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• 16 September 2025
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Rev. Sebastien Bidiare Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 30, 2025, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), confirmed Rev. Sebastien Bi ...
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  15 September 2025
  ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop Neli: "Wounded Manipur needs a process of healing and reconciliation" Imphal (Agenzia Fides) - "Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to Manipur and promised a solution to the conflict that has plagued us for over two years. He spoke of peace, prosperity, and development. He brought a packag ...
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  15 September 2025
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Do not stop those who want to peacefully change the Country, otherwise violent changes will be inevitable" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Citizens' confidence in the electoral process was seriously undermined during the last parliamentary elections by unfair practices, fraud, and alleged electoral errors," said the President of the ...
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  14 September 2025
  The New Martyrs and the “Baptism in Blood” by Marie Symington Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In Rome, on the day of the celebration of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls hosts the ecumenical commemoration of Christian martyr ...
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  13 September 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishop Lee: "Young Koreans hope that Carlo Acutis will be the patron of World Youth Day in Seoul" Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – "Carlo Acutis is already a role model and a source of inspiration for young Koreans. His person is also very well known in view of World Youth Day (WYD) 2027 in Seoul. We will continue to presen ...
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  13 September 2025
  ASIA/ARAB EMIRATES - Kate and catechism in the Arabian Peninsula, an experience of a new motherhood Abu Dhabi (Agenzia Fides) – Her name is Catherine Miles-Flynn, but everyone calls her Kate. For more than twenty years, she has tirelessly dedicated herself to the Christian formation of young people in the Apostolic V ...
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  12 September 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Joseph Ma Yan'en, Auxiliary Bishop of the new Diocese of Zhangjiakou. Civil Recognition of the Episcopal Ministry of Bishop Augustine Cui Tai by Gianni Valente Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Today, September 12, the liturgical feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary, at 9 a.m., the official installation ceremony of Joseph Ma Yan'en as auxiliary bishop of the new d ...
• 12 September 2025
  VATICAN - Statement by the Director of the Holy See Press Office on Bishops Augustine Cui Tai and Joseph Ma Yan'en Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We publish the statement by the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, on the recognition by the civil authorities of the episcopal ministry of Bishops Augustine Cui Tai and J ...
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  12 September 2025
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishop N'Dali: "Jihadists have announced further attacks" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) – "The jihadists have announced further attacks. The population is very worried," says His Exc MSgr. Martin Adjou Moumouni, Bishop of N'Dali, the diocese in Benin, whose territory includes the v ...
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  12 September 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic killed during pilgrimage: Christians demand justice Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply saddened by the murder of Afzal Masih. He was a devout Catholic who was participating in a Marian pilgrimage to venerate and pray to the Virgin Mary. Today, we express our deepest ...
• 12 September 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Zhangjiakou Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Friday 12 September 2025, the civil recognition and inauguration of Bishop Joseph Ma Yan'en, formerly of Xiwanzi, took place. The Holy Father, within the framework of the dialogue on ...
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  11 September 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Floods worsen, Caritas Executive Director: "The human and economic costs are enormous" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – "It can be said that the entire country is flooded. No province has been spared by the heavy rains and flooding. There are approximately four million displaced people, and the need for assistan ...
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  11 September 2025
  AFRICA/BENIN - Bishop after jihadist attack on a village on the border with Nigeria: "A constant threat to our pastoral activities" Cotonou (Agenzia Fides) - "Jihadists attacked the police station, looted houses, stole motorcycles and cars, and then fled with at least six civilians," reports His Exc. Msgr. Martin Adjou Moumouni Martin Adjou Moumouni, ...
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  11 September 2025
  VATICAN - Pope Leo to the new Bishops: You are the servants of the people's faith by Gianni Valente Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – "We have two hundred bishops, only one Pope, and not a whole lot of time, so we’ll take the best advantage of it," said Pope Leo XIV himself, with a touch of humor, ...
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  10 September 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - Suppression of the dioceses of Xiwanzi and Xuanhua with the erection of the diocese of Zhangjiakou, China, and consecration of the first bishop of Zhangjiakou, China Zhangjiakou (Agenzia Fides) - With the desire to promote the pastoral care of the Lord’s flock and to attend more effectively to its spiritual good, on 8 July 2025 the Supreme Pontiff Leo XIV decided to suppress the di ...