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  31 October 2025
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Pay small tea farmers more,” pleads Father Ambrose, parish priest in the western Rift Valley Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Stop the exploitation of small tea farmers, whose wealth ends up in the hands of corrupt officials. This is the appeal launched by Father Ambrose Kimutai, parish priest of the church in Ndaraw ...
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  31 October 2025
  VATICAN - “One in Christ, united in mission”: Theme of the next World Mission Day 2026 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “One in Christ, united in mission” is the theme of the World Missions Day which next year will mark the 100th anniversary of its establishment by Pope Pius XI, at the suggestion of th ...
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  31 October 2025
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “The State has a duty to protect, not to kill.” The Pontifical Mission Societies of Brazil respond to the tragic events in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil have expressed, in a statement sent to Fides, their profound solidarity and sorrow for the recent tragic episodes of violence in Rio de ...
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  31 October 2025
  KOREAN MISSIONARIES IN THE WORLD/3 - On mission in Australia, following in the footsteps of migrants by Pascale Rizk Canberra/Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – More than forty years have passed since 1984, when a missionary priest from Sydney began traveling once a month to Canberra to celebrate Mass with the local Korean ...
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  30 October 2025
  ASIA/JORDAN - "From the Holy Land to the World: Pilgrims and Missionaries of Hope" Amman (Agenzia Fides) – At the end of October, the Committee of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Jordan hosted its first meeting on the theme “From the Holy Land to the World: Pilgrims and Missionaries of Hope.” ...
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  30 October 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic communities experience the conclusion of Missionary October as a "new beginning" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The conclusion of missionary month in October marks a new beginning for many Catholic communities in China in proclaiming the Gospel. During the last days of October, many Catholics participat ...
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  30 October 2025
  AFRICA/MALI - Fuel war spreads to the Capital Bamako Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – “This morning at dawn, a convoy of 1,000 fuel tankers, escorted by the army, was greeted by a cheering crowd in Bamako,” local sources told Fides, describing the situation in the Malian ca ...
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  30 October 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fighting corruption: Catholic volunteers involved in monitoring government projects Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic volunteers will be involved in monitoring and ensuring transparency in the execution of government infrastructure projects, as part of national measures to combat corruption. This was ...
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  29 October 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Darfur Governor: “The capture of El-Fasher and the subsequent massacres are a disgrace to humanity” Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – “Your silence has brought shame to history and will remain a witness to a time when the world abandoned its humanity,” said Minni Arko Minawi, Governor of Darfur and head of the Sudan Lib ...
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  29 October 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishops: "Compassion and hope in the face of the polycrisis in Myanmar" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – “This is not the moment to give up. It is the moment to find the embers of hope in the ashes of pain. Peace is possible; peace is the only way. Let us not be ruled by hatred. Let us not let d ...
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  29 October 2025
  MISSIONARY OCTOBER - Sister Suzanne Djebba: Joy and hope in the mission among the peoples by Sister Suzanne Djebba* We publish the address given by Sister Suzanne Djebba, Vicar General of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate (PIME), on the occasion of the International Missionary Congress “Missio ad ...
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  28 October 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - "Approaching hurricane Melissa": the village of Pourcine Pic-Makaya is on alert Pourcine Pic-Makaya (Agenzia Fides) – "It's approaching, it's raining heavily, but wind and water are forecast especially for this afternoon/evening and tomorrow. Let's hope it won't be too severe!" said Father Massimo ...
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  28 October 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Chongyang Festival: Catholic communities celebrate the "Double Nine Festival" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – In view of the "Double Nine Festival" (also known as the Chongyang Festival, so called because it is celebrated on September 9 of the lunar calendar, which this year falls on October 29), many ...
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  28 October 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Serious humanitarian situation in El-Fasher, captured by RSF militias Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – There is great concern for the approximately 260,000 civilians who have been trapped for 18 months in El-Fasher, a city that fell on October 26 into the hands of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF ...
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  28 October 2025
  VATICAN - Artificial intelligence and mission at the center of the Pontifical Missionary Union's Online International Conference Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Next Friday, October 31, the anniversary of the founding of the Pontifical Missionary Union (PMU), the second annual online International Conference organized by the Missionary Society, f ...