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  10 September 2026
  Leo XIV to the new Bishops: Remain with Jesus, the “Good Shepherd,” to keep a missionary heart Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – A heart “completely turned toward the Father and, precisely for that reason, totally given to the brothers”: this is the central image chosen by Pope Leo XIV to describe the ident ...
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  10 September 2026
  Letter from the Dicastery for Evangelization to Cardinal Tagle “on the occasion of the death of his beloved father” We publish below the letter of condolence addressed by the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches) to Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the same missionary ...
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  10 September 2026
  One hundred years later. The long journey of China’s first Bishops to receive Episcopal Ordination from the Successor of Peter by Peter Zhao Jianmin* Shanghai (Fides News Agency) – Exactly one hundred years ago today, on September 10, 1926, the long blast of the ship’s sirens in the port of Shanghai announced the departure of the ship car ...
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  9 September 2026
  At the Course for Newly Appointed Bishops, practical tools for missionary communion with the Successor of Peter were presented Rome (Fides News Agency) – Newly appointed bishops who have gathered in Rome to take part in formation courses organized for them by the Dicasteries of the Holy See have had the opportunity to receive detailed informat ...
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  9 September 2026
  AFRICA/SUDAN - From water-treatment agent to chemical weapon: chlorine raises the risk of an embargo on an essential substance for civilians Khartoum (Fides News Agency) – A conflict increasingly shaped by external actors is now under suspicion of involving the use of chemical weapons by at least one of the parties. It is Sudan’s largely forgotten interna ...
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  9 September 2026
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - National Pastoral Convention: “Walking together in unity, despite diversity” Sibu (Fides News Agency) – “I hope that the 2026 Malaysia Pastoral Convention will be a time of reflection, filled with grace, on what it means to be Church in Malaysia. The hope is that it will unite us in celebrati ...
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  9 September 2026
  EUROPE/ITALY - From vocation to mission: Anselmo Fabiano makes perpetual oath of commitment to the Society of African Missions Feriole (Fides News Agency) – “...called by the Lord to proclaim the Gospel to the nations, particularly in Africa, and knowing the aim of the Society of African Missions, I swear to remain a member of this Society f ...
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  9 September 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bishops call for clarity over the death of Bishop Osório Citora Afonso Quelimane (Fides News Agency) – Just over three months have passed since the violent death of Osório Citora Afonso, Bishop of Quelimane and Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Beira. In a statement issued ...
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  8 September 2026
  The Church of the Sheaves: a missionary perspective presented to Newly Ordained Bishops Rome (Fides News Agency) – Bishops ordained in the last two years gathered in Rome on 8 September 2026, in the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Urbaniana University, for a formation course, hearing addresses from two dicas ...
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  8 September 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - Andrew Ding Yang ordained Archbishop of Chongqing by Marta Zhao Chongqing (Fides News Agency) – On Tuesday morning, September 8, the liturgical feast of the Holy Name of Mary, the Mass for the episcopal ordination of Father Andrew Ding Yang, the new Archbishop of t ...
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  8 September 2026
  AMERICA/HAITI - Father Miraglio: “Invest in education today to reap good fruit tomorrow” Pourcine-Pic Makaya (Fides News Agency) – First day of school in Haiti; the school year traditionally begins with the Mass invoking the Holy Spirit. “Unfortunately, many schools, especially in the capital Port-au-Pri ...
• 8 September 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - Ordination of the Archbishop of Chongqing Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – Today, Tuesday, September 8, 2026, the episcopal ordination of Rev. Andrew Ding Yang took place. On July 28, 2026, the Holy Father appointed him Archbishop of Chongqing (Chongqing Mun ...
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  8 September 2026
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Consecrated men and women: Gospel witness and the fight against corruption Zamboanga (Fides News Agency) – Credible Gospel witness in the Philippines requires strong action against corruption, political dynasties and the misuse of public funds. This is the appeal made at the conclusion of the ...
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  8 September 2026
  AFRICA/GHANA - Supreme Court controversy: Bishops call for greater caution, not resignation Accra (Fides news Agency) – The Chief Justice of Ghana, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, should exercise greater caution when making public statements, but there are no grounds to call for his resignation. This, in essence, is the ...
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  8 September 2026
  VENEZUELA/COLOMBIA - When the earthquake has passed, brothers and sisters remain by the side of those who continue to suffer Caracas (Fides News Agency) – When the first images of destruction disappear from the media, communities affected by an earthquake enter a long and silent phase: living in shelters, mourning the loss of loved ones, car ...