News

• 1 December 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Darjeeling Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 29, 2025, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Edward Baretto, of the clergy of the diocese of Darjeeling, India, until now director of the Divya Vani Pastoral Centre, as coad ...
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  30 November 2025
  ASIA/LEBANON - Pope Leo XIV to the Lebanese: you are a people who do not give up by Pascale Rizk Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – “Blessed are the peacemakers! It is a great joy for me to meet with you, and to visit this land where “peace” is much more than just a word.” With these words, Pope L ...
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  29 November 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian officer's appeal rejected: "Freedom of conscience trampled upon" New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – The Supreme Court of India has rejected the appeal of a Christian army officer who challenged his dismissal from the armed forces. The dismissal was ordered after the man refused to particip ...
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  29 November 2025
  VATICAN - "Missionary mandate" and Jubilee at the heart of the English-language training course at CIAM Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – More than 30 priests, nuns, and lay people from Europe, Africa, and North America are participating. Among them are diocesan directors and staff members from the national directions of th ...
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  29 November 2025
  ASIA/LEBANON - Pope's Visit, Father Guillaume Bruté de Rémur: May Christians be the leaven of coexistence by Gianluca Frinchillucci Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – In Lebanon, a country marked by a devastating economic crisis, political instability, and the ongoing wounds of war, the visit of Pope Leo XIV has a missionary sign ...
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  28 November 2025
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Cardinal Tagle at the "Great Pilgrimage of Hope": "We need more Wise Men and less Herod" Penang (Agenzia Fides) – “Under all circumstances, we will continue to tell the story of Jesus in Asia and the world. We will never tire of telling His story,” said Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle in his address ...
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  28 November 2025
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Coup: President Embalo in exile in Senegal Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who was overthrown in a military coup on November 26 (see Fides, 27/11/2025), has sought refuge in Senegal. The self-proclaimed military ju ...
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  28 November 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - National Human Rights Commission welcomes the release of political prisoners and considers the elections "an opportunity" Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – Myanmar’s military junta has released over 3,000 political prisoners from Insein prison in Yangon. The detainees had been arrested as regime opponents after the 2021 coup and accused of “se ...
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  28 November 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The Metamorphosis of West Africa”: the latest work of the Sinderesis School will be presented in Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “Quo Vadis Africa?”: This question summarizes the research conducted by the young people of the “Sinderesis School” at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome during the 2024-2025 aca ...
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  28 November 2025
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Pope Leo XIV expresses deep sadness and closeness to the victims of the Tai Po Fire; the Diocese of Hong Kong mobilizes to provide aid Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Deep sadness and spiritual closeness are Pope Leo XIV's first thoughts toward the victims of the fire in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong. A telegram was sent on behalf of the Holy Father Le ...
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  27 November 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Pilgrims of Hope: Sisters from Shantou visit 94-year-old Bishop Peter Zhuang Jianjian Shantou (Agenzia Fides) – A total of 13 nuns from the Congregation of Mary Queen of All Hearts of the Diocese of Shantou (Guangdong Province) undertook their “Pilgrimage of Hope” on November 14 and 15, visiting the ...
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  27 November 2025
  Turkey and Lebanon. Leo XIV's journey and prayer amidst the wounds of the Church and the world by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On his first apostolic journey as Successor of Peter, which began today with a flight from Rome to Ankara, Pope Leo XIV is venturing into a tangle of conflicts, the shedding ...
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  27 November 2025
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Military coup on the eve of the announcement of the presidential election results Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – “The situation in Bissau is calm. All radio stations have been forced to stop broadcasting and suspend updates on their social media and websites, while the military guards the streets,” re ...
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  27 November 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - WYD, an opportunity to keep the desire for peace on the Korean Peninsula alive in the hearts of young people Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - “After participating in the ‘Wind of Peace’ initiative and the peace march along the inter-Korean border, I began to reflect on peace. Now, when we say, ‘Let’s pray for peace,’ I wonde ...
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  27 November 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - President Tinubu declares state of emergency due to insecurity and orders recruitment of additional police officers and soldiers Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – “Today, in view of the emerging security situation, I have decided to declare a nationwide security emergency and order additional recruitment into the Armed Forces,” said Nigerian President ...