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  4 May 2025
  Mission, Pope Francis' "main road" By Stefania Falasca* We publish extensive excerpts from the chapter dedicated to the mission in Stefania Falasca's book “Papa Francesco. La Via maestra” (Pope Francis, the Main Road. Edizioni San Paolo, 2025). The ...
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  3 May 2025
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - The 167 Catholics killed in the Easter massacre to be included in the list of “Witnesses of Faith” Colombo ( Fides Agency) - The 167 Catholics killed in churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, will be included in the List of “Witnesses of Faith” of the 21st century compiled by the Dicastery for the ...
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  3 May 2025
  AFRICA/SUD SUDAN - Until the very end, Pope Francis sent letters to South Sudanese leaders urging them to work for peace Juba (Fides Agency ) - “Pope Francis worked until the very end for peace in South Sudan,” Sister Elena Balatti, a Comboni missionary in South Sudan, told Fides Agency. “Unfortunately, South Sudan is once again on ...
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  2 May 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Representatives of various Christian denominations: “Pope Francis' empathy is a strong appeal to our common humanity” Faisalabad (Fides Agency) - “Pope Francis was a promoter of peace and solidarity everywhere and in all circumstances; in Pakistan we remember him with great respect and affection. His voice, which he always raised in f ...
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  2 May 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - At the beginning of the month dedicated to Mary, Chinese Catholics pray for the late Pope Francis and the conclave Beijing (Fides Agency) - A day of community and gratitude for the gifts of grace. This is how many Chinese Catholics celebrated the feast of St. Joseph, patron saint of workers, on May 1, the beginning of the month of Ma ...
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  2 May 2025
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Coadjutor of the Bishop of Bangassou: “With Pope Francis' visit, a positive change has been felt” Bangui (Fides Agency) - “Pope Francis has always been very important for the Central African Republic,” Aurelio Gazzera, who has lived and worked as a Carmelite missionary in the Central African Republic for 34 years ...
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  1 May 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Mercy and fraternity: Pope Francis' legacy in Cambodia Phnom Penh ( Fides Agency) - Being “apostles of mercy and of the heart of Christ”; being and living the Church “as a space of reconciliation for all.” These are some of the evangelical seeds planted by Pope Franc ...
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  30 April 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - Pope Francis' “recommendations” to his cousin Ana Rosa Sivori, a missionary nun by Antonella Prenna Rome (Fides Agency) - “I insist that this donation be made available to those most in need,” said Sister Ana Rosa Sivori, cousin of Pope Francis, quoting the Pope himself, who in a conversation ...
• 30 April 2025
  AFRICA/TOGO: New Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Fides Agency) - Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Churches), appointed, on March 25, 2025, Father Anawia Bédilana Jon ...
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  30 April 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop in Madhya Pradesh: “Pope Francis' welcoming approach has improved interreligious coexistence” Indore (Fides Agency) - “What surprised us positively is like a surprise from the Holy Spirit: so many people, so many non-Christians, who spontaneously appreciate Pope Francis as a man of dialogue, welcome, and compas ...
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  30 April 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Father Ibrahim Amos, kidnapped from his home on April 24, is free Abuja (Fides Agency) - Father Ibrahim Amos, parish priest of St. Gerald Quasi Church in Kurmin Risga, a village in the Kauru district of Kaduna state in northwestern Nigeria, has been released. This was announced by the ...
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  29 April 2025
  Dialogue, negotiations, disarmament: the Church's path to peace according to Pope Francis Vatican City (Fides Agency) - Three chairs, which soon became two, placed in front of the baptistery in St. Peter's Basilica. Facing each other, Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky - for a quarter of an hour a ...
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  29 April 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Kashmir: Catholics pray for peace between India and Pakistan Jammu (Fides Agency) - “The Catholic faithful of Kashmir are praying incessantly for peace in Kashmir. They pray in churches and homes. And they are marching the streets alongside other people of good will, carrying li ...
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  28 April 2025
  AFRICA - Pope Francis and his tireless pursuit of peace in the face of African conflicts by Luca Mainoldi Rome (Fides Agency) - Two images capture more than any others the relentless efforts of Pope Francis to put an end to the wars that are tearing African peoples apart. The first image shows Pope Fran ...
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  28 April 2025
  ASIA - “We must go to Asia.” What prompted Pope Francis to look East? by Paolo Affatato (Fides Agency) - Universality, inculturation, mercy, and reference to the Sacraments: throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis has recognized in the dynamic spread and living of the Gospel in Asian c ...