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 Deacon Leos Halbrstat of the Diocese of Hradec Králové, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Czech Republic, for another five-year term (2024-2029) (see Fides, 13/9/2019). (Agenzia Fides, 20/2/2026)