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  29 August 2026
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - International Day against Nuclear Tests: Central Asia’s shared choice of a nuclear-free space Astana (Fides News Agency) – Every year on August 29, the international community celebrates the International Day against Nuclear Tests. In Kazakhstan, the date carries a particularly strong symbolic meaning: on Augus ...
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  28 August 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese edition of Pope Leo XIV’s doctoral thesis published Beijing (Fides News Agency) – “The Office and Authority of the Local Prior in the Order of Saint Augustine”, the doctoral thesis of Pope Leo XIV, has been translated and published in Chinese. The thesis on canon l ...
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  28 August 2026
  ASIA/NEPAL - Father Bogati: “We are grateful to the Pope for his message. Caritas is already active in helping flood victims” Kathmandu (Fides News Agency) – “We are deeply grateful to the Holy Father for remembering Nepal at this time of crisis, for praying for us and for promising his support in helping the flood victims.” Father Silas ...
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  28 August 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Stop the massacres and mass kidnappings,” Bishops say, expressing their condolences to all victims Abuja (Fides News Agency) – “The latest barbaric abduction of more than 60 worshippers from a mosque in Borgu, Niger State, and the horrific massacre of 47 innocent citizens, with another 17 people seriously injured ...
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  28 August 2026
  Pope in France/III - Metz, at the roots of European peace in the “city of three borders” by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Metz (Fides News Agency) – In the late-summer light, the Jaumont stone on the façades of the city centre reveals, in places, deep scars carved into the rock. On these historic buildings, cav ...
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  28 August 2026
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Fr. Kubiak: “God’s will knows how to surprise. Here, our mission is simply to be present” Ashgabat (Fides news Agency) – “At the beginning of this incredible journey, I feel above all joy, but also a strong sense of responsibility. Every new assignment, especially one such as being appointed superior of t ...
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  27 August 2026
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Bishop of Byumba Appeals to Rwanda’s Youth: “Leave those Ibyuma behind” Kigali (Fides news Agency) – “Young people, in the name of Jesus, let us leave those ibyuma behind. Fight them. Let us fight them together.” This is the heartfelt appeal addressed to Rwanda’s youth by Bishop Pap ...
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  27 August 2026
  ASIA/NEPAL - Devastating Floods, Father Bogati: “The worst disaster in the Country’s history” Kathmandu (Fides News Agency) – “It is the worst disaster in the country’s history. It was terrible. A flood coming down from the mountains and rushing violently downstream swept everything away: people, homes, bri ...
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  27 August 2026
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - COP17: The gift of faith in Jesus and care for creation in the witness of a young Mongolian woman by Enkhjin Chuluunzag* Ulaanbaatar (Fides News Agency) – At 26 years old, Enkhjin Chuluunzagd holds two Master's degrees in environmentalstudies and a Bachelor's degree in administration, obtained in Rome, the Unite ...
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  26 August 2026
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA — Post-election crisis worsens Lusaka (Fides news Agency) – Zambia’s post-election crisis is worsening following the expiry of the deadline for filing an appeal against President Hakainde Hichilema’s victory in the 13 August elections (see Fides ...
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  26 August 2026
  ASIA/CHINA — During spiritual retreats, Chinese priests and religious sisters offer prayer and fasting for the sick and study the Encyclical “Magnifica humanitas” Beijing (Fides News Agency) – “Retreat to the desert to encounter the Lord” was the theme of the annual spiritual retreat for the clergy and religious of the Diocese of Xi’an, held from 16 to 21 August at the Yua ...
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  26 August 2026
  AFRICA/GHANA — The President of the Bishops’ Conference reiterates the Catholic Church’s teaching on the veneration of relics: “It is not worship, but veneration” Accra (Fides news Agency) – “Crowning the relic of Saint Agatha means proclaiming that a woman who remained faithful to Christ until her death now shares in his victory. It is an act of veneration, not of worship”. ...
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  26 August 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR — Hope flourishes in a time of trial: new priests, deacons, religious sisters and a bishop for the Church in Myanmar Yangon (Fides News Agency) – Tribulation and uncertainty have not extinguished hope within Myanmar’s Catholic community. As the country endures a period marked by conflict, displacement, poverty and uncertainty, new ...
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  25 August 2026
  AMERICA/HAITI - Massacre in Kenscoff: at Least 47 victims Port-au-Prince (Fides News Agency) – At least 47 people were killed in a massacre carried out during the night of August 23–24 in Kenscoff, a hilltop town overlooking Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. At least 22 pe ...
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  25 August 2026
  John Paul I: The relevance of his missionary magisterium in the six “we want” commitments of his pontificate by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – On August 26, 1978, Albino Luciani was elected Pope, taking the name John Paul I. His pontificate lasted only 34 days, but already in his “Urbi et Orbi” ...