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  3 November 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Leo XIV proclaims Saint John Henry Newman, Doctor of the Church, Patron of the Pontifical Urbaniana University by Gianni Valente Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The English saint John Henry Newman, proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIV on the Solemnity of All Saints, is now the Patron Saint of the Pontifical Urban ...
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  2 November 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Leo XIV: Let us pray for Sudan and Tanzania. “Indiscriminate violence” in El Fasher Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “With great sorrow I am following the tragic news coming from Sudan, especially from the city of El Fasher in the war-torn region of North Darfur.” With these words, spoken after the ...
• 1 November 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Poona Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Leo XIV, has appointed the Most Reverend Father Simon Almeida, of the clergy of the same diocese, as Bishop of the Diocese of Poona and former Assistant Secretary of the We ...
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  1 November 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Missionary October and the fight against malnutrition Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – The Missionary month of October in Indonesia's vast archipelago was marked by two initiatives for young people and young adults, both coordinated by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS): the ...
• 1 November 2025
  AFRICA - October was a difficult election month in Africa Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Recent elections in Africa have triggered a series of protests in the countries where they were held. In two cases, outgoing leaders, both over eighty years old, were re-elected amid allegations ...
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  31 October 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Provincial elections in Punjab: Christian community calls for politics to be viewed as a mission Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Punjab government and the Pakistan Election Commission "should defend the democratic principles and ensure that every citizen – regardless of their ethnicity, culture, or religious group � ...
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  31 October 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Pay small tea farmers more,” pleads Father Ambrose, parish priest in the western Rift Valley Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Stop the exploitation of small tea farmers, whose wealth ends up in the hands of corrupt officials. This is the appeal launched by Father Ambrose Kimutai, parish priest of the church in Ndaraw ...
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  31 October 2025
  VATICAN - “One in Christ, united in mission”: Theme of the next World Mission Day 2026 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “One in Christ, united in mission” is the theme of the World Missions Day which next year will mark the 100th anniversary of its establishment by Pope Pius XI, at the suggestion of th ...
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  31 October 2025
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “The State has a duty to protect, not to kill.” The Pontifical Mission Societies of Brazil respond to the tragic events in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil have expressed, in a statement sent to Fides, their profound solidarity and sorrow for the recent tragic episodes of violence in Rio de ...
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  31 October 2025
  KOREAN MISSIONARIES IN THE WORLD/3 - On mission in Australia, following in the footsteps of migrants by Pascale Rizk Canberra/Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – More than forty years have passed since 1984, when a missionary priest from Sydney began traveling once a month to Canberra to celebrate Mass with the local Korean ...
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  30 October 2025
  ASIA/JORDAN - "From the Holy Land to the World: Pilgrims and Missionaries of Hope" Amman (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of October, the Committee of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Jordan hosted its first meeting on the theme “From the Holy Land to the World: Pilgrims and Missionaries of Hope.” ...
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  30 October 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic communities experience the conclusion of Missionary October as a "new beginning" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The conclusion of missionary month in October marks a new beginning for many Catholic communities in China in proclaiming the Gospel. During the last days of October, many Catholics participat ...
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  30 October 2025
  AFRICA/MALI - Fuel war spreads to the Capital Bamako Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – “This morning at dawn, a convoy of 1,000 fuel tankers, escorted by the army, was greeted by a cheering crowd in Bamako,” local sources told Fides, describing the situation in the Malian ca ...
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  30 October 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fighting corruption: Catholic volunteers involved in monitoring government projects Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic volunteers will be involved in monitoring and ensuring transparency in the execution of government infrastructure projects, as part of national measures to combat corruption. This was ...
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  29 October 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Darfur Governor: “The capture of El-Fasher and the subsequent massacres are a disgrace to humanity” Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – “Your silence has brought shame to history and will remain a witness to a time when the world abandoned its humanity,” said Minni Arko Minawi, Governor of Darfur and head of the Sudan Lib ...