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  19 September 2026
  EUROPE/ITALY - “All for One”: Missio Ragazzi launches new formation programme for 2026-2027 Rome (Fides News Agency) – “All for One” is the title of the 2026-2027 formation program launched by Missio Ragazzi, the Secretariat of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood in Italy. The title is intended a ...
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  19 September 2026
  The BRICS between “global governance” challenges and the growing role of African countries by Cosimo Graziani New Delhi (Fides News Agency) – The 18th BRICS summit was held in New Delhi on Saturday, Sept. 13, and Sunday, Sept. 14, with India hosting and chairing the group’s proceedings. The BRICS now br ...
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  18 September 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops warn of “neo-paganism, insecurity and religious freedom” Abuja (Fides News Agency) – “Neo-paganism is a challenge for the nation.” This is the alarm raised by the Nigerian Bishops in a message published at the conclusion of their Second Plenary Assembly. According to the ...
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  18 September 2026
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest shot dead in the Diocese of Huejutla Mexico City (Fides News Agency) – Father Román de la Cruz Hernández, 48, was shot dead and his body was left along a stretch of the Tolago-Tetlapaya highway in the Lolotla district of Hidalgo, central Mexico. Poli ...
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  18 September 2026
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The “journey” towards the Diocesan Assembly on Synodality begins Hong Kong (Fides News Agency) – In view of the Diocesan Assembly on Synodality, scheduled for February 2027, the Diocese of Hong Kong will officially launch its “synodal journey” on Saturday, 19 September. Accordin ...
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  18 September 2026
  POPE IN FRANCE/VI - Leo XIV in Paris: A missionary topography by Marie-Lucile Kubacki On September 25 and 26, Pope Leo XIV will travel to Paris and Saint-Denis, the first French stops on a journey that will also take him to Lourdes and Metz. Over the course of these two days, hi ...
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  17 September 2026
  The Course in Nemi: an open laboratory on the Bishops’ “missionary mandate” Nemi (Fides News Agency) – There is a “missionary mandate” inherent in Jesus’ call to his disciples, a mandate that continues to challenge every new “Successor of the Apostles” today. A mandate that must be f ...
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  17 September 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop Bernardino Ne Ne: “We listen to the people and stand alongside the displaced. Peace is imperative” Taungngu (Fides News Agency) – “We are experiencing widespread displacement, but pastoral ministry continues despite the difficulties. Priests remain in the parishes and care for families; they listen to them and off ...
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  16 September 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian children, “apostles and missionaries” amid discrimination and poverty Islamabad (Fides News Agency) – In a national context where children face serious challenges, including discrimination, exploitation through child labour, abuse and denial of their right to education, Catholic children ...
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  16 September 2026
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Celebration of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the “Legion of Mary” by Marta Zhao Hong Kong (Fides News Agency) – In December 1948, the Catholic association Legio Mariae, founded in Dublin on September 7, 1921, on the eve of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was ...
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  16 September 2026
  Leo XIV: in the lives of new martyrs and witnesses, the reflection of Christ’s victory over death Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – The martyrs and witnesses of our time represent “one of the Church’s greatest resources for proclaiming the Gospel in today’s world”. This was one of the key points in the add ...
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  16 September 2026
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Civil society and the Church: “The rule of law and constitutional guarantees at risk” Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – “A deliberate and growing disregard for the Constitution, the rule of law and the human rights of Zambian citizens.” This is how a group of civil society organizations describes the conduct ...
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  16 September 2026
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Second International Preparatory Conference for “WYD Seoul 2027” underway by Pascale Rizk Seoul (Fides News Agency) – A Mass in English was celebrated at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, September 16, at Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul, presided over by Archbishop Peter Soon-taick Chung, on the occasio ...
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  16 September 2026
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Ethiopian New Year: The Eparch of Adigrat delivers message of hope amid suffering Adigrat (Fides News Agency) – Celebrations for the Ethiopian New Year began in Ethiopia on September 11, a major occasion in Ethiopian culture, marking a time to celebrate tradition, prosperity and a new beginning. On ...
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  15 September 2026
  BEATIFICATION OF FULTON SHEEN/III - An American at the Second Vatican Council: Archbishop Sheen’s contribution to the Decree “Ad gentes” on the Church’s missionary activity by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – It is a little-known episode of the Second Vatican Council, but its decree on the missions owes much to a single American bishop: Fulton J. Sheen. Among ...