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  24 August 2026
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - After Zamboanga campus shooting, Church communities call for greater attention to young people’s distress Manila (Fides News Agency) – “The country cannot afford to let another incident of school violence go unnoticed without addressing the challenges faced by its young people.” Cardinal José Advincula, Archbishop of ...
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  23 August 2026
  A project to establish a university dedicated to Slovakia’s first ambassador to the Holy See takes shape by Bohumil Petrík Bratislava (Fides News Agency) – “Wisdom never goes out of fashion. The purpose of the Anton Neuwirth College is to contribute to the good of society by following the wisdom of Christian values. ...
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  23 August 2026
  A “security pact” against drug traffickers authorizes U.S. military operations in Colombia by Cosimo Graziani Bogotá (Fides news Agency) – Although it has been in office for only a few days, Colombia’s new presidential administration, led by Abelardo de la Espriella, has already made a decisive shift i ...
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  22 August 2026
  Leone XIV at the Rimini Meeting: Jesus keeps his treasure in earthen vessels Rimini (Fides News Agency) – “The Church does not engage in proselytism. Instead, she grows by ‘attraction’.” Pope Leo XIV invoked this expression of Benedict XVI, repeatedly echoed by Pope Francis, to suggest ...
• 22 August 2026
  ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Resignation and appointment of the Superior of the Mission sui iuris of Turkmenistan Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – The Holy Father Leo XIV has accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Mission sui iuris of Turkmenistan presented by the Rev. Fr. Andrzej Madej, O.M.I. The Holy ...
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  22 August 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - “Justice Sunday”: Catholic community defends the poor and calls for safeguards over law on foreign funding New Delhi (Fides News Agency) – “Justice begins with us” – drawn from Isaiah 1:17 – is at the heart of “Justice Sunday”, which the Catholic Church in India will celebrate on August 23 as a time for reflecti ...
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  21 August 2026
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Church-backed parallel vote count confirms Hichilema’s victory, but irregularities and tensions remain Lusaka (Fides news Agency) – President Hakainde Hichilema has won the August 13 elections with more than 50% of the vote. This was stated by the Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG), which conducted a parallel vo ...
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  21 August 2026
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - "A truly missionary Church does not impose political choices, but it helps the faithful discern wisely" Tacloban City (Fides News Agency) – Mission is also expressed in the Church’s capacity to accompany people in the concrete questions that shape their lives, including their participation in public affairs. This was t ...
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  21 August 2026
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young people from Ruteng Catholic University at the service of the population of Flores, affected by the earthquake Ruteng (Fides news Agency) – “The young people of St Paul Catholic University in Ruteng have been tirelessly serving the community in the aftermath of the earthquake in Flores. Their voluntary commitment, dedication ...
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  20 August 2026
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Farewell to Father Robert Goessens, pioneer of the Catholic mission in Mongolia Ulaanbaatar (Fides News Agency) – Father Robert Goessens, a Belgian missionary of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM), died in Japan on August 15 at the age of 97. A key figure in the early developm ...
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  20 August 2026
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Three days of national mourning for the death of the intelligence chief in helicopter crash in Kenya Quito (Fides News Agency) – Ecuador has declared three days of national mourning to commemorate the country’s intelligence chief, Michele Sensi-Contugi, who died along with his wife, Stephany Hollihan, and five other ...
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  20 August 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Ungushi: The ambiguous face of violence in Northern Nigeria Abuja (Fides news Agency) – The attack on the village of Ungushi illustrates the complexity of the violence suffered by Nigerian communities. The targeted community is predominantly Muslim, and the local imam was among ...
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  20 August 2026
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - Caritas director Sister Sandra Garay: “Desertification threatens the lives of rural communities” Ulaanbaatar (Fides News Agency) – “Desertification in Mongolia is visible to the naked eye,” Sister Sandra Garay, an Argentine nun, Consolata missionary, in Mongolia since 2004 and is currently executive director o ...
• 19 August 2026
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Toamasina Vatican City (Fides News agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Fr. Mariusz Kasperski, O.M.I., until now Superior of the Community of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Toamasina and Parish Priest of ...
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  19 August 2026
  POPE IN FRANCE/II - Behind the figures: the fragmented and “indecipherable” expectations that will greet Leo XIV by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Paris (Fides news Agency) – An exceptional mobilization is taking shape ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France. Tickets for the events scheduled during the papal visit have been snapped u ...