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  30 September 2025
  Dis-Order of the World - Global Order and the "twilight" in which "monsters emerge" by Cardinal Dominique Joseph Mathieu, OFM Conv.* Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - In his "Prison Notebooks," the Italian politician and writer Antonio Gramsci said in the 1930s: "The old world is dying, the new world struggl ...
• 29 September 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Mourning in the Episcopate: Placidus Pei Ronggui (1933-2025) Luoyang (Agenzia Fides) - On the morning of September 6, 2025, His Exc. Msgr. Placidus Pei Ronggui, Coadjutor Emeritus of the Diocese of Luoyang, Henan Province, Mainland China, passed away at the age of 92. The Prelate ...
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  29 September 2025
  VATICAN - Missionaries of hope among the peoples: On October 4 and 5, the missionary world celebrates its Jubilee, with the international meeting at the Pontifical Urbaniana University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On October 4th and 5th, Rome welcomes missionaries from all over the world who will gather in the Eternal City to celebrate their Jubilee. "Missionaries of hope among the peoples": this i ...
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  29 September 2025
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Ecumenical group refutes Netanyahu's speech at the UN: occupation, not the Palestinian Authority, is harming Christians in Palestine Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "cannot be allowed to twist the truth" regarding the situation of Christians in the Holy Land and the problems and suffering that have caused their ...
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  29 September 2025
  AMERICA/USA - A former Marine attacks Mormon temple in Michigan, killing four people Washington (Agenzia Fides) – At least four people were killed and eight others were injured in the attack carried out yesterday, Sunday, September 28, by a gunman at a Mormon temple in Michigan. The attacker rammed a ...
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  29 September 2025
  ASIA/KOREA - "40 days of prayer for life" in response to the intention to legalize abortion and the abortion pill Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Changing the term “abortion” to “termination of pregnancy”; “legalizing the termination of pregnancy”; “introducing the abortion pill”: these are some of the guidelines included ...
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  29 September 2025
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The country is in revolt: protesters denounce the government and demand the restoration of electricity and water supplies Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – Looting and destruction in the capital, fires, school closures, and curfews – this is the scenario that has shaken one of the world's poorest countries, where over 75% of the population ...
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  28 September 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - Proliferation of illegally held firearms raises concern Accra (Agenzia Fides) – Ghana has seen a sharp increase in incidents involving illegally held firearms this year. According to the Firearms Incident Report prepared by the National Commission on Small Arms and Light We ...
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  27 September 2025
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Holy House of Spiritual Exercises "Mama Antula": opening of Missionary October and sending of the Saint's relics Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Today, September 27, the opening Mass of Missionary October will be celebrated, during which the sending of the relics of Saint Mama Antula, patroness of the missions in Argentina and the ...
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  27 September 2025
  EUROPE/POLAND - The "Missionary Jubilees" of 2026 at the center of the annual meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – The National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland is already looking ahead to 2026, when several “Missionary Jubilees” will be celebrated. 2026 will mark the 10 ...
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  27 September 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian arrested for blasphemy on social media; the Committee for Peace: "No one would do it intentionally" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – “No Christian in Pakistan, fully aware of the devastating consequences, would intentionally publish or write anything that could be perceived as blasphemous against Islam,” says Father Laza ...
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  26 September 2025
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako: Fewer than seventy Christian families remain in Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – In Mosul, once a multi-ethnic city, where at least 50,000 baptized people lived, there are now fewer than 70 Christian families. And across the country, Christians, who once exceeded one million ...
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  26 September 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - The "Sinderesi Foundation" celebrates its first ten years of activity in Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Sinderesi Foundation celebrates its first ten years of activity with a commemorative evening scheduled for Saturday, September 27, at 6:00 p.m., in the Baldini Hall of the Church of Santa Mar ...
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  26 September 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Nihil obstat” for the Beatification of Father Leo Bang Yu-ryong, founder of Korean monastic life Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community of Seoul has announced that it has received the “Nihil obstat” (no objections) from the Holy See for the beatification process of Father Leo Bang Yu-ryong (1900–1986 ...
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  26 September 2025
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Red Clamor campaign: Recognizing the dignity of those forced to leave their homelands Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – "Welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating" are the four verbs at the heart of the work of "Red Clamor," the Latin American and Caribbean Ecclesial Network for Migration, Displacement, R ...