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AFRICA/NIGERIA – “The students from the school in Papiri have suffered further trauma after their release, following recent attacks with 49 victims”

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I greet and thank all the children and young people who, in many parts of the world, pray for missionaries and are committed to helping their less fortunate peers...

VATICAN – Mission “by attraction” at the center of the Extraordinary Consistory convened by Leo XIV

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) –Mission and Synodality. These are the “urgent issues” considered as priorities for the Church’s present situation and the focus of discussions among the 170 Cardinals who...

VATICAN – Missionary Childhood Day: Leo XIV’s “thank you” to children and young people who “pray for missionaries in many parts of the world”

Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Between December 28, 2025, and January 3, 2026, approximately 60 gang members killed at least 49 people in the region between Borgu Local Government Area in the State of Niger...

AMERICA/HAITI – “We ask the Child Jesus for the gift of wisdom to guide our children well”

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/g7Rti1EZwu4?feature=share 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...

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN – Bishop of Tombura Yambio to the youth from the ten counties of Western Equaoria State: “A nation cannot build new paths on old wounds”

Tombura Yambio (Agenzia Fides) – “It is essential that the youth commit themselves to what can bring peace to them now and to the future of their communities,” Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of...

ASIA/INDIA – Attack in Delhi, arrests in Kashmir; Bishops: unity in the fight against terrorism

New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Indian police have arrested several suspects in Kashmir in connection with the attack in New Delhi, where a car bomb exploded near the historic ‘Red Fort’ on November 10...

AFRICA/MALI – Annual marian pilgrimage cancelled for security reasons

Bamako (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Mali announced that it has decided to cancel the 54th National Marian Pilgrimage to Kita due to transportation difficulties and fuel shortages...

ASIA/CAMBODIA – The Daughters of Mary Help of Christians are the first religious congregation present in the province of Mondulkiri

Sen Monorom (Agenzia Fides) – Five days after the canonization of Maria Troncatti (see Fides, 10/17/2025), and on the day the Church commemorates Mary Help of Christians, the Mary Our Help...

AMERICA/BRAZIL – Tornado devastates the state of Paraná

Brasília (Agenzia Fides) – A severe weather front has unleashed the strongest tornado in 40 years, causing widespread destruction and leaving many dead and injured in southern Brazil. The town of Rio...