Europe

• 19 June 2026
  EUROPE/CROATIA - Appointment of new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Zagreb (Fides News Agency) - On May 4, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Sister Ivana Gelo of ...
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  19 June 2026
  Leo XIV in Pavia: at the sources of an Augustinian missionary style by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) – Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Pavia on Saturday, June 20, takes on a symbolic meaning. It is like the return of an Augustinian Pontiff to his spiritual roots. In the B ...
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  18 June 2026
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Canary Islands, “a border that becomes a bridge”: the reflection of the Delegate of Caritas Tenerife after the visit of Leo XIV Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Fides news Agency) – Pope Leo XIV's visit to the Canary Islands has left a profound mark on the local Church and reinforced the archipelago's role as a place of welcome and encounter between con ...
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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
  “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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  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 ...
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  10 June 2026
  The Las Raíces Center, between migrant reception and preparation for the Pope's visit to Tenerife Tenerife (Fides News Agency) – The Las Raíces reception center in Tenerife is preparing for the visit of Pope Leo XIV on June 12, when he will meet with migrants as part of his Apostolic Journey. The visit to the Cana ...
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  9 June 2026
  EUROPE/SPAIN - El Hierro, prayer for migrants who died in the Atlantic on the eve of the Pope's visit by Laura Gómez Ruiz La Restinga (Fides News Agency) - A memorial service was recently held on the island of El Hierro, one of the main arrival points on the Atlantic migration route to the Canary Islands, for the mig ...
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  8 June 2026
  POPE LEON XIV IN SPAIN - The Pope to the Bishops of Spain: cherish ‘as a treasure’ whatever facilitates the journey of faith Madrid (Fides News Agency) – “I would like to propose the image of a journey whose destination is God, toward whom we lift our gaze.” In his address to the bishops of Spain on Monday, June 8, a significant moment o ...
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  8 June 2026
  EUROPE/POLAND - Thousands of faithful flock to the Jasna Góra National Shrine for the bicentenary of the Living Rosary
  Częstochowa (Fides News Agency) – On June 5 and 6, the Jasna Góra National Shrine in Częstochowa became the heart of the Living Rosary movement, which began in 1826 at the ini ...
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  7 June 2026
  LEO XIV IN SPAIN - Jesus “travels the streets”. Corpus Christi with the Pope in Madrid Madrid (Fides News Agency) – In Madrid, during the Solemnity of Corpus Christi celebrated on Sunday, June 7, one of the most significant moments of his trip to Spain, Pope Leo XIV, in his homily delivered during the Eu ...