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  26 June 2026
  EXTRAORDINARY CONSISTORY - Leo XIV: "Mission is not one of the many tasks of the Church. It is the very reason for her existence" by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – Pope Leo XIV opened the Extraordinary Consistory on Friday morning, June 26, 2026, with the celebration of the Eucharist in St. Peter's Basilica, gathering ...
• 26 June 2026
  AFRICA/TOGO - Resignation and appointment of the Bishop of Kpalimé Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Kpalimé presented by His Excellency Mgr. Benoît Comlan Messan Alowonou. The Holy Father has app ...
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  26 June 2026
  A true priest, a true doctor: a documentary-film on the testimony of Romanian Venerable Martin Benedict by Pascale Rizk Rome (Fides News Agency) – On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the death of Romanian Venerable Martin Benedict, the documentary-film “The Martin Benedict case: Forbidden to Believe” premie ...
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  26 June 2026
  AFRICA/CHAD - Signing of the statute of the interfaith platform to strengthen peace and social cohesion N'Djamena (Fides News Agency) – "We will continue to work so that everyone can contribute to human development and to achieving our common goal of building a united, prosperous Chad that looks confidently to the future ...
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  26 June 2026
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Death toll continues to rise after the earthquakes: solidarity and aid from the international community Caracas (Fides News Agency) – The provisional toll from the violent earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale that struck central Venezuela and the capital, Caracas, at 6:04 p.m. local time on June 24 cont ...
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  26 June 2026
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Archbishop of Dhaka: "Amid Poverty, emigration and discrimination, Catholics live and bear witness to the Gospel" by Paolo Affatato Rome (Fides News Agency) – A small, poor yet vibrant Church, sustained by deep faith and characterized by the active participation of its faithful. This is how Bejoy Nicephorus D'Cruze, OMI, Metrop ...
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  26 June 2026
  Here's how Sweden is quietly rediscovering itself as a "land of mission" by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Stockholm (Fides News Agency) – Sweden is quietly rediscovering itself as a land of mission, even ad gentes. And this is what Anna Bieniaszewski Sandberg sees every day. As National Director ...
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  25 June 2026
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The "World Mission Rosary" at the heart of the journey toward the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen New York (Fides News Agency) – "The Pontifical Mission Societies USA is inviting Catholics across the country to participate in the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen through the World Mission Rosary." The app ...
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  25 June 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Appeal of the Bishops of Ibadan. More than a month of captivity for 39 students and 7 teachers Abuja (Fides News Agency) – Since May 15, 39 students and 7 teachers have been in the hands of bandits who attacked schools in the Ahoro-Esinle region of the Oriire district near Ogbomoso in Oyo State, southwestern Nig ...
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  25 June 2026
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Father Karl Wallner: "Faith grows together with the willingness to help others" Vienna (Fides News Agency) - "My experience is that fundraising and faith-raising are ultimately one and the same, because faith grows together with the willingness to help others." These are the words of Father Karl Wal ...
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  25 June 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - New "Implementing Regulations" of the Law on foreign funding of Civil and Religious NGOs New Delhi (Fides News Agency) – The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs has published new implementing regulations for the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) of 2010, which controls the inflow of funds and donation ...
• 24 June 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Ranchi (India) Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ranchi (India) the Rev. Anand David Xalxo, until now Vicar General and Parish Priest of the Cathedra ...
• 24 June 2026
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Resignation and Succession of the Bishop of Bangassou Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Bangassou (Central African Republic) submitted by Juan José Aguirre Muñoz M.C.C.J. He is su ...
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  24 June 2026
  Colombian elections reveal a divided country by Cosimo Graziani Bogota (Fides News Agency) – In Colombia, right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella has won the presidential runoff election. This was announced based on so-called "preliminary results." Acco ...
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  24 June 2026
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops after attack on Anglican cathedral in Nairobi: "Is this in the interest of the political elite?" Nairobi (Fides News Agency) – "If what we saw happen in All Saints Cathedral Nairobi is anything to go by, where a meeting was disrupted by goons, who were so confident as to even threaten the policemen present, a grav ...