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ASIA/BAHRAIN

San Francesco 800: Music and fraternity at the Cathedral in Awali to celebrate the Poverello of Assisi

EUROPE/ITALY

Young hearts and the encounter with reality

ASIA/SRI LANKA

Easter attacks verdict: 15 of 24 defendants convicted

ASIA/CHINA

Odorico Cheng Hede and the Diocese of Puchi

Continents

VATICAN

VATICAN

The Course in Nemi: an open laboratory on the Bishops’ “missionary mandate”

AFRICA

SOUTH SUDAN

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN — Kiir dissolves government ahead of December 22 elections

ASIA

MYANMAR

ASIA/MYANMAR — Bishop among displaced people in Kachin State: “You are not forgotten”

AMERICA

UNITED STATES

Sons and Daughters of the same Father. Fulton Sheen and racial segregation

EUROPE

POLAND

Mission seeks new paths: the message that emerged from the autumn meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies

OCEANIA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Cardinal Tagle at Bougainville Jubilee: “Faith arrived here through the celebration of the Eucharist”

FIDES NEWS

2026-09-23

AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops raise the alarm: Ghana is becoming a cocaine hub:

2026-09-23

ASIA/SRI LANKA - Easter bombings: “Towards Truth and Justice”

2026-09-23

AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Archbishop of Nampula to Catholic university graduates: “Science without conscience is simply the ruin of the soul”

2026-09-22

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Auxiliary Bishop of Juba: “How do you conduct elections without a census and a constitution?”

2026-09-21

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - International Day of Peace. Bishop of Tombura-Yambio: “Our wounds belong to our history; peace is the legacy we must leave to our children”

2026-09-21

The seed of the Gospel and mission: Archbishop Sangalli concludes the formation Course for bishops in Nemi with a meditation on St Charles de Foucauld - The seed of the Gospel and mission: Archbishop Sangalli concludes the formation Course for bishops in Nemi with a meditation on St Charles de Foucauld

2026-09-21

AFRICA/SOMALIA - Humanitarian crisis compounded by political and institutional instability

2026-09-21

ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - New Constitution confirms ban on death penalty: “Human dignity is inviolable”

2026-09-20

AFRICA/MALAWI - Archbishop Nwachukwu at the Jubilee marking 125 years of the Gospel in Malawi. Two new priests for a Church called to set out anew on mission

News Analysis vai all'indice

Europe

Leo XIV in Paris: A missionary topography

Vatican

An American at the Second Vatican Council: Archbishop Sheen’s contribution to the Decree “Ad gentes” on the Church’s missionary activity

Asia

The Centenary of the consecration of Six Chinese Bishops and the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China

America

Beyond the clichés. Fulton Sheen's lessons in ‘communication’

Europe

Behind the figures: the fragmented and “indecipherable” expectations that will greet Leo XIV

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

CEP APPOINTMENTS

EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

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

Acts of the Holy See

AFRICA/MOROCCO - Appointment of Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabat

ASIA/CHINA - Ordination of the Archbishop of Chongqing

ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of Bishop of Datong

ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Resignation and appointment of the Superior of the Mission sui iuris of Turkmenistan

News
Dossier Special Issue Portugués

Evangelization

EUROPE/ITALY - Lazarist Bishop Markos Gebremedhin: “Looking at the episcopal ministry with renewed eyes”

EUROPE/ITALY - “All for One”: Missio Ragazzi launches new formation programme for 2026-2027

Promotion and Development

“Listen before proposing, accompany without replacing”: Caritas aid workers share their experience alongside communities

AFRICA/RWANDA - Bishop of Byumba Appeals to Rwanda’s Youth: “Leave those Ibyuma behind”

Area crisis

ASIA/MYANMAR - Bishop Bernardino Ne Ne: “We listen to the people and stand alongside the displaced. Peace is imperative”

AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Bishops call for clarity over the death of Bishop Osório Citora Afonso

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

The BRICS between “global governance” challenges and the growing role of African countries

AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Civil society and the Church: “The rule of law and constitutional guarantees at risk”

Missionaries Killed

AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest shot dead in the Diocese of Huejutla

Leo XIV: in the lives of new martyrs and witnesses, the reflection of Christ’s victory over death

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

ASIA/HONG KONG - The “journey” towards the Diocesan Assembly on Synodality begins

ASIA/HONG KONG - Celebration of the 105th anniversary of the founding of the “Legion of Mary”

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