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  18 October 2026
  To use AI wisely, first know what you want to preserve, G20 Interfaith forum highlights by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Salt Lake City (Fides News Agency) - Before asking whether artificial intelligence will save humanity or endanger it, people need to answer a more intimate question: what, in their own lives, i ...
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  18 October 2026
  100th WORLD MISSION DAY: Being "united in mission" amidst a predominantly Muslim population
  Ghinnir (Fides News Agency) – On the occasion of the 100th World Mission Day, missionaries from the Villaregia Missionary Community, who are serving in a new mission in Ghinnir, ...
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  17 October 2026
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - At the "G20 Interfaith Forum" Apostolic Nuncio Caccia points out that technologies and innovations "do not tell us what the good is” by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Salt Lake City (Fides News Agency) – “What kind of human future are we building together?” Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, posed this question at the op ...
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  17 October 2026
  «On Fides & Considine» A reflexion by Rev. Lance P. Nadeau, M.M., Maryknoll Superior General by Father Lance P. Nadeau Rome (Fides News Agency) – If the Catholic world knows what is happening in the mission field today, we can thank one man and one remarkable vision. I’m speaking, of course, of my Marykno ...
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  16 October 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Churches occupied by the military and Christian Communities struggling amid conflict: the story of a parish priest from Sagaing by Paolo Affatato Myitkyina (Fides News Agency) – “The civil war remains intense, and the situation is very difficult. Armed groups continue to fight in various parts of our area and maintain their positions aroun ...
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  16 October 2026
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “Mission continues, always! Methods, pastoral approaches and available resources change… but the Spirit that inspired the pioneers 100 Years ago remains the same” by Father Dario Dozio* Korhogo (Fides News Agency) – 1 October, the feast of Saint Therese: the perfect day to arrive in the mission. It has been ten years since I left Ivory Coast. It is a pleasure to find again it ...
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  16 October 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest from the Diocese of Otukpo kidnapped Abuja (Fides News Agency) – Another Catholic priest has been kidnapped in Nigeria. The victim is Father John Inalegwu Otache, parish priest of St Margaret’s Parish in Ajegbe Awume. According to a statement issued by ...
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  16 October 2026
  Catholic Church Statistics 2026 Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – The number of Catholics worldwide is increasing, and the number of priests is growing again, albeit slightly. Meanwhile, the number of women religious and major seminarians continues ...
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  15 October 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - In the month of the Rosary, a prayer for peace in Manipur as new violence breaks out Miao (Fides News Agency) — “Manipur has been in turmoil for four years, with new outbreaks of violence reported almost every day. Most of the violence is directed against innocent villagers and women. The situation a ...
• 15 October 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of bishop of Haimen Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - Today, Thursday 15 October 2026, the Reverend Ignatius Ding Zuyao received episcopal ordination. On 24 August 2026, the Holy Father appointed him bishop of Haimen, Jiangsu Province, Chi ...
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  15 October 2026
  New episcopal ordination in China: Ignatius Ding Zuyao ordained Bishop of Haimen by Marta Zhao Haimen (Fides News Agency) — Today, Thursday 15 October 2026, the Reverend Ignatius Ding Zuyao received episcopal ordination. On 24 August 2026, the Holy Father appointed him bishop of Haimen, Jiangsu ...
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  15 October 2026
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO — A war within a war: the clash between JNIM and the Islamic State in the Sahel Ouagadougou (Fides News Agency) — A war within a war is being fought in the sands of the Sahara, in the tri-border area where Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso meet. Here, the two main jihadist groups operating in the regio ...
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  15 October 2026
  WORLD MISSION DAY — Father Luigi Codianni, Superior General of the Comboni Missionaries: “Mission means being present alongside those who are vulnerable; it means saying: You matter to me” by Paolo Affatato Rome (Fides News Agency) — One night in 1988, several young people were killed in the Parque Santa Madalena neighborhood on the eastern outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil. Comboni missionary Father Lu ...
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  15 October 2026
  VATICAN - On the eve of the 100th World Mission Day, Pope Leo XIV entrusted to the Virgin Mary’s care during the International Missionary Rosary Rome (Fides News Agency) – On Saturday, 17 October, at 3 p.m., prayers will be offered for the Church’s mission throughout the world, as well as for Pope Leo XIV’s health and recovery. These intentions will be inte ...
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  14 October 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Attack during Bible Conference: Catholic lay Association calls for an investigation Calcutta (Fides News Agency) – “We express our solidarity with the faithful of the Diocese of Krishnanagar, the Archdiocese of Calcutta and all Christian communities in West Bengal. We stand with the Santhal Christia ...