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  14 October 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The faithful wear white clothes to Mass: against corruption and in prayer for the nation Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Until the Feast of Christ the King on November 23, Filipino Catholics will attend Mass every Sunday dressed in white, following the invitation from the Philippine Episcopal Conference to wear w ...
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  13 October 2025
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Madagascar is experiencing a state of uncertainty awaiting the President's address to the nation Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – "Madagascar is experiencing a state of uncertainty awaiting President Andry Rajoelina's statements," Father Cosimo Alvati, a Salesian with vast missionary experience in the country, told ...
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  13 October 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Sign language in Sudanese Arabic: Comboni missionaries' initiative for the hard-of-hearing people Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Promoting inclusion, communication, and awareness in Sudan, particularly among teachers, families, and organisations that support communities of deaf or hard-of-hearing people. Father Jorge Nar ...
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  13 October 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Leo XIV on World Mission Day: "I saw first-hand how the faith, the prayer and the generosity can transform entire communities"
  Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the 99th World Mission Day, on Sunday, October 19, Pope Leo XIV launched an appeal, released this morning through the Holy See ...
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  12 October 2025
  Erica Siu-Mui Lee: A Chinese Woman's view on the journey of the Church in China after the Council of Shanghai by Dr. Erica Siu-Mui Lee* Rome (Agenzia Fides) - We publish the speech given by Dr. Erica Siu-Mui Lee on the occasion of the Academic Conference entitled "100 years since the Concilium Sinense: between history and pre ...
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  11 October 2025
  Cardinal Parolin: The “Council of Shanghai” and the present of the Church in China by Cardinal Pietro Parolin* Rome (Agenzia Fides) - We publish the speech delivered by by Cardinal Pietro Parolin on the occasion of the Academic Conference entitled "100 years since the Concilium Sinense: between hist ...
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  11 October 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Leo XIV: the Concilium Sinense, a ‘milestone’ in the history of the Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We publish the Message of the Holy Father Leo XIV on the occasion of the opening of the Academic Year of the Pontifical Urbaniana University. To Cardinal Luis Antonio TAGLE Grand Chan ...
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  11 October 2025
  Father Lombardi: The "Concilium Sinense", the Second Vatican Council and the Christian hope for the "real world" by Father Federico Lombardi SJ* Rome (Agenzia Fides) – We publish the speech given by Father Federico Lombardi on the occasion of the Academic Conference entitled "100 years since the Concilium Sinense: between hist ...
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  11 October 2025
  Cardinal Tagle: The “Concilium Sinense”, the Mission and the Church in China today by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle* Rome (Agenzia fides) – We publish the speech delivered by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle on the occasion of the Academic Conference entitled "100 years since the Concilium Si ...
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  10 October 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Body responsible for monitoring the peace agreements: "There is a risk of a large-scale resumption of civil war" Juba (Agenzia Fides) - "The political stalemate between the various parties in South Sudan must be resolved before it is too late," said George Owinow, President of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commi ...
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  10 October 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - Over 200 children begin the school year in Pourcine-PicMakaya. "We are responsible for their education" Pourcine-PicMacaya (Agenzia Fides) – "After three days of integration, each student takes their place in class, and things really get going. The students arrive in large numbers, the teachers are at their desks, and of ...
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  10 October 2025
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Jubilee of Consecrated Life: Missionaries of Hope in a country ravaged by war Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - In Myanmar, ravaged by civil war for over four years, the presence and vitality of the apostolate of men and women religious, who act as authentic missionaries of hope, remains significant. This ...
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  9 October 2025
  VATICAN - “Dilexi Te” the first Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Leo XIV. Christ's preferential option for the poor is everlasting Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "The fact that some dismiss or ridicule charitable works, as if they were an obsession on the part of a few and not the burning heart of the Church’s mission, convinces me of the need to ...
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  9 October 2025
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle on World Mission Day: "It is our participation in the common mission of the Church"
  Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Participation and contribution during World Mission Day is an act of mission, generosity and solidarity. Through this, we proclaim and spread the ...
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  9 October 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Archbishop of Cebu: "Material and spiritual aid to earthquake victims: this is how God's love is made tangible" Cebu (Agenzia Fides) – "In this time of need and difficulty, I see how generously the entire diocesan community, as well as faithful from other dioceses, are providing material and spiritual assistance to those displac ...