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  20 November 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Myanmar's army raids and arrests people in "Scam cities" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Myanmar's military government has launched an operation to combat online criminal activity in so-called "scam cities" located on the border between Myanmar and Thailand: on November 18, the army ...
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  20 November 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Lazzaro You: “The Council of Shanghai was of crucial importance for the history of the Asian churches” Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The “Concilium sinense”, which took place in Shanghai between May and June 1924, was an event of crucial importance for the history of the Church in Asia. This ecclesiastical event “marked ...
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  20 November 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Father Paschal is alive”: Archdiocese of Kaduna denies rumors of the murder of the priest kidnapped on November 17 Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – “It is not true that Father Bobbo Paschal was killed,” reads a statement from the Archdiocese of Kaduna, sent to Fides, refuting rumors circulating on various social media platforms that the ...
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  19 November 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Anti-conversion laws: Catholics promote protection of freedom of conscience based on the constitution Jaipur (Agenzia Fides) – In the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, bordering Pakistan, the Jaipur Catholic Welfare Society has turned to the Supreme Court to challenge the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Religious C ...
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  19 November 2025
  November 20, presentation of the book “Cinema and Mission: Audiovisual Sources and History of Catholic Missions” will take place at Palazzo de Propaganda Fide Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Tomorrow, November 20, at 3:00 p.m., the book "Cinema and Mission. Audiovisual Sources and History of Catholic Missions" will be presented at the Palazzo de Propaganda Fide. The book, e ...
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  19 November 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - South Sudan Council of Churches appeals to Kenyan President for efforts to achieve peace in South Sudan Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – “South Sudan is at a delicate and challenging stage,” members of the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC), which unites the main Christian denominations in South Sudan, including the Cat ...
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  19 November 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - Attack on the Foyer Saint Camille: “Continuing to run a hospital in this reality is heroic” Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday, October 28, and Saturday, November 15, members of one of the armed gangs active in the area stormed the “Foyer Saint Camille” in Port-au-Prince. In a statement sent to ...
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  19 November 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - Dozens dead in illegal mine. Bishops propose state of emergency to combat the phenomenon Accra (Agenzia Fides) – Three illegal miners have died of asphyxiation after being trapped in a tunnel in Ghana. The three men were part of a group of “galamseyers” (a term that refers both to the illegal mining of ...
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  18 November 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Violence continues in Nampula province Nampula (Agenzia Fides) - Houses and a school burned, properties looted, and civilians killed, wounded, or kidnapped. This is the scene of the escalating violence that continues to plague the districts of Memba and Erati ...
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  18 November 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Followers of the "Iglesia Ni Cristo" take to the streets: they demand "justice, accountability, transparency" Manila (Agenzia Fides) - With an impressive demonstration that drew over 300,000 people to the streets of Manila over two days, the "Iglesia Ni Cristo" (INC, Church of Christ), a powerful Philippine Christian evangelical ...
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  18 November 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest kidnapped in Kaduna State. Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Another Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. Father Bobbo Paschal, parish priest of St. Stephen's Parish Church in the Kushe Gudgu Kagarko Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State ( ...
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  17 November 2025
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Bishop Subroto: Silent march of Catholics in Dhaka “to say No to fundamentalism and violence” Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – “Tomorrow we will be in the city center and march hand in hand. The faithful and parish communities of the capital, Dhaka, have organized a silent march and a sit-in for peace, to denounce the ...
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  17 November 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The "Jubilee of Hope" pilgrimages continue, in the spirit of charity Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – A group of volunteers from the Immaculate Conception Parish of the Diocese of Beijing departed early Saturday morning, November 15, to visit the Hongyang Nursing Home, run by nuns, in Renqiu, ...
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  17 November 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - Melissa, gangs, thefts, assaults, and kidnappings fail to quell hope for a better life Pourcine-Pic Makaya (Agenzia Fides) – Shootings and violent clashes against the defenseless population continue to be reported. Among the latest incidents is a shootout between U.S. Marines and gang members, following ...
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  17 November 2025
  Artificial Intelligence and the Mission of the Church. An analytical contribution by Marie Symington Roma (Agenzia Fides ) - On Monday September 29 2025, the Dicastery for Communication announced the theme chosen by the Holy Father Leo XIV for the 60th World Communications Day: Preserving human voi ...