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  17 December 2025
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Priest reported missing since December 3 arrested under unconstitutional circumstances Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – The Uganda Catholic Lawyers Society (UCLS) has denounced the arrest of Rev. Fr. Deusdedit Ssekabira, a Catholic priest from the Diocese of Masaka, who had been missing since December 3, as a v ...
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  17 December 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Communist rebels announce a Christmas truce, the army continues its operations Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The New People’s Army (NPA) has announced a truce in its conflict with the Philippine Army for December 25 and 26, as well as from December 31 to January 1. The Communist Party of the Philipp ...
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  17 December 2025
  AFRICA/DR. CONGO - After capturing Uvira, the M23 continues its advance south Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The M23/AFC (Congo River Alliance) guerrilla fighters announced on December 16 that they had withdrawn from the city of Uvira in South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, n ...
• 17 December 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Appointment of bishop of Chimoio Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Lúcio Andrice Muandula, until now bishop of Xai-Xai, as bishop of the diocese of Chimoio, Mozambique. Bishop Lúcio Andrice Muandula was born on 9 Oct ...
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  17 December 2025
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Doctors with Africa CUAMM celebrate the 25th anniversary of St. Luke hospital in Wolisso Wolisso (Agenzia Fides) – Twenty-five years later, in the Jubilee year, Doctors with Africa CUAMM celebrates the anniversary of the construction of St. Luke hospital in Wolisso, and the adjacent training center for nur ...
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  16 December 2025
  AMERICA/PERU - The “Bolivarian countries” united by the rosary at the close of the Jubilee Year Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Bolivia united by a virtual rosary, now in its second year. At the close of the Jubilee Year, the national directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies ( ...
• 16 December 2025
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Anuradhapura Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, presented by Bishop Norbert Marshall Andradi, O.M.I. The Holy Father has appoi ...
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  16 December 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The nation gathers around St. Peter To Rot. Cardinal Ribat. "A gift for the Church and for the world" Rabaul (Agenzia Fides) – More than two thousand pilgrims participated in the thanksgiving celebrations in honor of Saint Peter To Rot, catechist and martyr canonized on October 19 in St. Peter’s Basilica by Pope Leo ...
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  16 December 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - The "Christmas Program" of the rural community of Pourcine-Pic Makaya Pourcine-Pic Makaya (Agenzia Fides) – "The end of the first term at the parish nursery and primary school in Pourcine-Pic Makaya is approaching, and the students are excited about the upcoming Christmas holidays. We wi ...
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  15 December 2025
  ASIA/THAILAND - Casinos and scam cities: an open issue fueling the war Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – The conflict on the border between Thailand and Cambodia is not just territorial. Adding to the tensions between the two countries is an unresolved issue concerning the role of the so-called � ...
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  15 December 2025
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Chigubhu lantern: students transform waste into renewable energy-powered lanterns Seke (Agenzia Fides) - Turning waste into renewable energy-powered lanterns. This is the project of a local innovator Aluwaine Tanaka Manyonga from the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, who invented the so-called "Chigubhu" la ...
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  15 December 2025
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Appeal of 'Catholic Mission': “No” to destructive violence and hatred in society Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – “There is no place in Australia for such destructive violence. Our hearts go out to all those affected by this tragedy. We stand in solidarity with those who have died or been injured, with t ...
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  15 December 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - The tragedy of the conquest of Uvira: “Drones, rockets, and mortar bombs against civilians” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – On December 10, 2025, troops of the M23/AFC (Congo River Alliance), supported by Rwandan forces, declared the conquest of Uvira, the second largest city after Bukavu in South Kivu, the easter ...
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  14 December 2025
  ASIA/HONG KONG - "Messengers of Hope": The Jubilee Year for the 80th anniversary of the Diocese of Hong Kong has begun Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Jubilee Year commemorating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Diocese of Hong Kong (1946-2026) has the motto “Messengers of Hope” and will be celebrated until December 8, 20 ...
• 14 December 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Kisumu Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Leo XIV, has appointed Rev. Fr. Vicent Ouma Odundo, currently Vicar General of the same Archdiocese, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kisumu, assignin ...