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VATICAN/VATICAN
ASEAN, communities of believers and the future of the world. Malaysian Ambassador Assan's "Lectio Magistralis" at Urbaniana University

by Gianni Valente Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In the globalized era, the countries and peoples of Southeast Asia represent a key “transregional actor” in seeking together sustainable and inclu ...

ASIA/KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops warn of AI-generated fake videos

Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Videos created with artificial intelligence (AI) and circulating on YouTube and other social media platforms are using the profiles of Korean Catholic bishops to spre ...

ASIA/HONG KONG
ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Chow: The condition of our Church must be observed following the reality of the facts and not false information

Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Broaden horizons, find time to be close to young people and invite everyone - especially those who express opinions from afar - to consider the events and the sit ...

ASIA/CHINA
ASIA/CHINA - Francis Li Jianlin consecrated Bishop of the Apostolic Prefecture of Xinxiang

Xinxiang (Agenzia Fides) – Today, Friday, December 5, Francis Li Jianlin was consecrated Bishop of the Apostolic Prefecture of Xinxiang, at the church in the Nanmenli, in the city of Xinxian ...

ASIA/PAKISTAN

Parliament approves establishment of Commission for Minority Rights: "A step that inspires hope for the country"

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN

Bishop of Tombura Yambio to the youth from the ten counties of Western Equaoria State: “A nation cannot build new paths on old wounds”

ASIA/LEBANON

General Abagnara (UNIFIL): “The Pope’s visit confirms us in our peacekeeping mission”

AFRICA/NIGERIA

Priest kidnapped in Kaduna State

Continents
VATICAN
VATICAN
"Missionary mandate" and Jubilee at the heart of the English-language training course at CIAM
AFRICA
CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
Despite Peace Agreement: M23 Advance towards Uvira
ASIA
BAHRAIN
“SERENADE: Let's spread the joy of Christmas”: Christmas preparations in the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia
AMERICA
PERU
Pontifical Mission Societies and the National Office for Catholic Education join forces for missionary formation in the country's schools
EUROPE
ITALY
“Changing Africa and changing the way we perceive it”: presentation of “The Metamorphosis of West Africa - Not only migration”
OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA
On mission in Australia, following in the footsteps of migrants
FIDES NEWS
2025-12-10
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops on nuclear power plant in Luzon: “Unacceptable risk”
2025-12-09
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Kontagora: "The freed hostages are on their way to their families"
2025-12-09
AFRICA/BENIN - Failed Coup attempt highlights divisions in West Africa
2025-12-09
ASIA/LEBANON - Bishop Berardi on the Pope's visit: “An extraordinary moment of faith and hope”
2025-12-09
ASIA/SRI LANKA - After Typhoon Ditwah, "we have to start from scratch," says the director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
2025-12-07
ASIA/PAKISTAN - After the murder of a Presbyterian priest: Christians pray for peace during Advent
2025-12-05
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Forum on social cohesion in Ivory Coast: Being peacemakers in everyday life
2025-12-05
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Appeal for the release of political prisoners
2025-12-04
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The government calls for dialogue with the North: Catholics pray for "hatred to be overcome"
News Analysis vai all'indice
Vatican
Turkey and Lebanon. Leo XIV's journey and prayer amidst the wounds of the Church and the world
Vatican
Artificial Intelligence and the Mission of the Church. An analytical contribution
Vatican
John Henry Newman and the Church Mission
Asia
Order of the World - Global Order and the "twilight" in which "monsters emerge"
Europe
The New Martyrs and the “Baptism in Blood”
America
The geopolitical implications of the Joint Declaration between Armenia and Azerbaijan
America
Coups, Chaos and Haiti’s Tragic Collapse
CEP APPOINTMENTS

AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed

AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE AND GAMBIA - Appointment of the new National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

ASIA/LEBANON - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed

Acts of the Holy See

ASIA/CHINA - Consecration of bishop of the Apostolic Prefecture of Xinxiang

AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Resignation and appointment of vicar apostolic of Leticia

AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Nkayi

ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Darjeeling

News
Dossier Special Issue Portugués
Evangelization
AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishop Tombura Yambio on Advent: “Hope for a land that cries, hope for a Church that arises”
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Cardinal Tagle at the "Great Pilgrimage of Hope": "We need more Wise Men and less Herod"
Promotion and Development
ASIA/LEBANON - Apostolic Vicar Essajyan: "the Pope's journey to the pilgrimage site of Saint Charbel, the poor, and the port marks the rebirth of the country"
AMERICA/HAITI - Melissa, gangs, thefts, assaults, and kidnappings fail to quell hope for a better life
Area crisis
AFRICA/CAMEROON - The priest abducted by separatists on November 15 is free
ASIA/LEBANON - Leo XIV to the Lebanese: Rebirth begins with small lights and small shoots
Migrants
AFRICA/UGANDA - Uganda's immigrant integration model confronts US administration plans
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The 12th Regional Meeting on the Pastoral Care of Human Mobility in Costa Rica
Politics
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Followers of the "Iglesia Ni Cristo" take to the streets: they demand "justice, accountability, transparency"
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Provincial elections in Punjab: Christian community calls for politics to be viewed as a mission
Missionaries Killed
AFRICA/NIGERIA - A seminarian kidnapped on July 10 has died from injuries sustained during the attack
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Seminarian dies at the hands of kidnappers, another freed
Civil society
ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian priest: "the government should listen to the expectations of young people"
EUROPE/ITALY - The "Sinderesi Foundation" celebrates its first ten years of activity in Rome
Local Churches
ASIA/MALAYSIA - From the "Great Pilgrimage of Hope," insights for the journey and witness of the Churches of Asia
ASIA/CHINA - The theological virtue of hope at the heart of the “Advent letters” of the Bishops of Hong Kong and Guangzhou
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