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  7 October 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - From south India's coastal plains to the Himalayan foothills: the missionary path of Bishop Edward Baretto of Darjeeling by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Darjeeling (Fides News Agency) – When Pope Leo XIV appointed Fr. Edward Baretto coadjutor bishop of Darjeeling on 29 November 2025, he confirmed a journey spanning four decades and the lengt ...
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  7 October 2026
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - “Spiritual diplomacy” in the face of global challenges: ethics, artificial intelligence and climate change by Paolo Affatato Astana (Fides News Agency) – The 24th meeting of the Secretariat of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, taking place today, October 7, at the Palace of Peace and Reconciliat ...
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  7 October 2026
  Pope Leo XIV: Let us celebrate the 100th anniversary of World Mission Sunday with gratitude and generosity
  Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – We publish below the text of the video message delivered by Pope Leo XIV in preparation for World Mission Sunday, established 100 ye ...
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  7 October 2026
  In Malawi, a whole stadium celebrates 100 years of World Mission Sunday: “United in Christ, united in mission” Mzuzu (Fides News Agency) – The Catholic Church in Malawi celebrated the centenary of World Mission Sunday on Sunday, October 4, at Mzuzu Stadium. Established in 1926 by Pope Pius XI, World Mission Sunday is an occasio ...
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  6 October 2026
  The Popes and World Mission Sunday Rome (Fides News Agency) – From Pius XII’s appeal during wartime to the annual papal messages of Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis (while in the early years the texts were often drafted by the Cardinal ...
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  6 October 2026
  ASIA/QATAR - The Inauguration of the Holy Childhood society: a joyful day for the Church in the country Doha (Fides News Agency) – On Saturday, September 26, 2026, a historic chapter was written in the annals of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia. After two years of dedicated preparatory work and promotional miss ...
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  5 October 2026
  100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATION OF THE FIRST SIX CHINESE BISHOPS - Bishop Aloysius Chen Guodi and the Diocese of Fenyang One hundred years since the ordination of the first six Chinese Bishops consecrated in modern times (October 28, 1926), Fides News Agency is dedicating a series of documentary profiles on these Successors of the Apostles ...
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  5 October 2026
  Bible and cultures: Christian identity as encounter by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) — “Very often, our identity is: ‘I am because you are not.’” For Nicoletta Gatti, a lecturer in biblical studies at the University of Ghana, it is precisely i ...
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  5 October 2026
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Bishop Aldo Berardi: “What Metz can teach Ukraine, the Holy Land and the Middle East about reconciliation” by Antonella Prenna Ars-sur-Moselle (Fides News Agency) – From the wounds left by the wars that devastated Lorraine to the search for a path towards reconciliation in Ukraine, the Holy Land and the Gulf. Pope Leo XI ...
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  4 October 2026
  Sudan’s war and the arms trade that supplies both sides by Cosimo Graziani Khartoum (Fides News Agency) – Even in wartime, the laws of the market often prevail over geopolitical alignments and ideological affinities. The arms flows in the war that has ravaged Sudan since ...
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  3 October 2026
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Repatriation of the Rohingya to Myanmar: Malaysia and Bangladesh take different approaches Kuala Lumpur (Fides News Agency) – The repatriation of the Rohingya to Myanmar is once again attracting international attention. In Malaysia, an initial operation to repatriate around 1,500 Myanmar nationals began on S ...
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  2 October 2026
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishop of Larantuka after the earthquake: “We are experiencing great solidarity and remain united”. “Vocations in Flores: a gift for the whole Church” by Paolo Affatato Larantuka (Fides News Agency) – “The situation in my diocese is still marked by suffering and uncertainty, but we are experiencing great solidarity, and this moves and encourages us.” Yohanes H ...
• 2 October 2026
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed His Exc. Msgr. Juan José Agu ...
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  2 October 2026
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - African Bishops express concern over the arrest of Archbishop Banda Lusaka (Fides News Agency) – “On behalf of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), we wish to express our fraternal solidarity and prayerful closeness to the Zambia Conference of Cath ...
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  2 October 2026
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Care as a language of peace: religions in dialogue on the dignity of vulnerable children Astana (Fides News Agency) – Caring for children with incurable illnesses, safeguarding their dignity, and exploring the contribution religions can make in responding to human vulnerability are at the heart of the Seco ...