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  6 October 2026
  ASIA/QATAR - The Inauguration of the Holy Childhood society: a joyful day for the Church in the country Doha (Fides News Agency) – On Saturday, September 26, 2026, a historic chapter was written in the annals of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia. After two years of dedicated preparatory work and promotional miss ...
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  5 October 2026
  100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATION OF THE FIRST SIX CHINESE BISHOPS - Bishop Aloysius Chen Guodi and the Diocese of Fenyang One hundred years since the ordination of the first six Chinese Bishops consecrated in modern times (October 28, 1926), Fides News Agency is dedicating a series of documentary profiles on these Successors of the Apostles ...
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  5 October 2026
  Bible and cultures: Christian identity as encounter by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) — “Very often, our identity is: ‘I am because you are not.’” For Nicoletta Gatti, a lecturer in biblical studies at the University of Ghana, it is precisely i ...
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  5 October 2026
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Bishop Aldo Berardi: “What Metz can teach Ukraine, the Holy Land and the Middle East about reconciliation” by Antonella Prenna Ars-sur-Moselle (Fides News Agency) – From the wounds left by the wars that devastated Lorraine to the search for a path towards reconciliation in Ukraine, the Holy Land and the Gulf. Pope Leo XI ...
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  4 October 2026
  Sudan’s war and the arms trade that supplies both sides by Cosimo Graziani Khartoum (Fides News Agency) – Even in wartime, the laws of the market often prevail over geopolitical alignments and ideological affinities. The arms flows in the war that has ravaged Sudan since ...
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  3 October 2026
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Repatriation of the Rohingya to Myanmar: Malaysia and Bangladesh take different approaches Kuala Lumpur (Fides News Agency) – The repatriation of the Rohingya to Myanmar is once again attracting international attention. In Malaysia, an initial operation to repatriate around 1,500 Myanmar nationals began on S ...
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  2 October 2026
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishop of Larantuka after the earthquake: “We are experiencing great solidarity and remain united”. “Vocations in Flores: a gift for the whole Church” by Paolo Affatato Larantuka (Fides News Agency) – “The situation in my diocese is still marked by suffering and uncertainty, but we are experiencing great solidarity, and this moves and encourages us.” Yohanes H ...
• 2 October 2026
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed His Exc. Msgr. Juan José Agu ...
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  2 October 2026
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - African Bishops express concern over the arrest of Archbishop Banda Lusaka (Fides News Agency) – “On behalf of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), we wish to express our fraternal solidarity and prayerful closeness to the Zambia Conference of Cath ...
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  2 October 2026
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Care as a language of peace: religions in dialogue on the dignity of vulnerable children Astana (Fides News Agency) – Caring for children with incurable illnesses, safeguarding their dignity, and exploring the contribution religions can make in responding to human vulnerability are at the heart of the Seco ...
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  1 October 2026
  VATICAN - New “Donum Missionis” Foundation brings the missionary colleges in Rome under one institution Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – From 1 November 2026, the “Domus Missionalis” and “Domus Urbaniana” Foundations will cease to exist as separate entities and will be brought together under a single institutio ...
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  1 October 2026
  Refugee & Migrant Education Emergency. Conference at the Pontifical Urbaniana University Rome (Fides News Agency) – The international conference “Refugee & Migrant Education: Voices in Action: Transformative Collaboration and Educational Solidarity with Refugees & Migrants” opened on September 30 at th ...
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  1 October 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In Mariamabad, the memory of Capuchin missionary Father Frank Van Butsele, who gave his life for the Gospel Lahore (Fides News Agency) – As the feast of St. Francis of Assisi approaches, during the eighth centenary of his death (1226–2026), the Catholic community of Mariamabad village, in Pakistan’s Punjab Province, is l ...
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  1 October 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Franciscan family marks the 800th anniversary of the Transitus of St. Francis in a spirit of dialogue and peace Islamabad (Fides News Agency) – Franciscan fraternities in Pakistan are marking the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi (1226–2026), ahead of the liturgical feast of St Francis on October 4, renewi ...
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  1 October 2026
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Tigray, the Eparch of Adigrat raises alarm: “We are completely isolated; humanitarian access is urgently needed” Adigrat (Fides News Agency) – “It is extremely urgent to facilitate humanitarian access, dialogue for peace and every form of dialogue. We are completely isolated, communications are blocked, and we have no contact w ...