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  21 May 2025
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Leo XIV: "Parables have a great deal to teach us for proclaiming the Gospel today" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In parables, we can "recognize Jesus’ way of communicating, which has a great deal to teach us for proclaiming the Gospel today," was the message of Pope Leo XIV at his first general audi ...
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  21 May 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “We hope the Pope will make an appeal for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope the Pope will make an appeal for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo," write the members of ACMEJ (Association Against Evil and for the Integration of Youth) of Katogota, in the ...
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  21 May 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Priest dies after being found seriously injured along the Nakuru-Nairobi Highway Nyahururu (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Nyahururu in Kenya mourns the loss of Fr. John Ndegwa Maina, parish priest of St. Louis Church in Igwamiti. "The Catholic Diocese of Nyahururu announces the passing to ete ...
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  21 May 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Director of the PMS: "Social justice as part of the mission, inspired by Pope Leo" Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “Social justice is one of the central themes today for a great nation like Indonesia, an emerging nation on the international scene. It is also a crucial issue for the Church’s mission in Ind ...
• 21 May 2025
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 13, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Rev. Fr. Gabriel Jocher ...
• 21 May 2025
  EUROPE/LATVIA - New Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 10, 2025, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed, Rev. Jēkabs Ro ...
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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 ...