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  20 February 2026
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - All the dioceses in the country have mobilized to help families affected by Cyclone Gezani Moramanga (Agenzia Fides) – “It was a very difficult time for the people, and this also applies to the entire Christian community, as most churches have severely been damaged. In one church in Tamatave, the roof was ...
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  20 February 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Burmese Catholics call for peace and observe Lent in the spirit of prayer and charity Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The civil war in Myanmar is still at a stalemate, as “neither side has been able to achieve a decisive victory, nor is a complete defeat in sight,” according to the recently published report ...
• 20 February 2026
  EUROPE/CZECH REPUBLIC - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 7, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), confirmed Permanent Deaco ...
• 20 February 2026
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 5, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), confirmed Reverend Father J ...
• 20 February 2026
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 11, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), confirmed Rev. Jafet Alber ...
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  19 February 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Arshad: "Churches and mosques should be centers of compassion and peace" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - During Lent and the holy month of Ramadan, which Christians and Muslims are observing simultaneously this year, "churches and mosques should be centers of compassion, peace, and love." This ap ...
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  19 February 2026
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The Secretary General of the Pontifical Mission Societies of France: "A Church to draw inspiration from" Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – Facilities for the disabled, schools, parishes, missionary centers. These are the places visited in various dioceses of Vietnam from February 10 to 16 by a delegation of the Pontifical Mission S ...
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  19 February 2026
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Missionary presence on the eastern borders of Oromia: "A new call to closeness!"
  Laga Hidha (Agenzia Fides) – In Oromia, the population is facing a serious humanitarian crisis, characterized mainly by prolonged and deva ...
• 19 February 2026
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Markus Cott, new director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - on January 23, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed, on January 23 ...
• 19 February 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 17, 2025, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), confirmed Father Solomo ...
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  19 February 2026
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops: "Corruption of some officials involved in illegal gold mining must be thoroughly investigated" Accra (Agenzia Fides) – "When public authority is exchanged for financial gain and environmental destruction becomes a source of revenue, the rule of law is weakened and the common good harmed," declared the bishops of ...
• 19 February 2026
  AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Abidjan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Gaspard Béby Gnéba, until now bishop of Man, Cote d’Ivoire, as auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, assigning him the ti ...
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  18 February 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Alcohol costs less than bread; march to demand higher taxes on alcohol Cape Town (Agenzia Fides) - Raising the price of alcohol to reduce the damage caused by its abuse on society. This is the goal of the march taking place today, 18 February, in front of the South African Parliament in Cap ...
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  18 February 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Church desecrated in Ituri Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic parish church of Bulé, the capital of Bahema Badjere in Ituri Province in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, was desacrated and looted. During the night between Sunday, ...
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  18 February 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - In a context of violence, famine, and malnutrition, Bishop Hiiboro Kussala sends a message of peace and healing ahead of Lent Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) – Fifteen years after independence, there is no respite for the more than 12 million inhabitants of the world's youngest country. Decades of conflict and isolation, initially due to the w ...