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  25 September 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The three Bishops of Zhangjiakou celebrate the Eucharistic liturgy together in Qujiazhuang: communion in the diocese is "a grace and a gift from God" Zhangjiakou (Agenzia Fides) – The consecration of the Bishop of Zhangjiakou is “a grace and a gift from God,” and together with the newly consecrated bishop, the auxiliary bishop and the bishop emeritus of the dioc ...
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  25 September 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Churches open to displaced persons: parishes and active structures for preventive intervention Legazpi City (Agenzia Fides) – While controversy erupts nationwide over "ghost projects" intended to prevent climate disasters, funded but never implemented due to corruption, the Catholic Church in the Philippines has ...
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  25 September 2025
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Sister Maria Troncatti: "a true saint of the people" Macas (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the canonization of Sister Maria Troncatti of the Sisters of Salesian Order, missionary of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), who will be canonized by Pope Leo X ...
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  25 September 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The pineapples of Dien Bien Parish, the mountain poor and the charity of Christ by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong "This gift is not only young sweet pineapple plants, but also the love and care of the parish for the people. We hope that these young trees will take roots and grow strongly in the land of ...
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  24 September 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Doctors from the Shanghai Catholic Intellectuals Association promote initiatives for children with special needs. Shanghai (Agenzia Fides) – They are taking off their white coats and offering their help like family members, as if they were the patients' aunts and uncles. This is how doctors and therapists from the Shanghai Catholi ...
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  24 September 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Association of Catholic lay people: Anti-conversion laws “are a wound to the nation” Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) - The so-called "anti-conversion laws" in force in twelve Indian states are "a wound to Indian democracy, national ethics, freedom of belief, conscience, and expression." For this reason, lawsui ...
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  24 September 2025
  ASIA/BAHRAIN - AVONA Catechists begin their Jubilee journey in Rome Manama (Agenzia Fides) – September 25, 2025: On this spiritually significant day, a group of 26 devoted catechists from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia (AVONA) are about to leave for Rome, carrying with the ...
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  24 September 2025
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishop of N'Dali celebrates Mass in the village of Kalalé which was attacked by Nigerian jihadists on September 10 Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "The hostages are still in the hands of the jihadists," says Bishop Martin Adjou Moumouni of N'Dali, the diocese in Benin whose territory includes the village of Kalalé, which was attacked on S ...
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  23 September 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishop Bagaforo: "Protests concern moral issues" Manila (Agenzia Fides) – "The campaign, carried out by a movement against corruption, is not political. Rather, it concerns a moral issue, which is why Catholic representatives and institutions are at the forefront: be ...
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  23 September 2025
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Christian denominations call for the cancellation of the country's debt in order to reduce social inequalities Harare (Agenzia Fides) - Zimbabwe's main Christian denominations describe their country's situation as a situation of "negative peace" in the declaration "Act Now for a Pacific World," issued on the occasion of World Pea ...
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  23 September 2025
  When school becomes a place of terror: 41,000 attacks on educational institutions in 2024 by Cosimo Graziani The endless slaughter of children killed while at school worsens year after year. In Africa, in the heart of Europe, in the Middle East, which is marked by the tragedy in Gaza, and in the United St ...
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  22 September 2025
  ASIA/TAIWAN - 8,000 people at the first Gathering of Migrant Workers organized by the Taiwanese Catholic community Hsinchu (Agenzia Fides) - A concrete plan for the pastoral care of migrant workers and itinerant people, which responds to the urgent needs of their daily lives and expresses the gratitude of the entire Church community ...
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  22 September 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Attempted murder of a Presbyterian pastor Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Presbyterian pastor Kamran Naz, who was wounded by gunfire yesterday, September 21, in the Iqbal Town district of Islamabad, miraculously survived the attempted murder. As Fides learned from ...
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  22 September 2025
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Hope is the anchor of the soul”: young people celebrate the beauty of life and nature Calamar (Agenzia Fides) – Hope, peace, and reconciliation were the central themes of the meeting held on the occasion of the Jubilee of Youth in one of the most multiethnic and cultural municipalities in Colombia: Cala ...
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  22 September 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic priest killed in a road ambush in southeastern Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic priest Matthew Eya was killed violently in a road ambush in Nigeria. He was shot dead on the evening of September 19 on the Eha-Alumonah-Eha-Ndiagu road in Nsukka County, Enugu State, s ...