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  17 October 2025
  VATICAN - Catholic Church Statistics 2025 Vatican City (Fides Agency) - As every year, in view of World Mission Sunday, which this year celebrates its 99th anniversary on Sunday, October 19, 2025, on the theme “Missionaries of Hope Among all Peoples”, Fides ...
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  16 October 2025
  AMERICA/PERU - Amazon Water Summit of the Catholic Church: “We Are Water, We Are Life, We Are Hope” Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) – Over 400 delegates gathered for three days in Iquitos, the largest city in the Peruvian Amazon, for the Amazon Water Summit to discuss the protection of water as a fundamental human right and ...
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  16 October 2025
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - "A civil war was imminent" in Madagascar Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – "On Saturday, October 11, a civil war was imminent," sources within the Church of Madagascar told Fides. Yesterday, October 15, Colonel Michael Randrianirina, head of the CAPSAT (Corps po ...
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  16 October 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church is ready to "Give Hope" to those affected by the earthquake. Archbishop Uy: "Buildings are collapsing, but faith endures" Cebu (Agenzia Fides) - Relief efforts continue tirelessly, and the Caritas network is providing assistance to an increasing number of displaced and isolated people following the earthquake that struck the north of Cebu I ...
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  15 October 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A priest in Pakistan: "An alliance with Afghanistan, not war, to defeat terrorism" Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – "Terrorism is a problem that affects both Pakistan and Afghanistan. To fight it together, we need an alliance, not another war. We observe with sadness and concern the new conflict on the bord ...
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  15 October 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The Bishop of Quelimane's first visit and meeting with the Muslims of Bajone
  Quelimane (Agenzia Fides) – "The situation continues to deteriorate and violence is spreading throughout the north of the country," said Os� ...
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  15 October 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Ignatius Wu Jianlin consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Shanghai Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) – Father Ignatius Wu Jianlin was consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Shanghai. The consecration liturgy was celebrated this morning, Wednesday, October 15, the Feast of Saint Teresa ...
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  15 October 2025
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Military seizes power: parties seek a way out of the institutional stalemate Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – "With the military's takeover of power and President Andry Rajoelina's refusal to resign, an institutional stalemate has emerged," Father Cosimo Alvati, a Salesian with extensive missiona ...
• 15 October 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of auxiliary bishop of Shanghai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Wednesday, 15 October 2025, the episcopal ordination of the Reverend Ignatius Wu Jianlin took place. On 11 August 2025, the Holy Father appointed him auxiliary bishop of Shanghai, Sh ...
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  14 October 2025
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle and World Mission Sunday: the "journey" in preparation for the Sunday dedicated to the missio ad gentes continues
  Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Preparations for World Mission Sunday continue with a four-part video series led by Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicaster ...
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  14 October 2025
  AFRICA - After 80 years, African countries are struggling to find their role in the United Nations by Cosimo Graziani New York (Agenzia Fides) - In its 80 years of existence, the United Nations Organization has never experienced a period of weakness like the current one. Long gone are the days when it was the sc ...
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  14 October 2025
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Uncertainty over Madagascar's future after the departure of President Rajoelina Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – "Who is currently governing Madagascar? This is the question the country's inhabitants are asking themselves after the flight of President Andry Rajoelina," Father Cosimo Alvati, a Salesi ...
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  14 October 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The faithful wear white clothes to Mass: against corruption and in prayer for the nation Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Until the Feast of Christ the King on November 23, Filipino Catholics will attend Mass every Sunday dressed in white, following the invitation from the Philippine Episcopal Conference to wear w ...
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  13 October 2025
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Madagascar is experiencing a state of uncertainty awaiting the President's address to the nation Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – "Madagascar is experiencing a state of uncertainty awaiting President Andry Rajoelina's statements," Father Cosimo Alvati, a Salesian with vast missionary experience in the country, told ...
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  13 October 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Sign language in Sudanese Arabic: Comboni missionaries' initiative for the hard-of-hearing people Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - Promoting inclusion, communication, and awareness in Sudan, particularly among teachers, families, and organisations that support communities of deaf or hard-of-hearing people. Father Jorge Nar ...