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  15 May 2025
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The JNIM group intensifies attacks in several towns in the Country Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), a Sahelian jihadist group linked to al-Qaeda, has intensified its attacks against military and civilian targets in Burkina Faso. The j ...
• 14 May 2025
  EUROPE/UKRAINE - Father Luca Bovio, IMC, at the head of the newly established national direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Father Luca Bovio, IMC, as direct ...
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  14 May 2025
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - Meetings of the Women Program of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia on the "Theology of the Body" inspired by John Paul II Manama (Agenzia Fides) - "Theology of the Body (TOB): A Transformative Journey of Hope, Healing & Human Dignity" represents a further step forward made by the Women Program (WP) of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Ara ...
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  14 May 2025
  Leo XIV to Eastern Catholics: You are precious. Continue to be outstanding for your faith, hope, and charity, and nothing else Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “You are precious”. “The Church needs you”. “Continue to be outstanding for your faith, hope, and charity, and nothing else”. Pope Leo XIV receives in audience a multitude of ...
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  14 May 2025
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - One of the hostages captured with Father Valentin Mbaibarem has been released Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) - "A person who was kidnapped along with Father Mbaibarem was released this evening," Archbishop Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo of Garoua confirmed to Fides. In the Archdiocese of Garoua, in northern Cam ...
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  14 May 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Testimony of the forgotten conflict in eastern DRC: The “100 days of liberated Goma” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “Goma, capital of the North Kivu region, two million inhabitants. An occupied city, on its knees. Stretched along the shores of Lake Kivu, caressed by the heat of the Nyiragongo volcano, it ...
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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 ...