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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 ...
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  25 September 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The three Bishops of Zhangjiakou celebrate the Eucharistic liturgy together in Qujiazhuang: communion in the diocese is "a grace and a gift from God" Zhangjiakou (Agenzia Fides) – The consecration of the Bishop of Zhangjiakou is “a grace and a gift from God,” and together with the newly consecrated bishop, the auxiliary bishop and the bishop emeritus of the dioc ...
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  25 September 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Churches open to displaced persons: parishes and active structures for preventive intervention Legazpi City (Agenzia Fides) – While controversy erupts nationwide over "ghost projects" intended to prevent climate disasters, funded but never implemented due to corruption, the Catholic Church in the Philippines has ...
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  25 September 2025
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Sister Maria Troncatti: "a true saint of the people" Macas (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the canonization of Sister Maria Troncatti of the Sisters of Salesian Order, missionary of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), who will be canonized by Pope Leo X ...
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  25 September 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The pineapples of Dien Bien Parish, the mountain poor and the charity of Christ by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong "This gift is not only young sweet pineapple plants, but also the love and care of the parish for the people. We hope that these young trees will take roots and grow strongly in the land of ...
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  24 September 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Doctors from the Shanghai Catholic Intellectuals Association promote initiatives for children with special needs. Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) – They are taking off their white coats and offering their help like family members, as if they were the patients' aunts and uncles. This is how doctors and therapists from the Shanghai Catholi ...
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  24 September 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Association of Catholic lay people: Anti-conversion laws “are a wound to the nation” Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The so-called "anti-conversion laws" in force in twelve Indian states are "a wound to Indian democracy, national ethics, freedom of belief, conscience, and expression." For this reason, lawsui ...
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  24 September 2025
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - AVONA Catechists begin their Jubilee journey in Rome Manama (Agenzia Fides) – September 25, 2025: On this spiritually significant day, a group of 26 devoted catechists from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia (AVONA) are about to leave for Rome, carrying with the ...
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  24 September 2025
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishop of N'Dali celebrates Mass in the village of Kalalé which was attacked by Nigerian jihadists on September 10 Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The hostages are still in the hands of the jihadists," says Bishop Martin Adjou Moumouni of N'Dali, the diocese in Benin whose territory includes the village of Kalalé, which was attacked on S ...
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  23 September 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop Bagaforo: "Protests concern moral issues" Manila (Agenzia Fides) – "The campaign, carried out by a movement against corruption, is not political. Rather, it concerns a moral issue, which is why Catholic representatives and institutions are at the forefront: be ...