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  28 April 2025
  ASIA - “We must go to Asia.” What prompted Pope Francis to look East? by Paolo Affatato (Fides Agency) - Universality, inculturation, mercy, and reference to the Sacraments: throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis has recognized in the dynamic spread and living of the Gospel in Asian c ...
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  28 April 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Tension between India and Pakistan after attack in Kashmir: a Catholic among the victims Srinagar (Fides Agency) - The Parliament of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir passed a resolution today, April 28, expressing its dismay at the terrorist attack on April 22 in Pahalgam (Kashmir), which killed 26 peop ...
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  27 April 2025
  Cardinal Parolin to young people at the “Jubilee for Adolescents”: may Pope Francis' legacy become a way of life Vatican City (Fides Agency) - In times of darkness, “the Lord comes to us with the light of the Resurrection to illuminate our hearts.” This is what happened to Jesus' disciples when they encountered the Risen One, w ...
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  26 April 2025
  “Pope Francis, now we ask you to pray for us” by Fabio Beretta Vatican City (Fides Agency) - “The Easter sun shines brightly” on the day when the Church and the whole world bid farewell to Pope Francis, the 265th Successor of Peter, who passed away six days a ...
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  25 April 2025
  Cardinal Tagle: Pope Francis, Successor of Peter and Beloved Disciple by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle Fides Agency publishes the homily delivered by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle today, Friday, April 25, during Holy Mass—which he presided over—celebrated with the working co ...
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  25 April 2025
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - “Humility, courage, justice, and love. Pope Francis has been a tireless messenger of peace” by Aldo Berardi*, O.SS.T. Manama (Fides Agency) - How can we begin to describe the life of this extraordinary pastor? Letters are pouring in from all over the world praising his witness: a witness of humility, courage ...
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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,� ...