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  30 May 2025
  AFRICA/EGYPT - St. Catherine's Monastery in Sinai passes into the hands of the Egyptian State: concern and reactions grow by Nikos Tzoitis After fifteen centuries of autonomy, the Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai has passed into the hands of the Egyptian State, according to a ruling issued by the Ismailia court. The me ...
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  30 May 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Bishops: “Full light must be shed on the deaths of Father Maina and Father Bett” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “We demand a deep inquiry into these deaths, to reveal the real circumstances and motives, to ensure the security and safety of our priests and all Kenyans in the future”. This was requested ...
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  29 May 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Herve Du Penhoat new Superior General of the Society of African Missions: "We must orient ourselves ever more towards the missionary aspect, towards others, towards the local Church" Rome (Agenzia Fides) – "Thank you very much, thank you all, thank you for this fraternity": these were the first words spoken by Father François Marie Herve Du Penhoat, elected new Superior General of the Society of A ...
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  29 May 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - Humanitarian Crisis: Salesian missionaries provide meals to 2,300 young Haitians Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - In a context where the humanitarian and social crisis seems to have no end, the Salesian missionaries are committed to ensuring adequate nutrition for adolescent boys and girls. In coll ...
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  28 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop of Ningbo visits his former parish: "Communion and unity in the love of Jesus Christ" Ningbo (Agenzia Fides) – “Communion and unity in the love of Jesus Christ.” With this expression, Francis Xavier Jin Yangke, Bishop of the Diocese of Ningbo, summarized the recommendations addressed to the small Ca ...
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  28 May 2025
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Cardinal Ranjith: “Hope, the word that describes the spirit that prevails in Sri Lanka” Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - "Sri Lanka is going through a period of profound political and democratic renewal. Since November 2024, we have had a new president and a new parliament, with an absolute majority, changing the ...
• 28 May 2025
  AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Appointment of bishop of Ouesso Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Brice Armand Ibombo, of the clergy of Gamboma, until now vice rector of the Emile Card. Biayenda National Theological Major Seminary in Brazzavill ...
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  28 May 2025
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishops express solidarity with the families of the victims: Two bloody attacks by jihadists in three months worry the population Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops of Benin express their deepest sympathy to the entire nation and to the grieving families of our soldiers who fell in the line of duty," said the Bishops of Benin on the sidelines o ...
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  26 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics celebrate the Day of Prayer for the Church in China also remembered by Leo XIV Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) – Solemn celebrations took place across mainland China, involving local Catholic communities in the Day of Prayer for the Church in China, established by Pope Benedict XVI and celebrated annual ...
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  26 May 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - In the midst of conflict and suffering "the faithful live a deep faith and do not lose hope" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "The country is divided. The situation in Yangon, where I currently live, is quite calm. In the big cities in the central part of the country, people's lives continue, and even our liturgies and ...
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  26 May 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest injured along the Makurdi-Naka road called "the shortest route to hell" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic priest, Father Solomon Atongo, was seriously injured after being shot on the evening of May 24. Father Atongo was traveling with two others when armed assailants attacked their vehicle al ...
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  26 May 2025
  EUROPE/CZECH REPUBLIC - The “Night of the Churches”, an opportunity for encounters in the time of agnosticism by Chiara Dommarco Prague (Agenzia Fides) – On Friday, May 23, the Czech Republic hosted the 17th edition of the “Night of Churches” (Noc kostelů), centered this year on the theme of hope, in line with the ong ...
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  25 May 2025
  Pope Leo XIV and the "unique mission" of the Church of Rome by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Rome is heir to a great history, "grounded in the witness of Peter, Paul and countless martyrs, and it has a unique mission: to be Mater omnium Ecclesiarum, Mot ...
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  25 May 2025
  VATICAN - Regina Coeli, Pope Leo recalls the Day of Prayer for the Church in China Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - Also this year, on the Day of Prayer for the Church in China, established by Pope Benedict XVI, "in churches and shrines throughout China and around the world, prayers were offered to God as a s ...
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  24 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Month of May: Chinese Catholic communities invoke Mary and welcome the gift of new priests Shijiazhuang (Agenzia Fides) – The month of May, which the People of God traditionally dedicate to Mary, is also a time when the fruits of the intercession of the Mother of God can be seen—among them, new priestly an ...