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  29 September 2025
  AMERICA/USA - A former Marine attacks Mormon temple in Michigan, killing four people Washington (Agenzia Fides) – At least four people were killed and eight others were injured in the attack carried out yesterday, Sunday, September 28, by a gunman at a Mormon temple in Michigan. The attacker rammed a ...
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  29 September 2025
  ASIA/KOREA - "40 days of prayer for life" in response to the intention to legalize abortion and the abortion pill Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Changing the term “abortion” to “termination of pregnancy”; “legalizing the termination of pregnancy”; “introducing the abortion pill”: these are some of the guidelines included ...
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  29 September 2025
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The country is in revolt: protesters denounce the government and demand the restoration of electricity and water supplies Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – Looting and destruction in the capital, fires, school closures, and curfews – this is the scenario that has shaken one of the world's poorest countries, where over 75% of the population ...
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  28 September 2025
  AFRICA/GHANA - Proliferation of illegally held firearms raises concern Accra (Agenzia Fides) – Ghana has seen a sharp increase in incidents involving illegally held firearms this year. According to the Firearms Incident Report prepared by the National Commission on Small Arms and Light We ...
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  27 September 2025
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Holy House of Spiritual Exercises "Mama Antula": opening of Missionary October and sending of the Saint's relics Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Today, September 27, the opening Mass of Missionary October will be celebrated, during which the sending of the relics of Saint Mama Antula, patroness of the missions in Argentina and the ...
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  27 September 2025
  EUROPE/POLAND - The "Missionary Jubilees" of 2026 at the center of the annual meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – The National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Poland is already looking ahead to 2026, when several “Missionary Jubilees” will be celebrated. 2026 will mark the 10 ...
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  27 September 2025
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A Christian arrested for blasphemy on social media; the Committee for Peace: "No one would do it intentionally" Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – “No Christian in Pakistan, fully aware of the devastating consequences, would intentionally publish or write anything that could be perceived as blasphemous against Islam,” says Father Laza ...
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  26 September 2025
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch Sako: Fewer than seventy Christian families remain in Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) – In Mosul, once a multi-ethnic city, where at least 50,000 baptized people lived, there are now fewer than 70 Christian families. And across the country, Christians, who once exceeded one million ...
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  26 September 2025
  EUROPE/ITALY - The "Sinderesi Foundation" celebrates its first ten years of activity in Rome Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Sinderesi Foundation celebrates its first ten years of activity with a commemorative evening scheduled for Saturday, September 27, at 6:00 p.m., in the Baldini Hall of the Church of Santa Mar ...
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  26 September 2025
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Nihil obstat” for the Beatification of Father Leo Bang Yu-ryong, founder of Korean monastic life Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community of Seoul has announced that it has received the “Nihil obstat” (no objections) from the Holy See for the beatification process of Father Leo Bang Yu-ryong (1900–1986 ...
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  26 September 2025
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Red Clamor campaign: Recognizing the dignity of those forced to leave their homelands Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – "Welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating" are the four verbs at the heart of the work of "Red Clamor," the Latin American and Caribbean Ecclesial Network for Migration, Displacement, R ...
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  25 September 2025
  ASIA/CHINA - The three Bishops of Zhangjiakou celebrate the Eucharistic liturgy together in Qujiazhuang: communion in the diocese is "a grace and a gift from God" Zhangjiakou (Agenzia Fides) – The consecration of the Bishop of Zhangjiakou is “a grace and a gift from God,” and together with the newly consecrated bishop, the auxiliary bishop and the bishop emeritus of the dioc ...
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  25 September 2025
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Churches open to displaced persons: parishes and active structures for preventive intervention Legazpi City (Agenzia Fides) – While controversy erupts nationwide over "ghost projects" intended to prevent climate disasters, funded but never implemented due to corruption, the Catholic Church in the Philippines has ...
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  25 September 2025
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Sister Maria Troncatti: "a true saint of the people" Macas (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the canonization of Sister Maria Troncatti of the Sisters of Salesian Order, missionary of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA), who will be canonized by Pope Leo X ...
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  25 September 2025
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The pineapples of Dien Bien Parish, the mountain poor and the charity of Christ by Andrew Doan Thanh Phong "This gift is not only young sweet pineapple plants, but also the love and care of the parish for the people. We hope that these young trees will take roots and grow strongly in the land of ...