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VATICAN - "Church of Rome, Missionary Church": Cardinal Reina opens the Urbaniana's Academic Year

Rome (Fides News Agency) – "The Gospel reaches Rome so that from Rome it may keep on running." Cardinal Baldassare Reina, ...
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Catholic Church Statistics 2026

Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – The number of Catholics worldwide is increasing, and the number of priests is growing again, albeit slightly. Meanwhile, the number of women religious and major ...
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ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - “Spiritual diplomacy” in the face of global challenges: ethics, artificial intelligence and climate change

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 Reconciliation ...
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VATICAN - New “Donum Missionis” Foundation brings the missionary colleges in Rome under one institution

Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – From 1 November 2026, the “Domus Missionalis” and “Domus Urbaniana” Foundations will cease to exist as separate entities and will be brought together under a single ...
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AFRICA/BURKINA FASO — A war within a war: the clash between JNIM and the Islamic State in the Sahel

Ouagadougou (Fides News Agency) — A war within a war is being fought in the sands of the Sahara, in the tri-border area where Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso meet. Here, the two main jihadist groups ...
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Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia meet to discuss tensions and unresolved issues in the Horn of Africa

El Alamein (Fides News Agency) – As geopolitical tensions and internal conflicts continue to shake the Horn of Africa, the presidents of Egypt, Somalia and Eritrea, together with the head of Sudan’s ...
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100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATIONS OF THE FIRST SIX CHINESE BISHOPS - Bishop Simone Zhu Kaimin and the Diocese of Haimen

One hundred years after the ordination of the first six Chinese bishops consecrated in modern times, (October 28, 1926), ...
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Cardinal Tagle to Link Macau’s 450-Year Missionary Legacy With Asia’s Evangelization in the Age of AI

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization and Dean of the College of Cardinals, ...
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El cardenal Tagle vinculará la herencia misionera de Macao, con 450 años de historia, a la misión en Asia en la era de la inteligencia artificial

Macao (Agencia Fides) – El cardenal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pro-prefecto del Dicasterio para la Evangelización y decano del Colegio Cardenalicio, invitará a la Iglesia católica en Asia a vincular su rica ...
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VATICAN/MONGOLIA - Leo XIV receives Cardinal Marengo and the abbot of Gandan Monastery, the heart of Mongolian Buddhism

This morning Pope Leo XIV received Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, and the Venerable D.
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“El intercambio de dones entre las Iglesias requiere conversión”: el padre Stan Chu Ilo sobre la “Iglesia de las Gavillas”

Roma (Agencia Fides) – Iglesias diferentes, muchas historias y un intercambio de dones que fluye en todas las direcciones. Con motivo del primer Congreso Internacional sobre la «Iglesia de las ...
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From a French pioneer of the American frontier to Pope Leo XIV: Sister Lyn Osiek's long missionary journey

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 1818. Her journey forms part of the wider ...