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  8 April 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The community of Lahore in shock: truck slams into Easter procession Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In the week following Easter, the Catholic community of the Archdiocese of Lahore is still shocked by the incident that overshadowed the Easter celebrations: on April 5, 2026, a solemn procession ...
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  7 April 2026
  LEO XIV IN AFRICA - Eastern Angola: plundered riches, calls for autonomy, and witchcraft Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – The Angolan ecclesiastical province of Saurimo comprises the Diocese of Luena in Moxico Province, the Diocese of Dundo in Lunda Norte Province, and the Archdiocese of Saurimo in Lunda Sul Provi ...
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  6 April 2026
  The Easter of the Archbishop of Tehran: “Even though I am far from you, I know that in Christ, we are truly united” by Cardinal Dominique Joseph Mathieu, OFM Conv* Rome (Agenzia Fides) – I wish to share with you my Easter experience this year, marked by the perception of the relativity of distance, between closeness and remotenes ...
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  6 April 2026
  Leo XIV: Even in the age of 'Fake News', may the Light of Christian witness shine Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In an age when the construction of “narratives” is sometimes used to obscure or manipulate the reality of facts, Christian witness can, as always, “dispel every shadow,” illuminatin ...
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  5 April 2026
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Easter Vigil, Archbishop Pezzi to 18 catechumens: "Our life belongs to Christ" by Chiara Dommarco Moscow (Agenzia Fides) – "Christ is risen!" It was with this proclamation, repeated three times, dear to the tradition of the Eastern Churches, and to which the faithful responded "He is truly ris ...
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  5 April 2026
  "Christ is risen." Bishop Lipke and the Easter Vigil of the "little flock" of Nižnyj Tagil Moscow (Agenzia Fides) – “It is impossible for any of the victims of history, any of the innocent or those who tried in some way to love, to do good, to be caring, to be forgotten. It is the Lord himself who raises ...
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  4 April 2026
  The hidden tragedy of suicides in refugee camps by Cosimo Graziani Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The trauma endured to get here, the abandonment while waiting to leave, perhaps by taking advantage of international programs that the developed world has recently begun to ...
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  3 April 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Easter in Loikaw Cathedral, reopened for worship after military occupation Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - The people of God in the Diocese of Loikaw will return to their cathedral and celebrate Easter 2026 in the Church of Christ the King, which has been reopened to worshippers after the army seized ...
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  2 April 2026
  “Without priests, we would not have the fullness of the sacramental encounter with the living and risen Christ” by Cardinal Giorgio Marengo IMC* We publish the homily given by Cardinal Giorgio Marengo during the Chrism Mass celebrated on Holy Tuesday, April 1, in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Ulaanbaatar ...
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  1 April 2026
  LEO XIV IN AFRICA - The “Anglophone crisis” in Cameroon Yaoundé (Agenzia Fides) – Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon's Northwest Region, which Pope Leo XIV will visit on April 16, is at the heart of the so-called "Anglophone crisis" that has shaken the country since 2016. ...
• 1 April 2026
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Appointment of new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenza 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),has appointed Father Viateu ...
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  1 April 2026
  EUROPE/ITALY - A Mission focused on young people: 120 years of Salesian presence in Asia Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Don Bosco had expressed his desire to go as a missionary to Asia and Oceania. His dream became a reality when the first Salesian missionaries arrived in Asia about 120 years ago. Founded in 1859 ...
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  31 March 2026
  Rebirth in Chiclayo
  by Domitia Caramazza Chiclayo (Agenzia Fides) – The “beloved diocese” of Bishop Robert Francis Prevost has become today the “city of Pope Leo XIV.” Since May 8, 2025, ...
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  31 March 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - New Archbishop of Lahore visits a Catholic Family: “Closeness and solidarity with those who suffer” Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - Closeness and solidarity with all the faithful who suffer and experience violence: this is what the new Archbishop of Lahore, Khalid Rehmat OFM Cap, expressed during his visit to the parents and ...
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  31 March 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Easter Vigil will be held earlier in the evening for security reasons Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – For security reasons, the Easter Vigil Mass in many Catholic Dioceses across Nigeria will not take place in the night as before but will be held earlier in the evening. This is the case, for exa ...