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  5 September 2025
  AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Tombura-Yambio: "Youth violence is a sign of a deep crisis in the soul of the country" Juba (Agenzia Fides) – "The recent wave of violence in Juba is a national cry of protest," explains Bishop Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio in his message entitled "Healing our wounded sons and daughter ...
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  5 September 2025
  ASIA/LAOS - New minor Seminary in Vientiane named after Carlo Acutis Vientiane (Agenzia Fides) - The new minor Seminary in Vientiane, Laos, has been inaugurated named after Carlo Acutis. Bishop Anthony Adoun Hongsaphong, apostolic vicar of Vientiane, capital of Laos, a small state in Sout ...
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  5 September 2025
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bishop of Quelimane: "We must be humble in social service, in the work, and in the responsibilities we assume in the Church" Quelimane (Agenzia Fides) – "Our task is to walk together, to be together as brothers and sisters," said Bishop Osório Citora Afonso (IMC) in his first address to the community of his new diocese of Quelimane, in the ...
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  5 September 2025
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Wedding rings, Bible, and a cross: The tapestry for the canonization of Peter To Rot depicts the story of Papua's first saint. Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) – In his right hand, the Holy Bible, in his left, his wedding rings. Around his neck, the catechist's cross. These three symbols mark the new official portrait of Peter To Rot, Papua New Gu ...
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  5 September 2025
  VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle at the Formation Course for newly ordained bishops: Custodians, not masters of “God's flock” Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "It is God who has full trust in you, expressed through the Church, especially through the Holy Father, who names, appoints the bishops. But it is the Holy Spirit that appoints us. Let us never fo ...
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  4 September 2025
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Ethiopian dam on the Nile River is defined as a "threat" by Egypt and Sudan Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) – “The Ethiopian dam on the Nile is a continuing threat to stability in the eastern Nile basin,” states a joint statement from Egypt and Sudan issued yesterday, September 3, at the concl ...
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  4 September 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The Sudanese conflict risks prolonging Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – The creation of an opposition government in the regions controlled by the RSF (Rapid Support Forces) risks realizing the possibility of a new partition of Sudan, following the secession in 20 ...
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  4 September 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Students in front of Parliament; Catholic rectors: promote dialogue and protection of freedom and democracy Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of student movements, workers, and civil society groups gathered today in front of the Parliament building in the capital, Jakarta, for a protest. A coalition of student associat ...
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  4 September 2025
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Government and Apostolic Nunciature united in organizing the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions Astana (Agenzia Fides) – On September 17 and 18, 2025, Kazakhstan will once again host the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. The event, now in its eighth year, which will bring together representa ...
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  3 September 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Scholars of different religions: "We must urge unity and parliamentary reform" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - "Strengthen the commitment to maintaining the integrity of the State," by stigmatizing violent actions that "create new wounds" and "misleading statements that widen the gap between politics and ...
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  3 September 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - The will to resist, to continue living even in the most difficult situations
  Pourcine-Pic Makaya (Agenzia Fides) – "I spent three days visiting the Chapel of St. Bernard on the occasion of the patron saint's day. A difficult and tiring journey, which, on ...
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  3 September 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - "Landslide in Tarasin is not only a natural disaster but a tragedy caused by war and the world's indifference towards Sudan" Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – "I share the grief, but also the courage and desire for justice, dignity, and healing for the survivors," wrote Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio in South Sudan in his condolen ...
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  3 September 2025
  EUROPE/ESTONIA - Beatification of Missionary Bishop Eduard Profittlich: Remaining in the light of Christ in the face of darkness Tallinn (Agenzia Fides) – Eduard Profittlich (1890-1942), a Jesuit missionary from Germany and Archbishop of Tallinn, will be the first Estonian Catholic to be beatified, during a ceremony presided over by Cardinal Chr ...
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  2 September 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Parish priest encourages flood victims: "You are not alone in this difficult time" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – "The flood victims are in shock: panic and suffering are spreading among the survivors, who still remember 2022 and are traumatized by these ongoing natural disasters. As the parish community o ...
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  2 September 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - 80 years ago the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was founded: Vietnamese Catholics and the country's development by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – "It is better to be a citizen of a free country than a king of a slave country," was a famous saying of King Bao Dai, the last king of the Vietnamese Nguyen Dynasty ...