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  2 September 2025
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Parish priest of the Immaculate Conception Church in Kenema murdered in his home Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – The parish priest of the Immaculate Conception Church in Kenema (Sierra Leone) has been murdered. Father Augustine Dauda Amadu was robbed in his home in the Burma 3 neighborhood on the outski ...
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  2 September 2025
  VATICAN - The "September Courses" for the formation of newly ordained bishops begin in Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) – This year, a total of 192 newly ordained bishops from all five continents (almost all of whom were ordained last year) will participate in the formation courses organized by various Dicasteries o ...
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  1 September 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - Lay missionary kidnapped during armed attack on orphanage released after a month Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – After nearly a month of captivity, the Irish lay missionary Gena Heraty, who has been working in Haiti for thirty years, was freed along with the other hostages captured during the atta ...
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  1 September 2025
  ASIA/CHINA- Numerous priestly and religious vocations among Chinese Catholic communities in the first six months of 2025 Shijiazhuang (Agenzia Fides) – In the first six months of 2025, the "harvest in the Lord's vineyard" was abundant in many Chinese Catholic communities. The Catholic news portal "xinde.org" recalls that from January 1 ...
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  1 September 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Archbishop of Makassar on protests: "People demand justice and good governance" Makassar (Agenzia Fides) – "Now the situation on the streets of Makassar has normalized and is calm again, but until yesterday the protests agitated the population, especially the students. And violent groups have take ...
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  1 September 2025
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishops: "Environmental damage caused by the uncontrolled exploitation of mineral wealth is a social injustice" Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – "We are deeply concerned about pollution and environmental degradation, which cause suffering to vulnerable populations due to the predominance of political and economic interests that do not p ...
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  31 August 2025
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Uganda's immigrant integration model confronts US administration plans by Cosimo Graziani Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – Uganda announced in recent days that it has reached an agreement with the United States to accept refugees who are denied asylum in the US. The measure is aimed at those ...
• 30 August 2025
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Resignation of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Pontianak and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Leo XIV has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pontianak presented by His Exc. Msgr. Agustinus Agus and appointed His Exc. Ms ...
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  30 August 2025
  EUROPE/ROMANIA - At the school of prayer and fraternity with Blessed Carlo Acutis Odorheiu Secuiesc (Agenzia Fides) – From August 18 to 23, more than 80 children and young people participated in a summer camp organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Romania in Odorheiu Secuiesc, hosted ...
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  30 August 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fasting and prayer for good governance Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Various Filipino Catholic groups, communities, and associations have launched spiritual initiatives centered on fasting and prayer for the common good of the nation. The aim is to raise awareness ...
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  29 August 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Flood toll worsens: One and a half million displaced in Punjab province Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is very serious. It is terrible. In Punjab alone, there are over one and a half million people who have been made homeless due to the floods. These people live on the streets, and ...
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  29 August 2025
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The two rival governments threaten to prolong the Sudanese civil war Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – At the first meeting of the Sudanese transitional government in the capital Khartoum, two months after its recapture by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) under the command of General Abdel Fattah ...
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  29 August 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Church restorations and reopenings signal a "rebirth" for Catholic communities in Guangdong Zhanjiang (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community in Maoming celebrates the solemn reopening of the parish church, which had been closed for a long time due to major restoration work. The church is now dedicated to Me ...
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  28 August 2025
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Tensions with Burkina Faso rise after attack on a border village and kidnapping of six Ivorian officials Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) – Who attacked the village of Difita in the far north of Ivory Coast on the night of August 24-25? This is the question facing the West African country, where tensions with neighboring Burkina F ...
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  28 August 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A nationwide pro-life movement to "raise a prophetic cry" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Moon Chang-woo, Bishop of Jeju, in his capacity as President of the Committee for Family and Life within the Korean Bishops' Conference, intends to relaunch the "Pro-Life Movement" on a lar ...