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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 ...
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  9 May 2025
  The new Bishop of Rome: Missionary and son of Saint Augustine Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I am a son of Saint Augustine," said Pope Leo XIV in his first address from the central Loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, to the people gathered in St. Peter's Square following his election as the 2 ...
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  9 May 2025
  AFRICA - He has visited the continent several times: Pope Leo XIV knows Africa well Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Leo XIV knows Africa well, having visited several African countries in recent years in his capacity as Cardinal Prefect of the Diacstery of Bishops and, before that, primarily as Prior General ...
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  9 May 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - “Before each meeting and pastoral activity, he spent a long time in Eucharistic adoration”: Augustinians remember the Prior Provost in India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – “Pope Leo XIV is remembered in India with affection and gratitude. He visited our nation twice as Prior General of the Augustinian Fathers, he is remembered as a simple man, who knew how t ...
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  9 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese bishops congratulate Pope Leo XIV Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese bishops congratulate Pope Leo XIV on his election. As reported by the Chinese state news agency "Xin Hua" (New China), the Patriotic Association of the Chinese Catholic Church "Yi Hu ...
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  9 May 2025
  VATICAN - The first homily of Pope Leo XIV: "Move aside so that Christ may remain, to make oneself small so that he may be known and glorified" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Below is the full text of Pope Leo XIV's first homily during his first Mass as Pope. The celebration took place in the Sistine Chapel, the day after his election. The Cardinals who particip ...
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  9 May 2025
  Leo XIV, Successor of Peter Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Conclave, which began on Wednesday, May 7, elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 266th Successor of Peter on Thursday, May 8. The new Pope took the name Leo XIV and greeted the crowd i ...
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  8 May 2025
  ASIA/JORDAN - Prince Hassan invites Patriarchs and Church Leaders to a conference on the role of Arab Christians in the Middle East Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Sykes-Picot Agreement, the secret pact with which France and the United Kingdom divided their spheres of influence in the Middle East after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, was ...
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  8 May 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Salesian missionaries help young people seek for a job Srikakulam (Agenzia Fides) - An initiative launched by the Salesian missionaries in the Diocese of Srikakulam aims not only to shape the conscience of young people but also to impart skills needed to enter the world of w ...
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  8 May 2025
  AMERICA/PERU - "No matarás": the country's bishops condemn the murder of a group of workers at the hands of criminal gangs Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "As a Church, we reaffirm our call to build a society in which life is respected and the dignity of every person is protected, and development is accompanied by justice, honesty, and charity," said ...