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  14 May 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The Burmese people hope for Pope Leo's support and ask for help after the earthquake Mandalay (Agenzia Fides) - "Now we must rebuild hope in our communities, already affected by war and hardship. We renew an urgent appeal: help us rebuild our ecclesial communities in Mandalay," Father Peter Kyi Maung, Se ...
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  13 May 2025
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Bishop Berardi: Pope Leo XIV, a sign of hope and communion that strengthens our unity with the universal Church Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "For the Church in the Arabian Peninsula, this moment is an encouragement to continue to live and bear witness to the Gospel, often in silent or hidden ways," said Bishop Aldo Berardi O.SS.T., Ap ...
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  13 May 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Rodrigo Duterte is once again mayor of Davao Davao (Agenzia Fides) - Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, indicted for crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court, has been elected mayor of Davao, the city on the island of M ...
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  13 May 2025
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Archbishop of Garoua: "Father Mbaibarem is still in the hands of the kidnappers" Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Mbaibarem is still in the hands of the kidnappers. From time to time, they contact some locals to demand a ransom for his release," Archbishop Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo of Garoua in northe ...
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  13 May 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Camillians inaugurate a new Social Center in Kupang, on the island of Timor Kupang (Agenzia Fides) - After more than fifteen years of missionary presence, the Camillian religious in Indonesia are a tangible sign of charity and social commitment. Their work, inspired by the charism of Saint Camil ...
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  13 May 2025
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Bishop Martinelli entrusts Pope Leo to Our Lady of Arabia: "A son of migrants" Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) - "To Mary, Our Lady of Arabia, we entrust the new Pope Leo XIV," said Bishop Paolo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, at the end of his homily at the Holy Mass in Abu Dhabi followi ...
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  12 May 2025
  VATICAN - The Pope to journalists: choose consciously and courageously the path of communication in favour of peace Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "You are at the forefront of reporting on conflicts and aspirations for peace, on situations of injustice and poverty, and on the silent work of so many people striving to create a better w ...
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  12 May 2025
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - On the other side of the world, in the heart of the immense Pacific: Welcome Pope Leo XIV by Sandro Lafranconi* Huahine (Agenzia Fides) - At 6:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, in Italy, here, on the other side of the world, in the heart of the immense Pacific, it was 6:45 a.m. Like every day, I turned on the I ...
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  12 May 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Ceasefire between India and Pakistan: "Fruit of the children's prayers" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We know that the Lord hears the prayers of the children who are in his heart. And the ceasefire between India and Pakistan has a very special meaning for us because we consider it a truce," says ...
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  12 May 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Missionary from the capital of South Kivu: “Bukavu is abandoned to hunger and neglect” Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - "I entered the city yesterday morning (May 10, ed.) with a feeling of joy and hope in light of the election of Pope Leo XIV. I seemed to sense this feeling in the people I met, even though the re ...
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  11 May 2025
  VATICAN/REGINA CAELI - Leo XIV: May Jesus grant the world "the miracle of peace" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Leo entrusts his prayer for peace to Mary, the "Queen of Peace," "so that she may present it to the Lord Jesus to obtain for us the miracle of peace." With this, Pope Leo XIV concluded ...
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  11 May 2025
  VATICAN/REGINA CAELI - Pope Leo: Jesus guides the Church, the Church needs spiritual vocations Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I consider it a gift from God that the first Sunday of my service as Bishop of Rome is Good Shepherd Sunday". With these words of gratitude Pope Leo XIV began his brief address during his ...
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  10 May 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Coordinator of a Catholic organization murdered in the parish. Sorrow of Bishop Hiiboro Kussala Tambura (Agenzia Fides) – A new act of violence has shaken the parish of St. Mary Help of Christians, in Tombura County, Western Equatoria State, one of the ten states of South Sudan. According to local media reports, ...
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  10 May 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - Assembly of the International Union of Superiors General: Thank you Pope Francis, welcome to Pope Leo by Pascale Rizk Rome (Agenzia Fides) - About 900 nuns from around the world gathered in Rome from May 5 to 9 to participate in the 23rd Assembly of the International Union of Superiors General, dedicated to the theme ...
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  10 May 2025
  AMERICA/PERU - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies: Pope Leo XIV is a Man of God and a missionary Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) - Affection, gratitude, and emotion. These are the feelings that resonate in the words of Father José Hipolito Purizaca Sernaque, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Peru, w ...