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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 ...
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  11 November 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic communities creatively prepare for the "World Day of the Poor" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Recognizing and accompanying those in difficulty with faith; experiencing charitable works as signs of hope; giving oneself to increase the Church's compassionate embrace of those in need. The ...
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  10 November 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic teacher killed: local church community demands truth and justice Laur (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of the Diocese of Cabanatuan in the province of Nueva Ecija in central Luzon is demanding “justice and truth” following the murder of Mark Christian Malaca, a teacher at ...
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  10 November 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - A seminarian kidnapped on July 10 has died from injuries sustained during the attack Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Emmanuel Alabi, the seminarian kidnapped in Nigeria on July 10 (see Fides, 12/7/2025), is reported to have died of starvation and injuries sustained during his abduction. This was reported by t ...
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  10 November 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Seminarians in Beijing critically examine the possibilities and risks of Artificial Intelligence Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Seminarians of the Diocesan Seminary of Beijing are beginning the new academic year with a focus on spirituality. At the end of October, seminarians and formators concluded the month, which w ...
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  9 November 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM -Typhoons and floods devastate the Country. Catholic communities: "We must help everyone to overcome these difficult days" by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong Quy Nhon (Fides News Agency) - Typhoon Kalmaegi entered the East Sea of Vietnam on the morning of November 5 after sweeping through the Philippines and leaving serious damages. The wind was ...
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  8 November 2025
  ASIA/JAPAN - A journey in the footsteps of the "hidden Christians" Nagasaki (Agenzia Fides) – “The Way of the Gospel” is the name of the new pilgrimage route to be established in southern Japan, in the places where the first missionaries worked and where the extraordinary experien ...
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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,” ...