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  20 May 2026
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Dengue alert: prevention committees in parishes Colombo (Fides News Agency) - Since the beginning of 2026, nearly 28,000 cases of dengue have been recorded in Sri Lanka, with 15 deaths. The epidemic is being exacerbated by the approaching monsoon rains, which encourag ...
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  19 May 2026
  Father Costa: The Church in Mongolia is also a ‘laboratory’ of synodality and inculturation Ulaanbaatar (Fides News Agency) - At the heart of a numerically small (less than 0.1% of the country’s population) yet surprisingly creative Church, the “pastoral week” recently held by the Apostolic Prefecture of ...
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  19 May 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Hostage crisis in Manipur: Christian religious leaders mediate for release and peace Imphal (Fides News Agency) - A delegation of Christian religious leaders from Manipur and other northeastern Indian states is attempting to mediate the ethnic conflict in Manipur. This conflict, which erupted between the ...
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  19 May 2026
  Slovakia celebrates the memory of Veronika Racková, the nun and doctor killed 10 years ago in South Sudan by Bohumil Petrík Bánov (Fides News Agency) – “I cannot leave the people of Sudan because I love them”: This is what Sister Veronika Racková, doctor and missionary, said about herself before South Sudanese ...
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  19 May 2026
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Ebola: Uganda's Day of the Martyrs postponed Kampala (Fides News Agency) – Uganda has postponed the annual Martyrs' Day commemorations, set for 3 June, due to Ebola concerns in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which has also spread to neighboring Uganda. Pr ...
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  19 May 2026
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Diocesan Missionary Day of Madrid: “The Lord continues to call” Madrid (Fides News Agency) – “Heartfelt thanks” is the motto chosen for the celebration of Diocesan Missionary Day in the Archdiocese of Madrid, which was just celebrated on Sunday, May 17, the Solemnity of the Asc ...
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  18 May 2026
  Cardinal Tagle in Burundi: a homily on communion and prayer for the 75th anniversary of the St. Peter Claver Seminary Bujumbura (Fides News Agency) – Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches, visited Burundi on Saturday, May 16, 2026. The ...
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  18 May 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - The Bishop of Tombura Yambio: "May leaders, churches, young people, women, intellectuals, civil society, and families become bridges of healing and peace" Tombura Yambio (Fides News Agency) – "Western Equatoria was not only known as the Bread Basket of South Sudan, but also as a Basket of Peaceful Coexistence, the green heart of South Sudan, the garden of hospitality, th ...
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  18 May 2026
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Archbishop Joseph Vu Van Thien: “The Church in Vietnam, grateful for the missionaries and martyrs, sings its Magnificat” by Paolo Affatato Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – With 30,000 new baptisms annually, the Catholic community in Vietnam demonstrates the vitality of its faith “in the context of a society with many complexities ...
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  18 May 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Archbishop Arshad: Faced with the educational emergency, “we are committed to the education and vocational training of young people” Islamabad (Fides News Agency) – “In my ministry as a Pastor, first in Faisalabad and then in Islamabad, I have come to understand that in Pakistan we must focus on young people, because they represent 60% of the popu ...
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  18 May 2026
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Bishops reiterate opposition to proposed Constitutional amendment Harare (Fides News Agency) – The bishops of Zimbabwe have declared themselves “deeply concerned” that the proposed constitutional revision “undermines foundational constitutional principles, weaken institutional ...
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  17 May 2026
  Archbishop of Prague in the former Nazi camp: reconciliation must be proclaimed even if it does not seem "appropriate" by Bohumil Petrík Litoměřice (Fides News Agency) - "Jesus does not want us to make exceptions when it comes to forgiveness, for example, saying, 'I forgive you up to this point, but here I no longer forgive you,'" ...
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  16 May 2026
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops promote initiatives for "responsible voting" ahead of elections Bogotá (Fides News Agency) – With the presidential elections scheduled for May 31 in Colombia, bishops and Catholic organizations have launched initiatives to promote responsible voting. If no candidate achieves an ab ...
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  16 May 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Cardinal Coutts: "Pakistan as a mediator of peace: We are working for harmony, in Pakistan and in the world" Rome (Fides News Agency) – "Pakistan is acting as a mediator of peace between two major powers, Iran and the United States, for world peace. This is a very positive development. I am also surprised that Pakistan is sud ...
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  15 May 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops: Poverty and violence plague the Ecclesiastical Province of Kinshasa Kinshasa (Fides News Agency) – “Poverty, widespread insecurity, targeted attacks against the Catholic Church, its representatives and its institutions, as well as an alarming rise in physical and verbal violence”. ...