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  27 July 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - After the "Cockroach" victory, Indian Catholic laity call for a "White Paper on education reform" New Delhi (Fides News Agency) – "The political victory achieved by the young activists of the Cockroach Janta Party has been remarkable. Equally significant was the support they received from the Christian community. C ...
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  27 July 2026
  A AFRICA/SUDAN - SAF advances in Kordofan: strategic axis to El Obeid reopened Khartoum (Fides News Agency) – Sudan's armed forces (SAF) have announced that they have regained control of the highway linking the capital, Khartoum, to El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, reopening a strategic ...
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  27 July 2026
  XII FABC Plenary Assembly: Asia's Bishops Renew Commitment to Synodal Mission and Bridge-Building by Father John Mi Shen* Jakarta (Fides News Agency) - The XII Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC), held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 20 to 26 July 2026, brought together more than 12 ...
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  26 July 2026
  US House bill calls to halt aid to Nigeria over anti-Christian violence by Cosimo Graziani Washington (Fides News Agency) – The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that aims to halt US aid to Nigeria in the next fiscal year, justifying this measure as a response to anti-Christ ...
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  25 July 2026
  Leo XIV to the FABC Assembly: Continue to promote a “Eucharistic spirituality” within the Churches of Asia Jakarta (Fides News Agency) – Pope Leo XIV has urged the Churches of Asia to recognize that ecclesial communion “finds its source in the mystery of Christ” and encouraged them to “continue to promote a Eucharisti ...
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  24 July 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Neutralizing the FDLR remains the key obstacle to peace in the East: Kinshasa focuses on diplomacy Kinshasa (Fides News Agency) – As the national dialogue launched by President Félix Tshisekedi continues (see Fides, 23/7/2026), one of the central issues remains the persistent insecurity in the eastern Democratic Re ...
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  24 July 2026
  AMERICA/HAITI - Not just violence and crisis: in Pourcine Pic Makaya, the Catholic Community brings clean water to new families Pourcine Pic Makaya (Fides News Agency) – It is a project set to make a tangible difference in the daily lives of the local population. "Just two days ago, we began work to extend the village water system by about one ...
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  24 July 2026
  Tomáš Halík at the FABC Assembly: «The future of Christianity will depend upon whether our communities become places where people truly learn to see» Jakarta (Fides News Agency) - As the global order undergoes an unprecedented period of fragmentation and uncertainty, in what ways can the Church discern the signs of the times? Czech priest and theologian Tomáš Halík ...
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  24 July 2026
  ASIA/LEBANON - The beatification of Patriarch Hoyek in Lebanon's new time of trial by Pascale Rizk Dimane (Fides News Agency) – On Saturday, July 25, 2026, the Maronite Church and the whole of Lebanon celebrate the beatification of Patriarch Elias Hoyek. The beatification liturgy, presided over by ...
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  24 July 2026
  At the Shrine of Banneux, the first Marian Missionary Festival: Mary, face of dialogue and mission in Asia by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Banneux (Fides News Agency) –Showing the link that unites devotion to the Mother of God with the missionary vocation, and the joy of proclaiming the Gospel, an experience open to every baptiz ...
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  23 July 2026
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Summer Camps open across parishes in the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia: Bishop Martinelli, “Let us prepare young people to face the future with hope and courage” Abu Dhabi (Fides News Agency) – With the end of the school year, parishes across the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia are holding summer camps for Catholic children and young people in the UAE, Oman and Yemen (AV ...
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  23 July 2026
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - National dialogue relaunched in July and Churches play a decisive role Kinshasa (Fides News Agency) – Hopes are growing for progress in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s national dialogue after the opposition group C64 announced the suspension of a protest march that had been sched ...
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  23 July 2026
  Cardinal Tagle urges Asian Churches to recognize everyday life as the horizon of Christian experience: "Marvel at what Christ is accomplishing in silence" by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Jakarta (Fides News Agency) –True Christian hope is not built upon grand institutional programs, but upon a quiet, attentive awareness of God’s gentle action in the ordinary moments of dai ...
• 22 July 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of bishop of Chifeng Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - Today, Wednesday 22 July 2026, the Reverend Joseph Chang Yanfeng received episcopal ordination. The Holy Father appointed him bishop of Chifeng (Province of Inner Mongolia, China) on 15 ...
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  22 July 2026
  ASIA/CHINA - Father Joseph Chang Yanfeng ordained Bishop of Chifeng by Marta Zhao Chifeng (Fides News Agency) – More than 400 bishops, priests, women religious and lay faithful attended the episcopal ordination of Father Joseph Chang Yanfeng as Bishop of Chifeng, a diocese located i ...