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  25 April 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The nation remembers Pope Francis with gratitude, “a man of peace and reconciliation” Loikaw (Fides Agency) - In a refugee camp in Kayah State, in the Diocese of Loikaw - one of the areas affected by the ongoing civil war in Myanmar - Catholic faithful gathered for a prayer vigil according to the traditio ...
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  25 April 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest kidnapped in northwestern Nigeria Abuja (Fides Agency) - Another Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. The victim is Fr. Ibrahim Amos, pastor of St. Gerald Quasi Parish in Kurmin Risga, in the local government area of Kauru, Kaduna State, in nor ...
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  25 April 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Xinhua News Agency: The Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association and the “Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Church in China” have sent a message of condolence to the Vatican on the death of Pope Francis Beijing (Fides Agency) - “Yi Hui Yi Tuan” - literally “One Association and One Conference,” a formula used to refer to the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association and the “Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Chu ...
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  25 April 2025
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - Raromatai Islands: Church bells ring for the death of Pope Francis Bora Bora (Fides Agency ) - “An hour after the Vatican's official announcement, the long tolling of bells in Raromatai announced the death of Pope Francis.The bells of the jubilee church of St. Andrew in Raiatea, the H ...
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  25 April 2025
  ASIA/THAILAND - Sister Elizabete Ferreira de Souza on Missionary Childhood: “I try not to disturb the Lord's work” Chiang Rai (Fides Agency) - “What St. John Paul II repeatedly emphasised, especially on the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood, is true: the cooperation of children in e ...
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  24 April 2025
  “Without Him we can do nothing.” The teaching of Pope Francis on mission by Gianni Valente Rome ( Fides Agency) - “I joined the Jesuits because I was struck by their missionary vocation, their constant movement towards the frontiers.” This is what Pope Francis said about himself. Then, ...
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  24 April 2025
  Pope Francis and his “beloved tormented Syria” by Jacques Mourad* Homs (Fides Agency) - We have been celebrating Mass for Pope Francis every day since he went to heaven. We do this to remember him and pray for his soul. He was a person who chose to live humbly, ...
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  24 April 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Announcement on the website of the “Catholic Church in China” and the Patriotic Association: “Pope Francis has returned to the Father's house” Beijing (Fides Agency) - “Pope Francis returned to the Father's House on April 21, 2025, at 7:35 a.m. in the Residence of Santa Marta, at the age of 88. We pray that, thanks to God's mercy, Pope Francis may enjoy etern ...
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  24 April 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Young Cambodians attracted to Jesus were baptised during Easter Vigil Phnom Penh (Fides Agency) - “There are many non-Christians who, driven by curiosity or desire, attend our churches every Sunday. And among them, there are those who ask to begin the journey of preparation for baptism,� ...
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  24 April 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Minister of Religious Affairs, former imam of Istiqlal Mosque: “Francis, one of my dearest friends” Jakarta (Agence Fides) - The photo of the Grand Imam of the Istiqlal Mosque, Nasaruddin Umar, bending down to tenderly kiss the head of Pope Francis in his wheelchair - during his trip to Indonesia in September 2024 - is ...
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  23 April 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslim leaders: “Francis, a vibrant voice of peace and brotherhood” Lahore (Fides Agency) - “Pope Francis has always been a vibrant voice of peace, brotherhood, and unity,” said Muslim and Christian leaders during a special prayer meeting organized on April 22 by Father Asif Sardar, ...
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  23 April 2025
  “For me, Pope Francis has been a father who listens” by Louis Raphael Sako* Baghdad (Fides Agency) - Pope Francis was a phenomenon. I have known other Popes, but Francis was different. His simplicity, spontaneity, humanity, and spirituality were very moving to me. ...
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  22 April 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Masses and vigils: Indonesian Catholic community unites in prayer for Pope Francis by Father Luigi Galvani M.I.* Jakarta (Fides Agency) - The news of Pope Francis' death has caused deep emotion among Indonesian Catholics, who remember him with affection and gratitude for his pastoral commitment and ...
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  21 April 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Father Faltas remembers Pope Francis: The power of meekness, the courage of Love by Father Ibrahim Faltas ofm* Jerusalem ( Fides Agency) - We were in Emmaus when Pope Francis left us. We were remembering the living presence of the Risen One when the Holy Father joined him. The news of his death le ...
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  21 April 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic community pauses in prayer for Pope Francis: Rosaries and Masses for the Pontiff Beijing ( Fides Agency) - The announcement of Pope Francis' death reached China in the late afternoon. Local media gave the news great prominence, repeating the Pope's words about his love for China and the Chinese Catho ...