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  25 September 2026
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Auxiliary Bishop of Saigon: “We stand alongside migrants and families, bringing the Gospel to the complexities of the metropolis” Ho Chi Minh City (Fides News Agency) – A metropolis in constant transformation, Vietnam’s economic centre and a destination for millions of people from every part of the country. It is in this context that the Cathol ...
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  25 September 2026
  Fulton J. Sheen proclaimed Blessed. Cardinal Tagle: “Blessed is the earthen vessel that draws power from Jesus” by Marie-Lucile Kubacki St. Louis (Fides News Agency) – ST LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 24 — For many pilgrims, the day began early. Some hurried towards the entrances of America’s Center, the vast complex in downtown ...
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  24 September 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN — Kiir dissolves government ahead of December 22 elections Juba (Fides News Agency) — South Sudan is heading toward elections scheduled for December 22 after President Salva Kiir, on September 22, dissolved the Transitional Government of National Unity and appointed an interim ...
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  24 September 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR — Bishop among displaced people in Kachin State: “You are not forgotten” Myitkyina (Fides News Agency) — They brought hope and spiritual consolation to more than 1,000 internally displaced people living in the St. Teresa refugee camp, described as “the most vulnerable faithful of the Dioc ...
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  24 September 2026
  BEATIFICATION OF FULTON SHEEN/VI — At the Vespers for Fulton Sheen, “made holy through his friendship with Christ” by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Saint Louis (Fides News Agency) On the way to the cathedral, a white Chevrolet Express van stands out. A sign in its window reads: “Alabama Catholics headed to celebrate Ven. Bl. Fulton Sheen ...
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  24 September 2026
  ASIA/INDONESIA - After the earthquake: the dream of a safe home for hundreds of families in Flores Maumere (Fides News Agency) – More than a month after the earthquake that struck the island of Flores on 15 August 2026 (see Fides, 15/8/2026), the emergency is not yet over. Tremors continue, albeit with less intensit ...
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  23 September 2026
  AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops raise the alarm: Ghana is becoming a cocaine hub: Accra (Fides News Agency) – “The seizure in France of a large shipment of cocaine from Ghana must not be treated as an isolated incident, but as part of a wider problem,” the Bishops of Ghana said following the sei ...
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  23 September 2026
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Easter bombings: “Towards Truth and Justice” Colombo (Fides News Agency) – “It is a wound that is slowly healing. The healing process is underway. With this verdict, we can say that we are moving in the direction of truth and justice, since those who carried ou ...
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  23 September 2026
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - New rebel alliance reignites the struggle over the Red Sea Addis Ababa (Fides News Agency) – The rebel coalition announced a few days ago has gone on the offensive, and one of its main components, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), has captured Mekelle airport. ...
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  23 September 2026
  BEATIFICATION OF FULTON SHEEN/V - Peoria: Cardinal Tagle in the future Blessed’s hometown: He shows us the way to missionary conversion by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Peoria (Fides News Agency) – In the stillness of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, the revival-gothic-style church that rises above Peoria’s streets, Cardinal Luis Ant ...
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  23 September 2026
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - San Francesco 800: Music and fraternity at the Cathedral in Awali to celebrate the Poverello of Assisi

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  Awali (Fides News Agency) – Music as a language of faith, the memory of St Francis as an opportunity for encounter, and dialogue as a path towards building peace. These were the ...
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  23 September 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Archbishop of Nampula to Catholic university graduates: “Science without conscience is simply the ruin of the soul” Nampula (Fides News Agency) – “Seeing young people who are well-educated and full of hope facing an uncertain future, precisely at a time when the country needs their skills, energy and talent most, is one of the mos ...
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  23 September 2026
  The good seed of “Wecare” Missionary Experiences/I - Young hearts and the encounter with reality by Laura Gómez Ruiz Rome (Fides News Agency) – Leaving home and one’s “comfort zones” for several weeks, venturing to another country and sharing time and work with people whose lives are very different. For ...
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  22 September 2026
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Easter attacks verdict: 15 of 24 defendants convicted Colombo (Fides News Agency) – Fifteen of the 24 defendants have been convicted in the trial concerning the attacks of 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, which targeted three churches and three luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, ki ...
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  22 September 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Auxiliary Bishop of Juba: “How do you conduct elections without a census and a constitution?” Juba (Fides News Agency) – “How can elections be held if there is no population census and no permanent Constitution?” asked Msgr. Santo Loku Pio Doggale, Auxiliary Bishop of Juba, the capital of South Sudan, speak ...