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  20 April 2026
  ASIA/LAOS - Two new Laotian priests, the first Redemptorists Thakhek (Fides News Agency) - The small Catholic community of Laos will celebrate the priestly ordination of two Redemptorist deacons on April 22 at St. Louis Cathedral in Thakhek, Khammouane Province: Father Peter Gnant ...
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  20 April 2026
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Pope Leo XIV warns against syncretism and superstition Luanda (Fides News Agency) – "We must always be vigilant regarding those forms of traditional religiosity that certainly belong to the roots of your culture, but at the same time risk confusing and mixing magical and s ...
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  20 April 2026
  AFRICA/TOGO - The “Ahonhon Center,” an advanced center for the treatment of brain disorders, has been inaugurated by the Togolese Province of the Society of African Missions Yokoè (Fides News Agency) – In Togo, cognitive disorders continue to be treated somewhat superficially, despite their serious impact on the lives of patients and their families: loss of autonomy, social isolation, and ...
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  19 April 2026
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “Being like children”: The Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood and its projects for an “Angolan and missionary” Church Luanda (Fides News Agency) – Benguela and Ndalatando. Two of the projects for children supported by the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood (POSI) are located in these dioceses. Father José Diego Jerónimo Zola, ...
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  19 April 2026
  LEO XIV IN AFRICA - The Pope to the Angolans: The Risen Jesus can also heal the wounds of your people Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Even in Angola, a ‘beautiful yet wounded’ country, the encounter with the Risen Christ “who walks beside us” can grant us the grace to “afresh and rebuild the future”. In Kilamba, a s ...
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  18 April 2026
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocese celebrates 80th anniversary: Mission and charitable service to the most vulnerable Hong Kong (Fides News Agency) – “Eighty years ago, on this very day, Pope Pius XII proclaimed the elevation of Hong Kong from an Apostolic Vicariate to the rank of a diocese. We are grateful for the selfless dedica ...
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  18 April 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Right to housing: Federal Court defends poor families in slum settlements in Islamabad and Rawalpindi Islamabad (Fides News Agency) – Archbishop Joseph Arshad of Islamabad-Rawalpindi described the Federal Constitutional Court's ruling, which calls on the Islamabad-Rawalpindi city government to "develop a comprehensive ...
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  17 April 2026
  AMERICA/CUBA - Bishops defend the Pope against attacks and stand with the people in the midst of crisis: “A beacon of light amid so much darkness” Santa Clara (Fides News Agency) - The bishops of Cuba have expressed their “deepest communion and filial affection” for Pope Leo XIV in a letter dated April 13, 2026, in which they express their closeness to the Pont ...
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  17 April 2026
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops lament shortage of marriage certificates and delays in civil registration Nairobi (Fides News Agency) – “For some time now, we have been experiencing difficulties in the legal process of civil registration and legalization of marriage,” the bishops of Kenya affirmed in a statement releas ...
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  17 April 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Christians support Pope Leo XIV’s call for lasting peace New Delhi (Fides News Agency) - “As Indian Christians, we wholeheartedly support the Holy Father’s call for a ceasefire, dialogue, and the restoration of peace in the Middle East. The Pope’s voice, rooted in the G ...
• 17 April 2026
  AFRICA/GABON - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 19, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), confirmed Father Hajjar Ma ...
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  17 April 2026
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood's commitment to "invisible children" Bafia (Fides News Agency) – In the Diocese of Bafia, approximately 20,000 children live without birth certificates. Children whose birth certificates do not exist. Children who, for the State, civil society, and the Ch ...
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  16 April 2026
  LEO XIV IN AFRICA - Pope Leo: Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic or political gain Bamenda (Fides News Agency) – It is the people who suffer the consequences of wars ordered by the powerful, and religion must not be instrumentalized to justify conflict, was the message of Pope Leo XIV during his meet ...
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  16 April 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic politician Navid emphasizes Pakistan's continued mediation efforts in the war in the Middle East to achieve peace for the benefits of all Rome (Fides News Agency) - “I am proud that Pakistan has done its utmost to bring together all the actors involved in the war in the Middle East and invite them to a negotiating table in Islamabad. Of course, this is n ...
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  16 April 2026
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Tragic toll after three years of war: Over 150,000 dead and 14 million displaced Khartoum (Fides News Agency) – Three years have passed since the start of the war in Sudan, and there seems to be no end in sight. The conflict, which broke out on April 16, 2023 (see Fides, 17/4/2023), remains in a st ...