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  9 October 2025
  VATICAN - “Dilexi Te” the first Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Leo XIV. Christ's preferential option for the poor is everlasting Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The fact that some dismiss or ridicule charitable works, as if they were an obsession on the part of a few and not the burning heart of the Church’s mission, convinces me of the need to ...
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  9 October 2025
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle on World Mission Day: "It is our participation in the common mission of the Church"
  Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Participation and contribution during World Mission Day is an act of mission, generosity and solidarity. Through this, we proclaim and spread the ...
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  9 October 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Archbishop of Cebu: "Material and spiritual aid to earthquake victims: this is how God's love is made tangible" Cebu (Agenzia Fides) – "In this time of need and difficulty, I see how generously the entire diocesan community, as well as faithful from other dioceses, are providing material and spiritual assistance to those displac ...
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  9 October 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Holy Places without pilgrims by Antonio Porcellato* and Antonella Prenna Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – "I quickly realized that I could not report anything specific about the current situation and the conflict with Gaza, since we live in a kind ...
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  8 October 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian priest: "the government should listen to the expectations of young people" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "The expectations of young Indonesians are legitimate; they demand transparency, work, development, good politics, and a future. The problem is that they are being exploited for other purposes," ...
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  8 October 2025
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The country in a state of emergency. The bishops: "Violence is never the right path to build a better Ecuador" Quito (Agenzia Fides) – Violence is never the right way, declare the Ecuadorian bishops in response to the protests called by CONAIE, the main organization of the indigenous movement in Ecuador, against the increase in ...
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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 ...