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  28 January 2026
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Father Enio Esteves dies in plane crash: The Salesian served as a missionary among the Amazonian peoples Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Salesian Province of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Ecuador announced the death of Father Enio Esteves (SDB). A statement from the Salesians' press office reported the plane crash in which the ...
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  27 January 2026
  AFRICA/CHAD - Cardinal Ambongo: "After 30 years, the vision of Ecclesia in Africa is more urgent than ever" N'Djamena (Agenzia Fides) – Pope John Paul II’s vision of the “Church as the Family of God” “was not only a theological ideal, but a true pastoral roadmap for a continent that had left behind colonialism, dicta ...
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  27 January 2026
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Civil and religious organizations: No to the construction of two new nuclear power plants Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Social organizations, NGOs, and groups from various religious communities (including Christian associations) in South Korea are rejecting the Korean government's plan to build two new nuclear po ...
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  27 January 2026
  AMERICA/HAITI - Clashes between police and armed groups are increasing: Bishop Dumas urges citizens to choose life, responsibility, and hope Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The arrival of the new year has not yet brought any improvement to the serious humanitarian crisis affecting the population of the Caribbean island. According to Doctors Without Bor ...
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  27 January 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Catholic priest attacked and robbed Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Father Jean-Richard Ilunga, parish priest of the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the Diocese of Mbujimayi in eastern Kasai Province (in the Democratic Republic of Congo), was the vi ...
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  26 January 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Elections concluded: victory for the party representing the military junta Yangon (Agenzia Fides) – The third round of elections in Myanmar has concluded, following the first two rounds held on December 28 and January 11, which were already marked by a victory for the Union Solidarity and Dev ...
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  26 January 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - New massacres committed by ADF jihadists in eastern DRC Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – At least 25 people have been killed in North Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in a series of attacks attributed to rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). According to C ...
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  26 January 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Hiiboro inaugurates a new Pastoral Center: "to be present, especially where suffering is greatest" Yambio (Agenzia Fides) – "For more than five years, you have lived under the heavy burden of violence, displacement, destroyed institutions, and profound trauma. And yet, you have not lost your humanity. I have been de ...
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  25 January 2026
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Tagle's blessing: "May the face of Jesus always shine upon Hong Kong" Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - "May the Holy Face of Jesus always shine upon Hong Kong." With these words, Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle summarized the reflections and exhortations he addressed to the participants in th ...
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  25 January 2026
  “One in Christ, united in mission.” Leo XIV’s Message for the 100th World Mission Day by Gianni Valente Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - "For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord," writes Paul of Tarsus in his Second Letter to the Corinthians. On Sunday, January 25, the day on whi ...
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  24 January 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - The Society of the Divine Word missionaries stand alongside tribal people to tackle child marriage Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - The Society of the Divine Word (SVD) missionaries are committed to walking alongside tribal people and tackling child marriage in the Indian state of Maharashtra, in central-western India. As Div ...
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  23 January 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - Coadjutor Bishop Anthony Li Hui succeeds Nicholas Han Jide at the helm of the Diocese of Pingliang Pingliang (Agenzia Fides) – Anthony Li Hui, currently Coadjutor Bishop of Pingliang, in the Chinese province of Gansu, has assumed the leadership of the diocese, succeeding 85-year-old Bishop Nicholas Han Jide OFM Cap, ...
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  23 January 2026
  AMERICA/PERU - Online course for Bolivarian countries on the history and mission of the Pontifical Mission Societies Lima (Agenzia Fides) – What are the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), what is their mission, and what are their field of action? These questions will be answered in detail in an online course for Bolivarian countries ...
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  23 January 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - A new church opens amid conflict: a sign of faith and hope Myitkyina (Agenzia Fides) - The blessing of a new Catholic church and a grotto with the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes, the "Regina Pacis," is a significant event in the Diocese of Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State i ...
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  22 January 2026
  Archbishop Sangalli at the funeral chamber of fashion designer Valentino Garavani for a moment of prayer and reflection together with family members Rome (Fides News Agency) - Among the thousands of people who paid tribute today to the mortal remains of fashion designer Valentino Garavani, who passed away on Monday 19 January at the age of 93, there was also a delega ...