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  23 December 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Between M23 “ghost” militiamen and private vendettas, Uvira lives in uncertainty Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A city suspended in limbo. This is the situation in Uvira, a city in South Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border with Burundi, which was captured on December 10 by M23/ ...
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  22 December 2025
  VATICAN - Mission and communion. Leo XIV's address to the Roman Curia" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “By her very nature, the Church is outward-looking, turned toward the world, missionary.” And “the mission of Jesus on earth, which continues in the Holy Spirit through the Church, ...
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  22 December 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The last 130 children from the Catholic school in Papiri have been freed Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – The 130 students who had been held hostage in the attack on St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri (Niger State, north-central Nigeria) on November 21 (see Fides, November 24 and 26, 2025) have be ...
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  22 December 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - "We ask the Child Jesus for the gift of wisdom to guide our children well"
  Pourcine Pic-Macaya (Agenzia Fides) – “Maintenance work on the paths and roads in the parish territory has begun again. At a time of year when agricultural work slows down, a sm ...
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  21 December 2025
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - “In Christ we are one.” Apostolic Vicar Martinelli recounts Cardinal Tagle’s visit to the Emirates Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) – The days of Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle’s recent visit to the United Arab Emirates “were memorable not only for the Filipino faithful, but for the entire Vicariate. Through the cel ...
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  20 December 2025
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The Star Singers: From Sattel to the Federal Palace, “Ambassadors” of Peace and Solidarity Bern (Agenzia Fides) – Last Wednesday, a delegation of 23 Star Singers from Sattel filled the Dome Hall of the Federal Palace in Bern with carols and joy. The young Star Singers brought their blessing for the new year, ...
• 20 December 2025
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Suwon Vatican City - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Germanus Kwak Jin-Sang, of the clergy of Suwon, Korea, until now parish priest of Seopangyo, as auxiliary bishop of the same diocese, assigning him the titular se ...
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  19 December 2025
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - Moscow hosts a conference on relations between the Holy See and Italy between the 19th and 21st centuries Moscow (Agenzia Fides) – On December 16, the conference entitled “Italy, Vatican, Catholicism: 19th-21st Centuries” was held in Moscow at the Institute of Scientific Information of Social Sciences (INION) of the Ru ...
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  19 December 2025
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Riots after the assassination of student leader Hadi; Bishop Subroto: “Worrying situation” Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – “We have returned to full-blown street unrest and severe social instability. It is a very worrying situation. The death of Sharif Osman Hadi, leader of the youth movement, assassinated in Dhak ...
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  19 December 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - UN staff member killed detained by South Sudanese security forces Juba (Agenzia Fides) – Tensions have risen between the Government of South Sudan and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) following the death, under circumstances that remain unclear, of a mission staff ...
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  18 December 2025
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - PMS National Director Landry: "Congratulations and prayers" for Ronald Hicks, new Archbishop of New York New York (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies of the United States of America express their congratulations and promise prayers to accompany the new Archbishop of New York, Ronald Hicks, in the new mission ...
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  18 December 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - New drone attacks and threats to oil production Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Drones belonging to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have attacked the city of Atbara in northern Sudan, targeting power infrastructure and other sites, according to local media reports. The RS ...
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  18 December 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians give the nation the spirit of Christmas: fraternity and peace Karachi (Agenzia Fides) - With Christmas approaching, the civil administrations of Pakistani provinces have implemented special measures to ensure maximum security near Christian churches. These measures were taken in ...
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  18 December 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Vietnamese Catholic communities stand alongside women in need to combat mass abortion by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong Ha Tinh (Agenzia Fides) - “A word of sympathy, a hand of supporting can save a life” was emphasized by Father Joseph Tran Van Bong in a training session on the way of listening, accompan ...
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  18 December 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - “Let us treat the children with leukemia from Gaza at the hospital on the Mount of Olives” Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – “Let us take the children from Gaza suffering from leukemia to the Hospital on the Mount of Olives.” This is the appeal launched by the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem ...