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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 ...
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  23 September 2025
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Christian denominations call for the cancellation of the country's debt in order to reduce social inequalities Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Zimbabwe's main Christian denominations describe their country's situation as a situation of "negative peace" in the declaration "Act Now for a Pacific World," issued on the occasion of World Pea ...
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  23 September 2025
  When school becomes a place of terror: 41,000 attacks on educational institutions in 2024 by Cosimo Graziani The endless slaughter of children killed while at school worsens year after year. In Africa, in the heart of Europe, in the Middle East, which is marked by the tragedy in Gaza, and in the United St ...
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  22 September 2025
  ASIA/TAIWAN - 8,000 people at the first Gathering of Migrant Workers organized by the Taiwanese Catholic community Hsinchu (Agenzia Fides) - A concrete plan for the pastoral care of migrant workers and itinerant people, which responds to the urgent needs of their daily lives and expresses the gratitude of the entire Church community ...
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  22 September 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attempted murder of a Presbyterian pastor Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Presbyterian pastor Kamran Naz, who was wounded by gunfire yesterday, September 21, in the Iqbal Town district of Islamabad, miraculously survived the attempted murder. As Fides learned from ...
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  22 September 2025
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Hope is the anchor of the soul”: young people celebrate the beauty of life and nature Calamar (Agenzia Fides) – Hope, peace, and reconciliation were the central themes of the meeting held on the occasion of the Jubilee of Youth in one of the most multiethnic and cultural municipalities in Colombia: Cala ...
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  22 September 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest killed in a road ambush in southeastern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic priest Matthew Eya was killed violently in a road ambush in Nigeria. He was shot dead on the evening of September 19 on the Eha-Alumonah-Eha-Ndiagu road in Nsukka County, Enugu State, s ...
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  21 September 2025
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Lives given in following Jesus: The Saints of the Paris Foreign Missions in Korea by Pascale Rizk
  Paris (Agenzia Fides) – The feast of Saint Andrew Kim Tae-gon and his fellow martyrs was also celebrated in Paris. These 102 martyrs, proclaimed Blessed by ...
• 20 September 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Calcutta Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Calcutta, India, presented by Archbishop Thomas D’Souza. He is succeeded by Archbis ...
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  20 September 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - After the flood disaster: "We must help millions of people get back on their feet" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – "The extent of the destruction is indescribable. In some areas, the water level is now gradually receding, but thousands of people are stranded and do not know where to go. Their crops have bee ...
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  20 September 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Fear and terror among the population, victims of ongoing violence Mocimboa da Praia (Agenzia Fides) – The violent insurgency in the province of Cabo Delgado (see Fides, 26/8/2025) continues to fuel further outbreaks of guerrilla warfare and chaos. According to local media reports, f ...
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  19 September 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop in Rakhine State: “Civilians are suffering, caught between warring armies; faith endures despite the war” Pyay (Agenzia Fides) – “The fighting continues, and innocent people are still suffering in the Burmese state of Rakhine,” says Peter Tin Wai, Bishop of Pyay, an important city in Rakhine (or Arakan) State, where he ...
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  19 September 2025
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Are the Hutu in Congo the Palestinians of Central Africa? Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – "Following the advance of the M23/AFC, around one and a half million displaced people camped around Goma, relying solely on the help of people of goodwill. This is what hundreds of inhabitant ...