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  11 August 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Northeast Nigeria affected by food insecurity Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – According to the International Red Cross, more than 3.3 million people in northeast Nigeria are affected by food insecurity. Most of these people are farmers who suffer from the insecurity in th ...
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  11 August 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The identity of the Pontifical Mission Societies is at the center of the General Assembly of Indonesian Diocesan Directors Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – A total of 38 dioceses were represented at the General Assembly of Diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Indonesia. The meeting, held for the tenth time from August 4 ...
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  10 August 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Leo XIV: "The Works of mercy are the most secure and profitable bank where we can entrust the treasure of our existence" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The gestures that the Church defines as corporal and spiritual Works of mercy "are the most secure and profitable bank where we can entrust the treasure of our existence," because if we pra ...
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  9 August 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic Bishops: 80 years after the division, let us not silence the desire to live together in the "common home" of the Korean people Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – “We will support and actively participate in exchanges with North Korea based on cooperation and reciprocity. We will join forces to work together with those who wish for North and South to li ...
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  9 August 2025
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The synergy between the Archdiocese of Maracaibo and the Pontifical Mission Societies for the territory of La Guajira Riohacha (Agenzia Fides) – Strengthening indigenous pastoral care, training lay people, and promoting sustainable social projects that improve the quality of life of indigenous communities in terms of access to water, ...
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  8 August 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Accused of religious conversions: Priests, nuns, and a catechist attacked at the Gangadhar mission station Odisha (Agenzia Fides) - In an attack that the Latin Rite Catholic bishops of India described as "disturbing and out of place," some 70 members of the Bajrang Dal (literally "Bajrangbali Brigade," a militant Hindutva org ...
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  8 August 2025
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Bishops encourage catechists: "Let us remain anchored in hope" Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – "You catechists are witnesses to the fact that, anchored in hope, you are committed to our reality, moving toward the goal: a life of eternal love," writes Bishop Pablo Jourdan in a letter ...
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  8 August 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Uncertainty over the continuation of talks between the DRC and M23, while the civilian population continues to suffer Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Despite the peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, as well as the agreements reached with the M23 rebel movement, the civilian population in North and South Kivu ...
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  8 August 2025
  ASIA - Thailand-Cambodia border agreement signed. Apostolic Nuncio Wells: "Let us now focus our efforts on helping the displaced" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "We are all very pleased that the path of dialogue undertaken by Cambodia and Thailand has led to numerous agreements that will hopefully lead to reconciliation and a stable and lasting peace be ...
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  8 August 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Caritas Vietnam joins hands to prevent human trafficking by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Human trafficking is increasing complexly and unpredictably in Vietnam and all over the world, in which social networks are a "fertile ground" for criminals to exploi ...
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  7 August 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Attacks on Christian churches and schools: Catholic bishops and representatives of other religious communities appeal to the government Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – "We must take decisive action against anyone who adopts intolerant behavior, even more so when it is accompanied by violent acts that constitute criminal offenses. No one should go unpunished ...
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  7 August 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Defamation, discrimination, and exclusion of women: a culture of tolerance, respect, and equality is urgently needed Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Women in Sudan, especially activists and protagonists in politics, the media, and civil society, are facing defamatory campaigns and demands for the withdrawal of full citizenship rights for sp ...
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  7 August 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - Two ministers die in helicopter crash: Bishops express condolences and ask for prayers Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "Shocking news that we could not believe," said Msgr. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, Bishop of Sunyani, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ghana (GCBC), in response to the news of the helicop ...
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  7 August 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian and Muslim Dalits excluded from benefits granted by the state of Maharashtra Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - Dalits (so-called "outcastes") who convert to Christianity or Islam will lose the privileges and prerogatives granted by law to the "scheduled castes," the official definition of various histori ...
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  7 August 2025
  VATICAN - World Mission Day 2025: three-Webinar series in Vietnamese returns Rome (Agenzia Fides) – This year, the series of three webinars in Vietnamese on the Pope's message for World Mission Day 2025 returns. The series of three online seminars is organized by the National Direction of the P ...