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  16 September 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian children, “apostles and missionaries” amid discrimination and poverty Islamabad (Fides News Agency) – In a national context where children face serious challenges, including discrimination, exploitation through child labour, abuse and denial of their right to education, Catholic children ...
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  16 September 2026
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Celebration of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the “Legion of Mary” by Marta Zhao Hong Kong (Fides News Agency) – In December 1948, the Catholic association Legio Mariae, founded in Dublin on September 7, 1921, on the eve of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was ...
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  16 September 2026
  Leo XIV: in the lives of new martyrs and witnesses, the reflection of Christ’s victory over death Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – The martyrs and witnesses of our time represent “one of the Church’s greatest resources for proclaiming the Gospel in today’s world”. This was one of the key points in the add ...
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  16 September 2026
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Civil society and the Church: “The rule of law and constitutional guarantees at risk” Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – “A deliberate and growing disregard for the Constitution, the rule of law and the human rights of Zambian citizens.” This is how a group of civil society organizations describes the conduct ...
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  16 September 2026
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Second International Preparatory Conference for “WYD Seoul 2027” underway by Pascale Rizk Seoul (Fides News Agency) – A Mass in English was celebrated at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, September 16, at Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul, presided over by Archbishop Peter Soon-taick Chung, on the occasio ...
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  16 September 2026
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Ethiopian New Year: The Eparch of Adigrat delivers message of hope amid suffering Adigrat (Fides News Agency) – Celebrations for the Ethiopian New Year began in Ethiopia on September 11, a major occasion in Ethiopian culture, marking a time to celebrate tradition, prosperity and a new beginning. On ...
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  15 September 2026
  BEATIFICATION OF FULTON SHEEN/III - An American at the Second Vatican Council: Archbishop Sheen’s contribution to the Decree “Ad gentes” on the Church’s missionary activity by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – It is a little-known episode of the Second Vatican Council, but its decree on the missions owes much to a single American bishop: Fulton J. Sheen. Among ...
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  15 September 2026
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - A catechism of peace to heal souls wounded by ten years of war Yaoundé (Fides News Agency) – “During these ten years of suffering, our young people have grown up surrounded by violence,” says Archbishop Andrew Nkea Fuanya of Bamenda, capital of Mezam Division in Cameroon’s ...
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  15 September 2026
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Father Chikuni’s tragic death draws attention to road safety Harare (Fides News Agency) – Hit and killed in a road accident, he was reported missing for eleven days. This is the tragic fate of Father Regis Chikuni, a priest of the Archdiocese of Harare, Zimbabwe. The priest dis ...
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  15 September 2026
  “Listen before proposing, accompany without replacing”: Caritas aid workers share their experience alongside communities Bogotá (Fides News Agency) – On 8 September, Aid Workers' Day was celebrated in Spain, an initiative promoted by Spanish Cooperation to recognize the work of professionals committed to promoting the rights and dignity ...
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  15 September 2026
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Three Christian civilians killed in Papua, Franciscans: “There is an urgent need to protect the population and open dialogue” Jayapura (Fides News Agency) – “Following yet another massacre, there is an urgent need to protect civilians, respect international humanitarian law and reduce the presence of Indonesian army troops. At the same time ...
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  14 September 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bukavu mourns 27 victims of the fire; civil society: “A humanitarian catastrophe” Kinshasa (Fides News Agency) – The funerals of the 27 victims of the fire that devastated a school on September 10 in the Cimpunda district of Bukavu, capital of South Kivu Province in eastern Democratic Republic of th ...
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  14 September 2026
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Father Sebastião Moniz Dejoro: first Angolan priest of the Society for African Missions Luanda (Fides News Agency) – “I am bringing Angola into the SMA, just as the SMA was brought to Angola by the first missionaries.” These words capture the meaning of Sebastião Moniz Dejoro’s vocation. Ordained a ...
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  14 September 2026
  The Centenary of the consecration of Six Chinese Bishops and the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China by Paul Han* Shijiazhuang (Fides News Agency) –Fides News Agency publishes this article by Chinese priest Paul Han as a contribution to reflection and further study in view of the forthcoming Centenary of the episco ...
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  14 September 2026
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Violence mars first parliamentary elections in Bangsamoro Cotabato (Fides News Agency) – A decisive moment for the people of the southern Philippines has been marred by violence and death. Violent clashes disrupted the first parliamentary elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomou ...