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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 ...
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  24 May 2025
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - The Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood celebrates its sixth anniversary with a publication Bucharest (Agenzia Fides) – Missionary children and adolescents celebrated their sixth anniversary in Romania and the Republic of Moldova during the National Day of Missionary Childhood, which took place last weekend. ...
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  24 May 2025
  VATICAN - Leo XIV: I thank the Lord for the gift of having been a missionary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The experience of mission forms part of my life, and not only as a baptized person, as for all us Christians, but because as an Augustinian religious I was a missionary in Peru, and in the ...
• 24 May 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Huê Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Huê, Vietnam, presented by Archbishop Joseph Nguyên Chi Linh. He is succeeded by Ar ...
• 24 May 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Leo XIV assigns the Title of the Suburbicarian Church of Albano to Cardinal Tagle Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Leo XIV has assigned the Title of the Suburbicarian Church of Albano to His Eminence Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization in the S ...
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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 ...