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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”. ...
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  15 May 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Secretary of the Bishops’ Conference: solidarity with the people and a call on the Government to put a stop to incidents of religious intolerance Beira (Fides News Agency) – “We are following with deep concern the situation of terrorism raging our country, with its epicenter in Cabo Delgado since 5 October 2017, which, according to published statistics, has al ...
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  15 May 2026
  Cardinal Chow at the exhibition marking the 80th anniversary of the diocese's foundation: our joy is in being able to share the joy of the Gospel with Hong Kong Hong Kong (Fides News Agency) – “The joy of our Church lies in being able to share the joy of the Gospel with Hong Kong”. With these words, Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan, Bishop of Hong Kong, outlined the present a ...
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  15 May 2026
  ASIAINDIA - Two Salesians kidnapped and released in Manipur: the Naga and Myanmar insurgents involved in the general instability Imphal (Fides News Agency) - Two young Salesians were kidnapped and then released after 24 hours in captivity in Manipur, a state in north-eastern India where there is significant instability due to the ethnic conflict t ...
• 14 May 2026
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Appointment of Bishop of Bata Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father, Leo XIV, has appointed Bishop Miguel Angel Nguema Bee Etete, S.D.B., currently Apostolic Administrator of the same See and Bishop of the Diocese of Ebebiyin, as Bishop ...
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  14 May 2026
  “I choose not to hate”: in his new book, missionary Pier Luigi Maccalli highlights “a forgotten essential for building peace”
  Genoa (Fides News Agency) – “Peace is a possible mission”: this, along with many other meaningful insights and reflections, represents the core of the new book with the equal ...
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  14 May 2026
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Ascensión de Guarayos celebrates 200 years of faith and Franciscan presence in the Bolivian Amazon Ascensión de Guarayos (Fides News Agency) – From May 13 to 15, the Apostolic Vicariate of Ñuflo de Chávez will host celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of this historic city in eastern Bolivia and the beginni ...
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  13 May 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Three Kuki Baptist Pastors killed in Manipur Imphal (Fides News Agency) –In an ambush against a convoy of Kuki Baptist Christians in the Indian state of Manipur, three Baptist pastors were brutally murdered and others were wounded. The attack occurred on May 13 a ...