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  29 January 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - A Bishop and four priests from Odisha, land of martyrs Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in the eastern Indian state of Odisha welcomes a new auxiliary bishop and four new priests: an extraordinary flourishing of vocations in a region marked by violence ag ...
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  28 January 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Conflicting reports on the assissination of former President Kabila in Uvira Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Rumors have been circulating in recent days about the alleged assassination of former Congolese President Joseph Kabila. According to information sent to Fides, former Congolese President Jo ...
• 28 January 2026
  AFRICA/KENYA - Appointment of Coadjutor Archbishop of Mombasa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed His Exc. Msgr. Dominic Kimengich, currently Bishop of Eldoret, as Coadjutor Archbishop of Mombasa, Kenya. Bishop Dominic Kimengich was born on April 23, 1961, ...
• 28 January 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Resignation of Bishop of Popokabaka Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Popokabaka (Democratic Republic of Congo), presented by His Exc. Msgr. Bernard Marie Fansaka Bini ...
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  28 January 2026
  ASIA/THAILAND - Bishops on the eve of the elections: "Choose candidates who respect human dignity and promote the common good" Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – “The Church encourages voting for candidates who respect the value and dignity of every human being and who prioritize the common good over personal gain,” the bishops of Thailand wrote in ...
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  28 January 2026
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Father Enio Esteves dies in plane crash: The Salesian served as a missionary among the Amazonian peoples Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Salesian Province of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Ecuador announced the death of Father Enio Esteves (SDB). A statement from the Salesians' press office reported the plane crash in which the ...
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  27 January 2026
  AFRICA/CHAD - Cardinal Ambongo: "After 30 years, the vision of Ecclesia in Africa is more urgent than ever" N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) – Pope John Paul II’s vision of the “Church as the Family of God” “was not only a theological ideal, but a true pastoral roadmap for a continent that had left behind colonialism, dicta ...
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  27 January 2026
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Civil and religious organizations: No to the construction of two new nuclear power plants Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Social organizations, NGOs, and groups from various religious communities (including Christian associations) in South Korea are rejecting the Korean government's plan to build two new nuclear po ...
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  27 January 2026
  AMERICA/HAITI - Clashes between police and armed groups are increasing: Bishop Dumas urges citizens to choose life, responsibility, and hope Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The arrival of the new year has not yet brought any improvement to the serious humanitarian crisis affecting the population of the Caribbean island. According to Doctors Without Bor ...
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  27 January 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Catholic priest attacked and robbed Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Father Jean-Richard Ilunga, parish priest of the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the Diocese of Mbujimayi in eastern Kasai Province (in the Democratic Republic of Congo), was the vi ...
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  26 January 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Elections concluded: victory for the party representing the military junta Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – The third round of elections in Myanmar has concluded, following the first two rounds held on December 28 and January 11, which were already marked by a victory for the Union Solidarity and Dev ...
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  26 January 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New massacres committed by ADF jihadists in eastern DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – At least 25 people have been killed in North Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a series of attacks attributed to rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). According to C ...
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  26 January 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Hiiboro inaugurates a new Pastoral Center: "to be present, especially where suffering is greatest" Yambio (Agenzia Fides) – "For more than five years, you have lived under the heavy burden of violence, displacement, destroyed institutions, and profound trauma. And yet, you have not lost your humanity. I have been de ...
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  25 January 2026
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Tagle's blessing: "May the face of Jesus always shine upon Hong Kong" Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "May the Holy Face of Jesus always shine upon Hong Kong." With these words, Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle summarized the reflections and exhortations he addressed to the participants in th ...
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  25 January 2026
  “One in Christ, united in mission.” Leo XIV’s Message for the 100th World Mission Day by Gianni Valente Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - "For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord," writes Paul of Tarsus in his Second Letter to the Corinthians. On Sunday, January 25, the day on whi ...