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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 ...
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  21 April 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Francis 1936-2025 Vatican City (Fides Agency) - At 9:47 this morning, Monday, April 21, Easter Monday, Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, announced with sorrow the death of Pope Francis with these words: � ...
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  21 April 2025
  Thank you forever, Pope Francis by Gianni Valente Rome ( Fides Agency) - “Remember your leaders, who preached the word of God to you, and as you reflect on the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith."This passage from the Letter to the Hebrew ...
• 17 April 2025
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of Bishop of Fenoarivo Atsinanana Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis has appointed the Rev. Fr. Marek Ochlak, O.M.I., currently Provincial Superior of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Poland, as Bishop of the Diocese of Fenoarivo Ats ...
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  17 April 2025
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - More than two thousand young people and adults will receive baptism at the Easter Vigil Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Gospel attracts young people and adults seeking baptism in Malaysia: according to official communications from the local Church, the Catholic community in Malaysia will welcome more tha ...
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  16 April 2025
  VATICAN/GENERAL AUDIENCE - Pope Francis and the parable of the Prodigal Son: "Wherever we are lost, and however we are lost, God always comes looking for us" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - After meditating on Jesus' encounters with some figures from the Gospels, Pope Francis, continuing the cycle of catechesis dedicated to the life of Christ read in the light of the themes of ...
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  16 April 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - Farewell to Father Angelo Lazzarotto, a great friend of Chinese Catholics by Gianni Valente Rancio di Lecco (Agenzia Fides) - The old group photo chosen to accompany this memory portrays him in civilian clothes, just behind Deng Xiaoping. It was May 22, 1978. At 53 years old, the priest and ...
• 16 April 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - "The State is collapsing, opening the door to criminal gangs" Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The Haitian people are a martyred people (...) and the Church that is in communion with this people lives this suffering in its flesh", said Father Marc-Henry Siméon, spokesman for the ...
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  16 April 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The London conference ends without a final declaration; the RSF proclaim the formation of an alternative government Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The London conference organized exactly two years after the outbreak of the Sudanese civil war on 15 April 2023, to try to put an end to the conflict, ended without a final declaration. The c ...
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  16 April 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Easter in the Jubilee Year: a celebration of faith and hope Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – “The spirit of the Resurrection shines brightly despite the shadows of discrimination and marginalization affecting Christians in Pakistan. From the bustling cities of Lahore and Karachi to t ...