giulio Aleni, known as the "Confucius of the West," landed in Fuzhou (now the capital of Fujian Province) to tell "the story of Jesus." Today, the Diocese ...
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  20 May 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - Building unity through dialogue and listening: XXII General Assembly of the Society of African Missions Rocca di Papa (Agenzia Fides) – A total of 55 delegates—including provincial and district superiors, elected delegates, facilitators, and guests—from around the world gathered in Rome to participate in the 22nd Gen ...
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  20 May 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Time wasted between betrayed promises of peace and massacres of innocents by Father Ibrahim Faltas, ofm* Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - "In Gaza, children, families, and the surviving elderly are reduced to starvation." With these words, Pope Leo XIV recalled the suffering in Gaza during Sund ...
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  20 May 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Cardinal Coutts: "We are brothers and sisters, we are children of one Mother" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "In a time of tension, we can only call for prayer for peace between India and Pakistan. We must rediscover our roots: we are brothers and sisters because we are children of one Mother, as Mahatma ...
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  19 May 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Gracias: "It is time for peace between India and Pakistan" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "It is time for peace. It is time to put an end to old resentments. We wholeheartedly call for peace in Kashmir. We hope for a complete and definitive agreement, which would be important not only f ...
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  19 May 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Leo XIV: "My priority is that of seeking the re-establishment of full and visible communion among Christians" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I seek the re-establishment of full and visible communion among all those who profess the same faith in God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit," as well as reaffirming “no” to war ...
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  19 May 2025
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop of Garoua: “Father Mbaibarem is free and in good physical condition” Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) – After eight days of captivity, Father Valentin Mbaibarem, parish priest of the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Madingring, kidnapped on May 7 along with five other people on the road betw ...
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  19 May 2025
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Chow: Pope Leo has been to China several times and is familiar with Chinese culture and reality Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Before becoming Successor of Peter, Robert Francis Prevost “visited China several times and got to know the Chinese culture and reality.” This is what Jesuit Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-ya ...
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  19 May 2025
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - In an atmosphere of celebration, joy and gratitude, the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians celebrated 125 years of presence in the country Asunción (Agenzia Fides) – On April 29, 2025, the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), together with young people, lay people and the Salesian Family, celebrated the 125th anniversary of the arrival of the firs ...
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  19 May 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Diocese of Timika has a new bishop: He is the second indigenous bishop Timika (Agenzia Fides) – As part of a week of prayer and celebration, the Diocese of Timika welcomed the arrival of the new Bishop, Bernardus Bofitwos Baru, who took possession of his diocese with a solemn Mass in the ...
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  19 May 2025
  VATICAN - "Paths of Hope" in the Missionary World: Liberation from Old and New Slavery Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "We missionaries are called to set out on a journey to be artisans of hope and to restore dignity to people whose dignity and freedom have been violated," said Comboni Missionary Maria Rosa ...
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  18 May 2025
  Pope Leo: a united and missionary Church which becomes a 'leaven' for a reconciled world Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you”, said Pope Leo XIV, addressing the many people gathered in St. Peter's Square, the pilgrims who have c ...
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  17 May 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The hope of Vietnamese Catholics: "We look forward to welcoming Pope Leo XIV in Vietnam" Ho Chi Minh City (Fides) - "Pope Leo XIV should visit Vietnam, fulfilling Pope Francis's wish," headlines a Vietnamese Catholic online newspaper. It is an example of how the Vietnamese Catholic and secular press has also ...