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  8 May 2025
  ASIA/JORDAN - Prince Hassan invites Patriarchs and Church Leaders to a conference on the role of Arab Christians in the Middle East Amman (Agenzia Fides) - The Sykes-Picot Agreement, the secret pact with which France and the United Kingdom divided their spheres of influence in the Middle East after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, was ...
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  8 May 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Salesian missionaries help young people seek for a job Srikakulam (Agenzia Fides) - An initiative launched by the Salesian missionaries in the Diocese of Srikakulam aims not only to shape the conscience of young people but also to impart skills needed to enter the world of w ...
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  8 May 2025
  AMERICA/PERU - "No matarás": the country's bishops condemn the murder of a group of workers at the hands of criminal gangs Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "As a Church, we reaffirm our call to build a society in which life is respected and the dignity of every person is protected, and development is accompanied by justice, honesty, and charity," said ...
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  8 May 2025
  ASIA - Cardinals and faithful from India and Pakistan united in prayer for peace Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias and Pakistani Cardinal Joseph Coutts left St. Peter's Basilica together yesterday, May 7, after the conclusion of the Mass "pro eligendo Romano Pontifice." Ca ...
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  7 May 2025
  VATICAN - The Gospel read “in a missionary key” in the “Missionary Biblical Commentary on the Sunday Gospel - Year C” by Fr. Anh Nhue Nguyen Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Rethinking" the Gospel to help everyone experience their own "missionary conversion." This is the goal of the volume by Father Dinh Anh Nhue Nguyen (OFMConv), Secretary General of the Pont ...
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  7 May 2025
  AFRICA - Archbishop Nwachukwu: "Africa is no longer a little child" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Africa is often seen as a little child in a cradle, whose voice is perceived as a disturbing cry and who needs to be calmed by giving her some 'milk' in the form of development aid," said Archbish ...
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  7 May 2025
  VATICAN - Mass "pro eligendo Romano Pontifice": "Not a simple succession of persons, yet it is always the Apostle Peter who returns" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The election of the new Pope is not a simple succession of persons, yet it is always the Apostle Peter who returns." A few hours before the start of the Conclave, the College of Cardinals ...
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  7 May 2025
  AFRICA/TOGO - Being a missionary with and for others Lomé (Agenzia Fides) - "We are a family consisting of seven young people, all university graduates, a community leader, Father Valéry Aguh, who spent ten years in Sierra Leone; a director of studies, Jean Jacques Wisdo ...
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  7 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Marian Month: Pilgrimages to Marian Shrines and Prayers for the Conclave Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - As every year during the Marian month of May, many Beijing Catholics gather at the Marian Shrine of Housangyu in the Mentougou District, on the outskirts of the capital, to celebrate Marian devo ...
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  6 May 2025
  VATICAN - Conclave: More and more Cardinals from the countries entrusted to the Dicastery for Evangelization gather in the Sistine Chapel by Fabio Beretta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With the image of Christ and the Last Judgment painted by Michelangelo on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, the Cardinals are gathering in Conclave to elect the suc ...
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  6 May 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - The new Bishop of Mindat and the 17th diocese: a gift of divine mercy Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – The episcopal ordination of Msgr. Augustine Thang Zawm Hung and the erection of the new Diocese of Mindat in the Burmese state of Chin, in northwestern Myanmar, were considered a gift of divine ...
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  6 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The Jubilee journey of the Archdiocese of Taiyuan continues Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “Born from Hope, Looking towards Hope”: was the motto of the meeting promoted by the Archdiocese of Taiyuan, in the Chinese province of Shanxi, as part of its Jubilee journey in communion wi ...
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  6 May 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Drone attacks on Port Sudan: The conflict risks spreading to neighboring regions Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The war in Sudan has escalated with the bombing of Port Sudan, the stronghold of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) under the command of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, by the Rapid Support Forces (R ...
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  6 May 2025
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Here, prayer becomes life and life becomes prayer by Anselmo Fabiano* Kom Ghareeb (Agenzia Fides) - Temperatures here are already approaching 30 degrees Celsius. In recent days, we experienced a sandstorm, one of those scenes from movies where dust and sand obscure ...
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  5 May 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence in Kashmir: Christians launch an appeal for dialogue and peace Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "In Pakistan, people are concerned about the growing tensions with India. The elderly remember the war. There is a certain fear among the population, given the escalation on the border, the firef ...