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  27 October 2026
  Cardinal Tagle to Link Macau’s 450-Year Missionary Legacy With Asia’s Evangelization in the Age of AI By Fr. John Mi Shen* Macau (Fides news Agency) - Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization and Dean of the College of Cardinals, will call the Catholic Church in Asia to ...
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  26 October 2026
  VATICAN/MONGOLIA - Leo XIV receives Cardinal Marengo and the abbot of Gandan Monastery, the heart of Mongolian Buddhism by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – This morning Pope Leo XIV received Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, and the Venerable D. Javzandorj, the 30th Khamba Nomun Khan a ...
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  24 October 2026
  From a French pioneer of the American frontier to Pope Leo XIV: Sister Lyn Osiek's long missionary journey by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Saint Louis (Fides News Agency) - A pioneer of Catholic education on the American frontier, Philippine Duchesne (1769–1852) established the Society of the Sacred Heart in the United States in ...
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  24 October 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - In Loikaw, the Church rises again among the displaced: difficulties are mounting, but faith is also growing, says the Vicar General by Paolo Affatato Loikaw (Fides News Agency) – In the early days, only a handful of people came to the cathedral. Then, slowly, word spread through the villages and among families scattered by the war: the priest ha ...
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  23 October 2026
  "Gift exchange between the Churches requires conversion": Fr. Stan Chu Ilo on the "Church of the Sheaves" by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) – Diverse Churches, many stories, and an exchange of gifts that runs in every direction. On the sidelines of the first international conference of "The Church of the ...
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  23 October 2026
  THE CHURCH OF THE SHEAVES CONFERENCE - Listening the Continents: Gifts, Challenges and New Missionary Pathways by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) – “From mission territories to missionary Churches”: the title of one of the sessions sums up the second day of the first international conference of “The Churc ...
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  23 October 2026
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Fifty years after independence, education remains a decisive challenge Nampula (Fides News Agency) – Fifty years after independence, Mozambique has made significant progress in expanding access to education, extending its school network to rural and peri-urban areas. However, serious chal ...
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  23 October 2026
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - “There are no differences between French-speaking and English-speaking Catholics in the Church” Yaoundé (Fides News Agency) – “As St Paul said, ‘There is neither Greek nor Jew’; likewise, in the Church in Cameroon, there are no differences between French-speaking and English-speaking Catholics.” This was ...
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  23 October 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - Young people march for democracy: for Jesuit Prakash: “A journey to preserve India’s soul” by Paolo Affatato New Delhi (Fides News Agency) – A march for democracy, calling for respect for voting rights and institutional reforms, is taking place today, 23 October, at the initiative of the national network ...
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  22 October 2026
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Eva Gretzmacher and Claudia Abbt released after nearly two years in captivity Benghazi (Fides News Agency) – Austrian national Eva Gretzmacher and Swiss national Claudia Abbt, who were abducted separately in Agadez, Niger, in 2025, have been released. The Nigerien news agency Air Info reported t ...
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  22 October 2026
  “Gifts to give and gifts to receive”: The Church of the Sheaves opens its first international conference in Rome by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) – "Your presence, drawn from different Churches, cultures, and pastoral contexts, already expresses the fundamental truth – the truth that the mission of the Church ...
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  22 October 2026
  AFRICA/TOGO - Comboni Missionaries hold training course on digital communication and artificial intelligence Lomé (Fides News Agency) – “Promoting the effective use of digital technologies to proclaim the Gospel, share missionary experiences and strengthen collaboration.” This is the aim of a training course on multimedi ...
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  22 October 2026
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Peace and reconciliation: the Church focuses on young people and families Bujumbura (Fides News Agency) – “One of our priorities as a Church is peace and reconciliation.” This was stated by Msgr. Salvator Niciteretse, Bishop of Bururi and coordinator of the International Forum of Catholi ...
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  22 October 2026
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Lay missionaries for truth and justice: “Baptism calls us to transform society,” says president of Laiko by Paolo Affatato Manila – A mission of “truth and justice”, to be lived out in society and politics, in the fight against corruption and in solidarity with the most vulnerable: this is the vocation of Catholic ...
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  21 October 2026
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Bishop Maculewicz: “Two new churches and a small community called to be salt and leaven in society” by Paolo Affatato Tashkent (Fides News Agency) – Two new parishes in a Muslim-majority country, and a small Catholic community quietly growing, step by step. In Uzbekistan, the Catholic Church is a numerically small ...