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  24 June 2026
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops after attack on Anglican cathedral in Nairobi: "Is this in the interest of the political elite?" Nairobi (Fides News Agency) – "If what we saw happen in All Saints Cathedral Nairobi is anything to go by, where a meeting was disrupted by goons, who were so confident as to even threaten the policemen present, a grav ...
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  24 June 2026
  Cardinals Vesco and Marengo: "At the school of the Acts of the Apostles, in the deserts of the world" by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) - At the school of the Acts of the Apostles, Cardinals Jean-Paul Vesco, Archbishop of Algiers, and Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic Prefect of Ulan Bator, agreed to revisit ...
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  24 June 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop in Kachin State, in the midst of conflict: "Without God's help, we can do nothing. I tell the faithful: let us pray more" by Paolo Affatato Myitkyina (Fides News Agency) - "Jesus tells us in the Gospel: do not be afraid. This is my motto. God will help us, no matter what happens. In our situation, we must entrust ourselves to God. I tel ...
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  23 June 2026
  Between political neo-messianisms and Augustinian realism: scholars and analysts revisit Leo XIV’s teaching on international politics and Global scenarios Rome (Fides News Agency) – One year after the election of Pope Leo XIV, a public lecture at the Pontifical Gregorian University has offered one of the first comprehensive readings of his pontificate in the field of int ...
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  23 June 2026
  The blood-stained Breviary and other "Family Memories" of Father Amédée Benoît by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Lyon (Fides News Agency) - "He died with the rosary in his hand, just as he had lived: a missionary totally given to others." With this evocative image, Father Benoît Campion summarizes for F ...
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  23 June 2026
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Sued for supporting indigenous communities in the fight against mining: Church representatives express solidarity with Bishop of Bayombong Bayombong (Fides News Agency) – Priests, religious, and lay people from the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino participated today in a peaceful march and prayer service organized by the Commission for Social Action ...
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  23 June 2026
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The 9th edition of the Missionary Congress for children and adolescents is underway, with over 1,000 participants expected Bogota (Fides News Agency) – From June 25 to 28, children and young people from across Colombia will gather in the city of Valledupar for a great celebration of faith, communion, and mission. "On a Mission in the world ...
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  23 June 2026
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The “inter-congregational” mission of the nuns in the “bateyes” of Barahona amidst poverty, migration and fragility Barahona (Fides News Agency) – The Inter-congregational Missionary Community (CIM) was founded in Haiti in 2010 at the initiative of the Latin American Conference of Women Religious (CLAR) and was later organized by th ...
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  23 June 2026
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Bishop Kussala: “The loss of Father Youhanna Al-Amin is a painful wound for the entire Church” Khartoum (Fides News Agency) – “The violent death of a priest while faithfully serving God's people is a tragedy that touches the very heart of the Church,” wrote Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio in ...
• 23 June 2026
  EUROPE/BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Sarajevo (Fides News Agency) - Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Father Dubravko Turalija, a priest ...
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  23 June 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Call for dialogue against xenophobia and intimidation of foreign-led churches Cape Town (Fides News Agency) – “Let our churches at all levels host and support honest dialogue that brings together local residents, foreign nationals and their organized formations, businesspeople and their organi ...
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  22 June 2026
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Father Youhanna Al-Amin, parish priest in Kaduna in the Nuba Mountains, murdered Khartoum (Fides News Agency) – Father Youhanna Al-Amin, parish priest in Kaduna in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan for over thirty years, was killed for remaining with the parishioners entrusted to his pastoral care. A ...
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  22 June 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - In the "market city" of Yiwu, Father's Day becomes an occasion to proclaim the Gospel Yiwu (Fides News Agency) – An unexpected event has brought joy and comfort to the Catholic community of Yiwu in its missionary zeal: the heartfelt words of fathers from various countries, who expressed their gratitude ...
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  22 June 2026
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Pope's visit to Korea: An Opportunity to renew inter-Korean dialogue Seoul (Fides News Agency) – Following the official invitation extended to Pope Leo XIV to visit South Korea for World Youth Day in Seoul in 2027, “I also asked him to consider a stop in the Demilitarized Zone (on the ...
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  22 June 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Arshad: "The peace agreement between the US and Iran is a glimmer of hope for peace in the Middle East and the world" Islamabad (Fides News Agency) – “The peace agreement between the US and Iran, which we hope will be respected by all parties involved, is more than a political solution: it embodies humanity’s capacity for reconcil ...