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  5 February 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Worshippers kidnapped on January 18 in northern Nigeria have been released Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Worshippers who were kidnapped on January 18 from several churches in the Kurmin Wali community in the Kufana district of the Kajuru local government region in Kaduna State, northern Nigeria, ha ...
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  5 February 2026
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishop Martínez de Aguirre: Witnesses to Jesus' predilection for the peoples of the Amazon by Gianni Valente Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) – The emotion of Jesus as he hears the stories of his disciples, whom he himself had sent out “two by two” to proclaim his salvation. The concern for the young ...
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  4 February 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Convent, Catholic Hospital, and two Protestant Churches attacked in North-Central Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Several towns in the Agwara Local Government Area (LGA) in Niger State, in north-central Nigeria, have been the target of armed attacks. According to a statement from the Diocese of Kontagora, o ...
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  4 February 2026
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - A missionary: “Tension and hostility with Thailand persist, while the battle rages on social media” Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – “There are still thousands of refugees in Cambodia; precariousness and suffering are prevalent among the population of the provinces bordering Thailand. The tension and mutual hostility a ...
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  4 February 2026
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Italian Camillian missionaries: witnesses of work and hope in Asia by Luigi Galvani* Kupang (Agenzia Fides) - From January 18 to 24, 2026, a meeting of Italian Camillian Missionaries serving in Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia took place in Lotung, Taiwan. It was a significant ...
• 3 February 2026
  AMERICA/PERU - Resignation of vicar apostolic of San José del Amazonas Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the apostolic vicariate of San José del Amazonas, Peru, presented by Bishop José Javier Travieso. Martín, C.M.F. (A ...
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  3 February 2026
  The last homily of Ioannis Zizioulas Athens (Agenzia Fides) – Three years have passed since the death of the great Orthodox theologian Ioannis Zizioulas, Metropolitan of Pergamon. He died on February 2, 2023, at the age of 92. Zizioulas was among the ...
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  3 February 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Sokoto: “Every day there are massacres in Nigeria: How can such a country move forward?” Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – “There is no other country where 10 people are killed on Monday, 50 on Tuesday, 100 on Wednesday, and it continues every week. How can such a country move forward?” asked Msgr. Matthew Hassa ...
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  3 February 2026
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Auxiliary Bishop of Dhaka on the Political elections: “The Church supports pluralism and democracy” Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) – “The elections are approaching, but there is not much enthusiasm in Bangladeshi society for the country’s future,” said Subroto Boniface Gomes, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Dhaka ...
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  3 February 2026
  OCEANIA/VANUATU - New missionary frontier in Vanuatu: the first three Salesians arrive Port Vila (Agenzia Fides) – “We are deeply moved to see how Don Bosco is truly helping us to realize his dream in Oceania,” says Father Alfred Maravilla, director of the first Salesian mission, which opened in Port ...
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  2 February 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Five years after the coup, the military junta accelerates the political transition Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – Five years after the coup of February 1, 2021, Myanmar's military junta appears to be seeking a political shift, governing a transition that, following elections scheduled in three phases betw ...
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  2 February 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Tragedy at the Luwowo Mine: Accusations between the government and the M23 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – A tragedy caused by the “rampant and illegal exploitation of Congolese natural resources orchestrated by Rwanda and the M23/AFC.” This is how the Ministry of Communications and Media of t ...
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  2 February 2026
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Immediate action needed to avert imminent war: warning from the provisional administration of Tigray Adigrat (Agenzia Fides) – In a letter addressed to the President of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, the provisional administration of Tigray calls for “immediate action to avert an imminent war. ...
• 2 February 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Resignation and succession of bishop of Pekhon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Pekhon, Myanmar, presented by Bishop Peter Hla. He is succeeded by Bishop Felice Ba Htoo, until now co ...
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  2 February 2026
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishop Cadenas: the path of the Amazonian Church, blessed by the Pope by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “To live ‘ad instar Apostolorum,’ that is, in the manner of the Apostles, with simplicity, courage and total openness to being led by the Lord.” This was the first p ...