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  21 April 2026
  LEO XIV IN AFRICA - Pope in Equatorial Guinea: “The Church’s social teaching offers guidance to all who seek peace and justice” Malabo (Fides News Agency) – “It is always a joy to see places around the world where the Church is growing,” said Pope Leo XIV at a press conference on the flight from Luanda to Malabo in Equatorial Guinea, the la ...
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  21 April 2026
  VATICAN - Between History and Transcendence: Urbaniana University hosts conference on "The Future of Desire" Rome (Fides News Agency) – The human heart, created “restless” by God, as Saint Augustine described it, and the yearning for peace that pervades nations in a time marked by “continuous wars”; desire as a key to ...
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  21 April 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Child marriages and the case of Christian Maria Shahbaz: Christian community calls for respect for laws protecting minors Lahore (Fides News Agency) – “It is urgent to implement child protection laws and an immediate review of the legislative gaps highlighted by the recent case of the Christian girl Maria Shahbaz is necessary. Existing ...
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  21 April 2026
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Fears of possible escalation of violence in Tigray Addis Ababa (Fides News Agency) – The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has announced the restoration of a regional parliament, the election of which was one of the triggers for the war in northern Ethiopia. In a ...
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  21 April 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - "Encounter with the Lord, a synodal journey": the first spiritual retreat of the Chinese bishops Wuhan (Fides News Agency) – A total of 23 bishops from nine Chinese provinces participated in the first spiritual retreat of 2026 from April 13 to 18, focusing on the theme “Encounter with the Lord, a Synodal journey ...
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  21 April 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Divisions within the Wazalendo self-defense movement exacerbate insecurity Kinshasa (Fides News Agency) – A population caught between a rock and a hard place. This is how the inhabitants of the Lemera highlands/ Ruzizi plain, in South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, live, ...
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  21 April 2026
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Easter Sunday massacre, Cardinal Ranjith: "We are closer to the truth, but obstacles still exist" Colombo (Fides News Agency) – "The current Sri Lankan government, which took office in 2024, has a more positive stance regarding the Easter Sunday massacre of April 2019 and is searching for the truth. However, some o ...
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  20 April 2026
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - The Bishops of Central Asia express “firm support” for Pope Leo XIV and elect Cardinal Marengo as President of the Bishops' conference Tashkent (Fides News Agency) – The bishops of the Central Asian countries, who gathered in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from April 15 to 19 for the Fifth Plenary Assembly of the Central Asian Bishops' Conference, reaffirmed ...
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  20 April 2026
  Pope Bergoglio and the 'Mysterium Lunae' by Gianni Valente Rome (Fides News Agency) – The first anniversary of the end of Pope Francis's earthly life coincides with the current Bishop of Rome's ongoing and remarkable apostolic journey, surrounded by the P ...
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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 ...