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  29 October 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishops: "Compassion and hope in the face of the polycrisis in Myanmar" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – “This is not the moment to give up. It is the moment to find the embers of hope in the ashes of pain. Peace is possible; peace is the only way. Let us not be ruled by hatred. Let us not let d ...
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  29 October 2025
  MISSIONARY OCTOBER - Sister Suzanne Djebba: Joy and hope in the mission among the peoples by Sister Suzanne Djebba* We publish the address given by Sister Suzanne Djebba, Vicar General of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate (PIME), on the occasion of the International Missionary Congress “Missio ad ...
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  28 October 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - "Approaching hurricane Melissa": the village of Pourcine Pic-Makaya is on alert Pourcine Pic-Makaya (Agenzia Fides) – "It's approaching, it's raining heavily, but wind and water are forecast especially for this afternoon/evening and tomorrow. Let's hope it won't be too severe!" said Father Massimo ...
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  28 October 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Chongyang Festival: Catholic communities celebrate the "Double Nine Festival" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – In view of the "Double Nine Festival" (also known as the Chongyang Festival, so called because it is celebrated on September 9 of the lunar calendar, which this year falls on October 29), many ...
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  28 October 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Serious humanitarian situation in El-Fasher, captured by RSF militias Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – There is great concern for the approximately 260,000 civilians who have been trapped for 18 months in El-Fasher, a city that fell on October 26 into the hands of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF ...
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  28 October 2025
  VATICAN - Artificial intelligence and mission at the center of the Pontifical Missionary Union's Online International Conference Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Next Friday, October 31, the anniversary of the founding of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU), the second annual online International Conference organized by the Missionary Society, f ...
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  28 October 2025
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Bishops' spokesman: "With East Timor's entry into ASEAN, there will be a give-and-take, also in matters of faith" Dili (Agenzia Fides) – “The Timorese population has celebrated and continues to celebrate East Timor’s entry into ASEAN. There is great expectation, great hope, especially among young people, who see accession as t ...
• 28 October 2025
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Appointment of bishop of Auki Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Jacob Aba, S.M., until now parish priest of the Holy Name of Mary in Tanaghai, Honiara. Msgr. Jacob Aba, S.M., was born on 6 January 1976 in Ma ...
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  27 October 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Priests in Beijing run "Synodal Half Marathon" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – In a synodal church, one can not only "walk together," but also "run a marathon together." This was demonstrated by the first edition of "Pegaso," the "Synodal Half Marathon," in which Catholi ...
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  27 October 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "Event of historic importance": Programme for World Youth Day 2027 presented Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The 17th World Youth Day (WYD) to be held in Seoul in 2027 will be “of historic importance, as it will be the first to be held in a divided nation, the first in a non-Christian country, and th ...
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  27 October 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - RSF militiamen claim to have captured El Fasher, the city in North Darfur, under siege for 18 months Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The situation remains uncertain in El Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur, which has been under siege for 18 months by the militiamen of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). They claime ...
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  26 October 2025
  VATICAN - Leo XIV: Ecclesial communion is "generated and preserved by the Holy Spirit" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Ecclesial communion is "generated and preserved by the Holy Spirit." And this makes it possible at all times to invoke and encounter the miracle of a "humble Church," a Church that "does no ...
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  26 October 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - How Faith in Jesus flourishes in the "Pirate" Archipelago by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong Ha Tien (Agenzia Fides) - "In the past, we longed for a Sunday Mass, sometimes it took a whole month for a priest to come and celebrate Mass. Now, we feel warm when there is a church, and t ...
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  25 October 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Rice production increases: "The problem of pesticides persists" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Global rice prices have fallen by 35% in one year and are at their lowest level since 2017 (around $360 per ton). This phenomenon was primarily triggered by the fact that India, the world's ...
• 25 October 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of auxiliary of Bombay Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Stephen Eustace Victor Fernandes, until now local collaborator with the apostolic nunciature in India, New Delhi, as auxiliary bishop of the metro ...