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EUROPE/RUSSIA – “Night of the Arts 2025”: Moscow’s Catholic Cathedral opens to thousands of visitors (photo Chiara Dommarco)

By Chiara Dommarco Moscow (Agenzia Fides) – On the evening of November 3, Moscow’s Catholic Cathedral opened its doors to thousands of visitors for the “Night of the Arts,” offering three free...

AFRICA/NIGERIA – Seminarian dies at the hands of kidnappers, another freed

Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – One of the three seminarians, aged 15 to 16, who were kidnapped on July 10 in an attack on the Minor Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Ivianokpodi, in the Diocese of...

AMERICA/HAITI – “Life is stronger! Hurricane Melissa is moving away from the coast”

Jerémie (Agenzia Fides) – “Hurricane Melissa is moving away from our coasts, leaving behind a trail of death, suffering, and devastation, especially in Jamaica and Cuba. In the coming days, weather...

VATICAN – AFRICA/KENYA – “Pay small tea farmers more,” pleads Father Ambrose, parish priest in the western Rift Valley

Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Stop the exploitation of small tea farmers, whose wealth ends up in the hands of corrupt officials. This is the appeal launched by Father Ambrose Kimutai, parish priest of...

AFRICA/TANZANIA – Calm returns, but there is a war of numbers over the victims of recent clashes

Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides) – “The situation is calming down, and internet connections have been restored since yesterday,” local sources in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania, told Fides...

ASIA/CAMBODIA – Disarmament pact on the border with Thailand. Fr. Figaredo: “A step forward of hope” (photo: Ilya Plekhanov – Wiki Commons)

Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – Cambodia and Thailand have signed a disarmament agreement under the auspices of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) to remove heavy weapons from their border...

VATICAN – Pope Leo XIV proclaims Saint John Henry Newman, Doctor of the Church, Patron of the Pontifical Urbaniana University

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The English saint John Henry Newman, proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIV on the Solemnity of All Saints, is now the Patron Saint of the Pontifical...

ASIA/INDONESIA – Missionary October and the fight against malnutrition

Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – The Missionary month of October in Indonesia's vast archipelago was marked by two initiatives for young people and young adults, both coordinated by the Pontifical Mission...

VATICAN – “One in Christ, united in mission”: Theme of the next World Mission Day 2026

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “One in Christ, united in mission” is the theme of the World Missions Day which next year will mark the 100th anniversary of its establishment by Pope Pius XI, at the...