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  7 November 2025
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Pope Leo XIV at the XVII National Missionary Congress: true missionaries "put the leaven of the Risen One in the dough of history" Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - The true missionary shares "faith as one shares bread." Christ Himself draws him close and calls him to "get his hands dirty with the dough of history," so that faith, like leaven, may work "in t ...
• 7 November 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Eucharistic Congress in Tangshan: perpetual adoration, procession, and Eucharistic liturgy to reinvigorate the apostolic mission in daily life Tangshan (Agenzia Fides) – Perpetual adoration, a Eucharistic procession, opportunities to share insights into Eucharistic spirituality, and a solemn liturgy were the focus of the Eucharistic Congress in Tangshan (Hebe ...
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  7 November 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The fall of El-Fasher marks a turning point: Egypt and Turkey strengthen their commitment to stop the RSF Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The fall of El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, in the hands of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militias marks a turning point for the powers supporting the Sudanese government of General ...
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  7 November 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “The situation is out of control, and if you talk, they will kill you Cabo Delgado (Agenzia Fides) – Cyclones, floods, droughts, destroyed livelihoods, ever-increasing food prices, and a lack of basic services. This is the dramatic scenario in northern Mozambique, and also in the rest of ...
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  7 November 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Director of the Peace Center: "Pakistan and Afghanistan should seek what unites them, not what divides them" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – “There are still tensions, skirmishes, and clashes along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan as they try to find ways of dialogue and negotiation. We should remember that these are tw ...
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  6 November 2025
  AMERICA/PERU - Over 600 participants at the First National Congress of the Union of the Sick and Elderly Missionaries Abancay (Agenzia Fides) – Over 600 participants from various ecclesiastical jurisdictions in Peru gathered in the Diocese of Abancay for the first “National Congress of the Union of Sick and Elderly Missionaries,” ...
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  6 November 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The conflict moves to Kordofan Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – At least 40 people died in a drone attack on a funeral in the city of El Obeid, the capital of the Sudanese region of North Kordofan. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humani ...
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  6 November 2025
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Bishop of Moramanga: Corruption and personal interest at the expense of the common good. The role of the Church as a mother who welcomes and educates her children Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “The Church is the only refuge, the only safe haven where people come. When they need medical care, when they cannot afford to study or have nothing to eat, when there is famine, it is always t ...
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  6 November 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - “Dalit Liberation Sunday”: The Jubilee of Hope begins at the margins New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The “Dalit Liberation Sunday,” which the Catholic Church in India celebrates on November 9 under the auspices of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), in which the bishops ...
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  6 November 2025
  VATICAN - John Henry Newman and the Church Mission by Marie Symington Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Saint John Henry Newman has recently been proclaimed a Doctor of the Church and subsequently been named the Patron Saint of the Pontifical Urbaniana University, part of the Di ...
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  5 November 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Seminarian dies at the hands of kidnappers, another freed Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – One of the three seminarians, aged 15 to 16, who were kidnapped on July 10 in an attack on the Minor Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Ivianokpodi, in the Diocese of Auchi, Edo State (sou ...
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  5 November 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - “Life is stronger! Hurricane Melissa is moving away from the coast” Jerémie (Agenzia Fides) – “Hurricane Melissa is moving away from our coasts, leaving behind a trail of death, suffering, and devastation, especially in Jamaica and Cuba. In the coming days, weather conditions here s ...
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  5 November 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic Parishes begin November with a spirit of charity for the elderly and the sick Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – From Beijing and Shanghai to rural villages, Catholic communities across China have devoutly begun the month of November, which the Church dedicates to the commemoration of the dead, inviting ...
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  5 November 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Victims and displaced after the typhoon in Cebu. Archbishop Uy: "Corruption mocks the cry of the poor" Cebu (Agenzia Fides) – Typhoon Kalmaegi (known as Tino in the Philippines) has claimed more than 90 lives on the island of Cebu and has battered the central Philippines in recent days. It is the twentieth storm to hit ...
• 4 November 2025
  ASIA/LEBANON - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Father Georges El Ters (M.L.) as ...