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  23 May 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies: "There is a need to embody faith in political action" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "After the 2025 midterm elections, we can say that there is still much to be done to create an authentic political consciousness in the nation. We use the word 'politics' in the noblest and highest ...
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  23 May 2025
  Cardinal Tagle at the Pontifical Mission Societies Assembly: let us learn from the Apostles, made missionaries by the encounter with the Risen Christ Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary work of the Church has its source in the wonder of those who encountered the Risen Jesus, "and were sent by Him". And even today, the people and entities involved in missionary work ...
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  23 May 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Mandonico, of the Society of African Missions: “The missionary Pope reminds us of the need not to close ourselves in our fortresses” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “One particular trait stands out about the missionary Robert Francis Prevost, OSA, who became Pope Leo XIV. Those who knew him closely do not have any striking gestures to share, but they reit ...
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  23 May 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishop of Nyahururu on the death of Father Maina: "We await the results of the investigation" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - "There is an ongoing investigation. Once the investigators have completed their investigation into Father Maina's death, they will shed light on the matter and answer the questions we have all b ...
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  23 May 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Another priest murdered in Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Another Catholic priest has been murdered in Kenya. Father Alloyce Cheruiyot Bett was shot dead in the Tot area of the Kerio Valley, in the Elgeyo Marakwetm County, in the Western Highlands of K ...
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  22 May 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Apostolic Vicar Schmitthaeusler: "Pope Leo's presence is a source of courage, joy and communion" Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - "The young faithful in Cambodia experienced an explosion of joy on May 8th because we have a Pope, the Shepherd of the universal Church. For them and for all Cambodians, he, as the Good Sheph ...
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  22 May 2025
  ASIA/LEBANON - “An end to the war in Gaza; Syrians must be given the opportunity to return to their country” Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - "The Maronite bishops hope and pray for an end to the war in the Gaza Strip, which is causing death, hunger, disease, and epidemics among the civilian population, and call on the international co ...
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  22 May 2025
  Pope Leo XIV's gratitude to the Pontifical Mission Societies: “Leaven of missionary zeal within the People of God” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The "world, wounded by war, violence and injustice" needs to hear the Gospel message of God’s love and to experience the reconciling power of Christ’s grace." Therefore, today it is all ...
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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 ...