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AMERICA/COLOMBIA

Earthquake in Chocó: Church community comes to the aid of displaced people. Bishops: “Recognize ourselves as one family”

AFRICA/NIGERIA

Seminarian and lay faithful kidnapped in attack on St. Joseph’s Church released

AMERICA/ECUADOR

Hope can rise again amid the rubble: The mission of Catholic Schools in the peripheries of Latin America

ASIA/PHILIPPINES

The life of the Missionaries of Mary Queen of Heaven: restoring dignity to women victims of exploitation

Continents

VATICAN

VATICAN

The feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord Jesus in a world disfigured by war

AFRICA

ZAMBIA

Country goes to the polls; Caritas denounces arrests and detention of opposition figures in undisclosed locations

ASIA

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Catholic Culture Fair in Seoul serves as a “trial run” ahead of World Youth Day 2027

AMERICA

PERU

Edgard Rimaycuna, secretary to Pope Leo XIV, brings the Pope's blessing to Chiclayo

EUROPE

CZECH REPUBLIC

German massacres of 1945 during the “Jubilee of Reconciliation”

OCEANIA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Papua New Guinea’s hidden treasure: The wisdom of elder missionaries

FIDES NEWS

2026-08-12

AFRICA/SUDAN - War enters a new phase as front shifts towards Kordofan and Blue Nile

2026-08-12

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Christian leaders: "The 2026 elections must not fuel insecurity and violence"

2026-08-11

AFRICA/LIBYA - Two attacks in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica raise tensions

2026-08-10

AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Archdiocese of Lusaka confirms candlelight prayers (not to be politicized) for peace on the eve of the vote

2026-08-09

AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Government task force to tackle illegal mining

2026-08-08

ASIA/MALAYSIA - Radio Veritas Asia Mandarin Service marks 50 Years with Malaysian concert tour celebrating Chinese sacred music

2026-08-07

Archbishop Nwachukwu’s “compass” for Catholic communicators: “You are disciples before being influencers” - Archbishop Nwachukwu’s “compass” for Catholic communicators: “You are disciples before being influencers”

2026-08-07

AFRICA/NIGERIA - Missionary Childhood: Sister Inês Paulo Albino to diocesan directors: mission is born from an encounter with Christ and expressed through service

2026-08-07

AMERICA/CUBA - Caritas continues distributing humanitarian aid: “We cannot reach everyone, but we want to remain close to those most in need”

News Analysis vai all'indice

America

The Manual of Latin American Ecclesial Communities to address the addiction crisis: A story of Communion

Europe

At the Shrine of Banneux, the first Marian Missionary Festival: Mary, face of dialogue and mission in Asia

Vatican

"Christianity is only just beginning": How Leo XIV's missionary vision is rooted in the Acts of the Apostles

America

Defending land means defending life: Latin American Churches Stand alongside communities in mining conflicts

Europe

Cardinals Vesco and Marengo: "At the school of the Acts of the Apostles, in the deserts of the world"

Europe

messianisms and Augustinian realism: scholars and analysts revisit Leo XIV’s teaching on international politics and Global scenarios

Europe

There's no need to tilt at windmills. The Pope in Spain, Don Quixote, and the mission of the Church

CEP APPOINTMENTS

EUROPE/SLOVENIA - Appointment of New Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

EUROPE/GREECE - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

EUROPE/BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

Acts of the Holy See

ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Karaganda

ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of bishop of Dindigul

AFRICA/DR CONGO - Appointment of bishop of Kabinda

ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of coadjutor bishop of Bameng

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Evangelization

Archbishop Ulloa in Seville for the Feast of Our Lady of the Kings: "Two Sister Churches united since the beginning of evangelization"

VATICAN - Vietnamese-language online missionary formation course on Pope’s Message for World Mission Sunday begins on Saturday, August 8

Promotion and Development

AFRICA/GHANA - Bishop Gyamfi reaffirms the Church's willingness to contribute to the healthcare sector, especially in rural areas

AMERICA/HAITI - Not just violence and crisis: in Pourcine Pic Makaya, the Catholic Community brings clean water to new families

Area crisis

AMERICA/HAITI - At least 20 people killed by criminal gangs in the municipality of Gressier

AFRICA/GUINEA - Controversy over President Doumbouya's vacationin Greece as opposition and citizens remain divided

Migrants

ASIA - “Choral compassion” to stop migrant tragedies in the “Mediterranean of Asia”

AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Anti-immigration protests under way as thousands of migrants return home in recent weeks

Politics

AFRICA/GUINEA - President seeks to dispel health concerns with post on X

AFRICA/NIGERIA - Presidency seeks to ease tensions with the Catholic Church following Cardinal Onaiyekan’s statements

Missionaries Killed

AFRICA/NIGERIA - Deep sorrow over the killing of Father Oyetoro; relief over the release of the seminarian kidnapped in Otukpo

AFRICA/NIGERIA - Priest killed in roadside ambush

Civil society

Archbishop Sangalli at the funeral chamber of fashion designer Valentino Garavani for a moment of prayer and reflection together with family members

AFRICA/GABON - Faced with alarm over "ritual murders", the President asks the population whether they want the death penalty reintroduced

Local Churches

LATIN AMERICA - "Care unites us": CELAM, CLAR and Caritas promote a culture of "caring for others"

AMERICA/PERU - Peruvian Bishops express their “Closeness and solidarity”

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