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  8 October 2025
  ASIA/LEBANON - Pope Leo's visit and the weaknesses of the "Lebanese Awakening" by Pascale Rizk Beirut (Agenzia Fides) – Just as the country awaited John Paul II in 1997 and Benedict XVI in 2012, the Land of Cedars is now looking forward to the imminent arrival of Pope Leo XIV, who is expected ...
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  7 October 2025
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Missing priest found dead: murder investigation underway Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The body of Father Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada, the priest reported missing on Saturday, October 4, in Cocula, in the Mexican state of Guerrero, has been found. The body of the priest, wh ...
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  7 October 2025
  VATICAN - An academic event at the Urbaniana University on the "Concilium Sinense" and the present of the Church in China
  Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "One Hundred Years since the Council of China: Between History and Present." This is the title of the academic event that will mark the beginning of the academ ...
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  7 October 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “A beautiful gift for the Church in Indonesia”: new mission of the Salesians in Borneo Sungai Raya (Agenzia Fides) – On September 1, 2025, three Salesians—Fr. Adi Prinanto, Fr. Tarsisus Trianto, and Fr. John Laba—officially began their mission in Sungai Raya, near Pontianak, on the island of Borneo, ...
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  7 October 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops react to the death sentence handed down against former President Kabila Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “The death penalty is not compatible with the Gospel and does not promote national cohesion,” the bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo stated after the death sentence handed down b ...
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  7 October 2025
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Father Frédéric Pierre Rossignol, new bishop of Tournai: "God does not impose himself, he gives a sign" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The diocese of Tournai has its new bishop: Spiritan Frédéric Pierre Rossignol, appointed yesterday, October 6, by Pope Leo XIV. The new Bishop Rossignol, C.S.Sp., until now spiritua ...
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  7 October 2025
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Discrimination against women and violations of rights: an NGO appeals to the Permanent People's Tribunal Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – On October 8, the Permanent People's Tribunal (PPT) will open its hearing to examine the complaint filed by a coalition of Afghan civil society organizations, which denounces the rights violati ...
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  6 October 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop Neli: "We need to consider whether closing the border between Manipur and Myanmar will have peaceful effects" Imphal (Agenzia Fides) - "Here in Manipur, we find ourselves in a situation similar to that in Korea or in divided Germany, where the same people are separated by a border. The Kuki-Zo people live partly in the Indian st ...
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  6 October 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - China also invests in Africa in the healthcare sector by Cosimo Graziani Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – China in Africa is not just about strategic infrastructure. The country's presence on the African continent aims to create a partnership that will last for years and is di ...
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  5 October 2025
  VATICAN - Jubilee of the Missionary World, Pope Leo speaks of a “new missionary age” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today, "a new missionary age opens up in the history of the Church." It is time to recognize and proclaim anew, "with joy" and "at the tomb of the Apostle Peter," that "the entire Church ...
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  5 October 2025
  MISSIONARY MEETING - Father Giulio Albanese: the current challenges of the mission by Father Giulio Albanese MCCJ* We publish the address given by Father Giulio Albanese, Comboni Missionary, current Director of the Office for Social Communications and the Office for Missionary Cooperation of the Vi ...
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  5 October 2025
  MISSIONARY MEETING - Cardinal Marengo: Whispering the Gospel beyond all borders and barriers by Cardinal Giorgio Marengo IMC* We publish the address given by Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, on the occasion of the International Missionary Meeting "The Missio ad Gentes Today: Toward ...
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  5 October 2025
  MISSIONARY MEETING - Cardinal Tagle: The "Missio ad gentes" today. A reflection by Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle We publish the address given by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), on ...
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  4 October 2025
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of St. Peter the Apostle visits Seminaries Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – The official visit of Father Guy Bognon (PSS), Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of St. Peter the Apostle, to Sri Lanka, concluded today with the ordination of four new priests (one ...
• 4 October 2025
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Tensions due to demonstrations organized by the opposition ahead of the presidential elections on October 25 Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Demonstrations are planned for today, Saturday, October 4, in all cities in Ivory Coast. These demonstrations are organized by the "Fronte Comune," the alliance of the two main opposition part ...