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  14 November 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - Bishops concerned over amendments to cybercrime law: "Freedom of expression at risk" Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – "The fears expressed by Kenyans regarding these new laws must not be ignored. They deserve to be heard, and corrective action must be taken where necessary," the bishops of Kenya said in a sta ...
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  14 November 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan: "Building Peace, Healing Wounds and Strengthening Unity" Malakal (Agenzia Fides) – "Having prayed, reflected, and shared on the pastoral situation of our two countries, we find ourselves deeply disturbed by the ongoing devastating conflicts and the dishonoured peace agreemen ...
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  14 November 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian man tried for blasphemy on social media acquitted Sargodha (Agenzia Fides) – Haroon Shehzad, a 49-year-old Pakistani Christian from Sargodha (in Punjab), who had been charged and tried for blasphemy, was acquitted by the Sargodha District Court on November 8. This was ...
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  13 November 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The war continues: US appears prepared to impose sanctions on Rapid Support Forces Khartoum (Fides) – The Sudanese army announced it had repelled a drone attack on the Merowe Dam and the town of the same name, including its airport. The 19th Infantry Division of the SAF (Sudan Armed Forces) explained ...
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  13 November 2025
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The “Pan-African Missionary Conference” begins, under the motto “Ecclesia in Africa” and “Evangelii Nuntiandi”
  Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – “Ecclesia in Africa and the proclamation of Christ in times of synodality” is the theme of the Pan-African Missionary Conference, which opened this mo ...
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  13 November 2025
  Holiness and Mysticism: Leo XIV calls for “prudence” in the face of “extraordinary phenomena” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The “extraordinary phenomena,” which can accompany particolar mystical experiences, are never “indispensable prerequisites for the recognition of a believer’s holiness.” And whe ...
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  13 November 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - World Day for the Poor: Camillian missionaries and small miracles of charity on the island of Flores Kupang (Agenzia Fides) – “On the island of Flores, small miracles have very human dimensions: a packet of rice, a school notebook, a door and a window instead of a chain, a center for lonely and abandoned people, a h ...
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  12 November 2025
  Rome, Manila, Nairobi: Nilda Castro's "long march" between diplomacy and mission by Victor Gaetan* Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The classic image of a Catholic missionary is a devout religious person who leaves home for a remote location, then never, or infrequently, goes home, becoming thoroughly d ...
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  12 November 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The 600th Anniversary of Leuven Catholic University celebrated in Beijing Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The 600th anniversary of the founding of Leuven Catholic University (KU Leuven) was celebrated in Beijing. The university was officially founded in Belgium on December 9, 1425, by Pope Martin ...
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  12 November 2025
  AFRICA/MALI - Annual marian pilgrimage cancelled for security reasons Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Mali announced that it has decided to cancel the 54th National Marian Pilgrimage to Kita due to transportation difficulties and fuel shortages caused by the blockade ...
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  12 November 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Attack in Delhi, arrests in Kashmir; Bishops: unity in the fight against terrorism New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Indian police have arrested several suspects in Kashmir in connection with the attack in New Delhi, where a car bomb exploded near the historic ‘Red Fort’ on November 10, killing eight p ...
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  12 November 2025
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians are the first religious congregation present in the province of Mondulkiri Sen Monorom (Agenzia Fides) – Five days after the canonization of Maria Troncatti (see Fides, 10/17/2025), and on the day the Church commemorates Mary Help of Christians, the Mary Our Help Inspectorate (CMY) officially ...
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  11 November 2025
  ASIA/MYANAMAR - Temples, churches, schools, monasteries destroyed: the wounds of war on communities of believers Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – More than 200 institutions, temples, and religious sites, including Buddhist monasteries, mosques, and Christian churches, were damaged, destroyed, or looted during the civil war in Myanmar bet ...
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  11 November 2025
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Tornado devastates the state of Paraná Brasília (Agenzia Fides) – A severe weather front has unleashed the strongest tornado in 40 years, causing widespread destruction and leaving many dead and injured in southern Brazil. The town of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu ...
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  11 November 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference: “Environmental destruction is a form of violence against the weak and creation” Accra (Agenzia Fides) – “Environmental destruction is a silent form of violence against the weak and a sin against creation,” said Bishop Matthew Gyamfi of Sunyani, President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Confer ...