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  27 September 2026
  POPE IN FRANCE/IX - The visit of Leo XIV, clichés and the surprises of grace by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Paris (Fides News Agency) - A long ribbon of 800,000 people stretched along the Champs-Élysées on September 26 to attend the Pope’s Mass in Place de la Concorde. The turnout was exceptional ...
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  27 September 2026
  United States lifts sanctions on Eritrea by Cosimo Graziani Asmara (Fides News Agency) – The Trump administration has decided to lift sanctions against Eritrea, five years after they were imposed by President Biden. The decision, announced on Friday, 18 Se ...
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  26 September 2026
  POPE IN FRANCE/VIII - The journey of Leo XIV celebrates the intertwining of popular Christianity and the understanding of faith by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Paris (Fides News Agency) - The Pope’s visit to France was eagerly awaited, and Leo XIV’s first day in the country has already been a success. One needed only to hear the 80,000 young peopl ...
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  25 September 2026
  AFRICA/NIGER - Canadians, Australians and Americans relaunch Niger’s uranium industry Niamey (Fides News Agency) – Niger’s military junta is seeking to relaunch the country’s uranium mining industry with the signing of an agreement with Australian company Atomic Eagle, through which the State of Nig ...
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  25 September 2026
  POPE IN FRANCE/VII - Historian Dumont: Leo XIV’s visit comes amid expectations of a “new missionary impetus” by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Paris (Fides News Agency) – Historian Martin Dumont has just published a book on the long history of relations between the popes and France (La France dans la pensée des papes, Éditions du ...
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  25 September 2026
  EUROPE/NORTHERN IRELAND - Dromantine: 100 years of people, stories and missionary history woven into one very special place Dromantine (Fides News Agency) – A century of formation, prayer and missionary life. This is the story of Dromantine, the house of the Society of African Missions (SMA) which, in Northern Ireland, it has accompanied ge ...
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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. ...