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  15 June 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Farewell to Bishop Osório Citora, a man of peace and a missionary who believed in the goodness of people
  Nampula (Fides News Agency) – The Archdioceses of Beira and Quelimane have new Apostolic Administrators. This was announced by the Apostolic Nuncio to Mozambique, Archbishop Luí ...
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  15 June 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - More than 7,000 Malawians stranded in Durban awaiting repatriation Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – More than 7,000 Malawian citizens are stranded at the Sherwood Hall reception centre in Durban, in eastern South Africa, waiting to find a way to return to their home country. Most of ...
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  15 June 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop of Loikaw: “The cathedral has been returned to us, but our place remains alongside the displaced” by Paolo Affatato Loikaw (Fides News Agency) – “It is a great joy that the army has returned the Cathedral of Christ the King and the pastoral centre of the Diocese of Loikaw to us,” Bishop Celso Ba Shwe of Loi ...
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  15 June 2026
  Old and new things. Archbishop Simon Poh recounts the wonderful journey of the “Oral Bibles of Malaysia” by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Kuching (Fides News Agency) - Archbishop of Kuching in East Malaysia, Archbishop Simon Peter Poh t Hoon Seng is one of the most listened to voices in the Asian Church on mission, inculturation ...
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  14 June 2026
  South Korean President Lee speaks in the Papal Basilica of St. Paul: gratitude for the Holy See's "unconditional support" for the peace processes by Pascale Rizk Rome (Fides News Agency) – “Even though confusion and conflict are widespread throughout the world today, let us approach our brothers and sisters with the compassion and spirit of unity that Jesus ...
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  14 June 2026
  200 years of the "Living Rosary". Cardinal Tagle: prayer opens the doors to missionary witness by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Lyon (Fides News Agency) – In the Church of Saint-Nizier in Lyon, a couple prays before the tomb of Pauline Jaricot, located in one of the arms of the transept. The woman takes a few steps to ...
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  13 June 2026
  Jubilee of the Living Rosary: inauguration of the "missionary" Chair dedicated to Blessed Jaricot at the Catholic University of Lyon Lyon (Fides News Agency) – “The Sacred Heart reminds us precisely this: God is not primarily an idea to be understood, but a love to be embraced. This truth is particularly important today, as we celebrate the bicent ...
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  13 June 2026
  Lyon: Pauline Jaricot's family donates a relic to the "House of Lorette" Lyon (Fides News Agency) – The face of Pauline Jaricot has returned to Loreto. On the occasion of the bicentenary of the Living Rosary, commemorated this weekend in Lyon by the Pontifical Mission Societies and the arch ...
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  13 June 2026
  There's no need to tilt at windmills. The Pope in Spain, Don Quixote, and the mission of the Church by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Madrid (Fides News Agency) – In one of the most important speeches of his trip to Spain, Pope Leo XIV, meeting with members of the Spanish Paraments, quoted the father of Spanish literature, ...
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  12 June 2026
  LEO XIV IN SPAIN - The Pope in Tenerife: “God’s love knows no borders”, meeting with migrants in Las Raíces and La Laguna Tenerife (Fides News Agency) – As part of his visit to Spain, Pope Leo XIV arrived on the island of Tenerife early this morning, June 12, from Gran Canaria. During the day, the Pontiff dedicated two key moments to the ...
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  12 June 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop of Imphal calls for “Peace Agreement” in Manipur, as ethnic tensions flare up again Imphal (Fides News Agency) – Amid the tense situation caused by the hostage crisis, which has led to new massacres, including the murder of two Protestant pastors of the Naga ethnic group, Archbishop of Imphal, Mgr. Li ...
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  12 June 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The final farewell to Bishop Osório Citora Afonso, remembered by many who knew him
  Quelimane (Fides News Agency) – The Church of Quelimane mourns as it receives the mortal remains of Osório Citora Afonso, Bishop of the Diocese of Quelimane, Apostolic Administr ...
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  12 June 2026
  “200 Years of the Living Rosary”: From Pauline Jaricot to the worldwide Pontifical Mission Societies by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Lyon (Fides News Agency) – The two “global networks” of the Living Rosary and the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) span the globe. Their development has much in common and is rooted i ...
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  12 June 2026
  AFRICA/KENYA - Suspected killer of Father Bett arrested Nairobi (Fides News Agency) – Kenyan police arrested the main suspect in the murder of Father Allois Cheruiyot Bett on June 10. The priest was shot dead in the Tot area of the Kerio Valley, in the western plateau of Ke ...
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  11 June 2026
  LEO XIV IN SPAIN - The Pope in the port of Arguineguín: “Every individual that arrives asks us what remains of our humanity” Gran Canaria (Fides News Agency) – “The Church cannot ignore these waters or any place where hunger, thirst, violence, fear or exile continue to wound human dignity.” With these words, Pope Leo XIV addressed the mi ...