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  22 September 2026
  100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATION OF THE FIRST SIX CHINESE BISHOPS/1 - Odorico Cheng Hede and the Diocese of Puchi One hundred years after the ordination of the first six Chinese bishops of the modern era (October 28, 1926), Fides News Agency is dedicating a series of documentary profiles on these Successors of the Apostles and the d ...
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  22 September 2026
  EUROPE/POLAND - Mission seeks new paths: the message that emerged from the autumn meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies Warsaw (Fides News Agency) – Mission cannot remain tied only to forms that belong to a bygone era. It needs new energy to involve the entire Church community. This was one of the messages that emerged from the autumn m ...
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  22 September 2026
  BEATIFICATION OF FULTON SHEEN/IV - Sons and Daughters of the same Father. Fulton Sheen and racial segregation by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rochester (Fides News Agency) – “All around us there are people who never stop hating someone or something, shouting: 'Down with capitalism! Down with labor unions! Down with religion! Down ...
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  21 September 2026
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - International Day of Peace. Bishop of Tombura-Yambio: “Our wounds belong to our history; peace is the legacy we must leave to our children” Tombura-Yambio (Fides News Agency) – “Invest in peace: for everyone, everywhere, every day.” This is the heart of the message addressed to the peoples of Sudan and South Sudan by Bishop Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussa ...
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  21 September 2026
  The seed of the Gospel and mission: Archbishop Sangalli concludes the formation Course for bishops in Nemi with a meditation on St Charles de Foucauld Nemi (Fides News Agency) – The permanent formation of bishops as a time of communion, spiritual renewal and personal and pastoral conversion: this was the perspective outlined by Archbishop Samuele Sangalli in his homi ...
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  21 September 2026
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Humanitarian crisis compounded by political and institutional instability Mogadishu (Fides News Agency) – “With great concern, I am following the humanitarian crisis unfolding in certain areas of Somalia, where acts of violence and extreme weather events are exacerbating the already precar ...
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  21 September 2026
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - New Constitution confirms ban on death penalty: “Human dignity is inviolable” Astana (Fides News Agency) – Kazakhstan is a country where no one is put to death and where the inalienable dignity of every human being is upheld. This is enshrined in Kazakhstan’s new Constitution, approved by refe ...
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  20 September 2026
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Archbishop Nwachukwu at the Jubilee marking 125 years of the Gospel in Malawi. Two new priests for a Church called to set out anew on mission Nzama (Fides News Agency) – The memory of the first missionaries, the gift of two new priests, and the call to recognize in every baptized person someone sent forth by Christ: these were the central themes of the natio ...
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  20 September 2026
  EUROPE/ITALY - Lazarist Bishop Markos Gebremedhin: “Looking at the episcopal ministry with renewed eyes” by Antonella Prenna Nemi (Fides News Agency) – “How can I exercise my episcopal ministry not simply as an administrator or decision-maker, but as a servant of communion who guides, listens, accompanies, coordinate ...
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  19 September 2026
  EUROPE/ITALY - “All for One”: Missio Ragazzi launches new formation programme for 2026-2027 Rome (Fides News Agency) – “All for One” is the title of the 2026-2027 formation program launched by Missio Ragazzi, the Secretariat of the Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood in Italy. The title is intended a ...
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  19 September 2026
  The BRICS between “global governance” challenges and the growing role of African countries by Cosimo Graziani New Delhi (Fides News Agency) – The 18th BRICS summit was held in New Delhi on Saturday, Sept. 13, and Sunday, Sept. 14, with India hosting and chairing the group’s proceedings. The BRICS now br ...
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  18 September 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishops warn of “neo-paganism, insecurity and religious freedom” Abuja (Fides News Agency) – “Neo-paganism is a challenge for the nation.” This is the alarm raised by the Nigerian Bishops in a message published at the conclusion of their Second Plenary Assembly. According to the ...
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  18 September 2026
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest shot dead in the Diocese of Huejutla Mexico City (Fides News Agency) – Father Román de la Cruz Hernández, 48, was shot dead and his body was left along a stretch of the Tolago-Tetlapaya highway in the Lolotla district of Hidalgo, central Mexico. Poli ...
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  18 September 2026
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The “journey” towards the Diocesan Assembly on Synodality begins Hong Kong (Fides News Agency) – In view of the Diocesan Assembly on Synodality, scheduled for February 2027, the Diocese of Hong Kong will officially launch its “synodal journey” on Saturday, 19 September. Accordin ...
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  18 September 2026
  POPE IN FRANCE/VI - Leo XIV in Paris: A missionary topography by Marie-Lucile Kubacki On September 25 and 26, Pope Leo XIV will travel to Paris and Saint-Denis, the first French stops on a journey that will also take him to Lourdes and Metz. Over the course of these two days, hi ...