News - Agenzia Fides

ASIA/VIET NAM

A hidden treasure of faith and charity: the work of Vietnamese nuns among lepers

ASIA/BAHRAIN

Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia: "May this journey of Ramadan and Lent unite us also in these difficult moments"

ASIA/LEBANON

Middle East in flames, Catholic Patriarchs in Lebanon call for an immediate halt to the spiral of violence and a return to constructive dialogue

ASIA/LEBANON

Israeli "evacuation notice", but Christians in southern Lebanon remain in their villages

Continents

VATICAN

VATICAN

Online Seminar on March 11: Missionary Animation and Formation in Times of Artificial Intelligence

AFRICA

NIGERIA

Wukari Cathedral severely damaged by fire caused by short circuit

ASIA

CHINA

Chinese Catholic communities express their gratitude to women on their feast day

AMERICA

HAITI

A young aspiring priest killed by a drone; concern for the fate of a priest involved in prison ministry a month after his abduction

EUROPE

ITALY

Faith according to Joseph Ratzinger: “Like a child in his mother’s arms”

OCEANIA

VANUATU

New missionary frontier in Vanuatu: the first three Salesians arrive

FIDES NEWS

2026-03-06

ASIA/INDONESIA - The Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies: "moments of interreligious dialogue and common prayer for peace"

2026-03-06

AFRICA/DR CONGO - "In addition to Rwanda, the M23 and its Congolese leadership must be sanctioned"

2026-03-06

ASIA/PAKISTAN - People from different religions gather: “Let us pray with the Pope for peace in the Middle East and Pakistan”

2026-03-05

AFRICA/DR CONGO - “US sanctions against the Rwandan army confirm its presence in eastern DRC”

2026-03-05

ASIA/BAHRAIN - Public Masses resume tomorrow, launch of a National Volunteer Platform

2026-03-05

ASIA/SRI LANKA - Priest from Colombo "We know the wounds of war, it is always a defeat, let's return to dialogue"

2026-03-05

MIDDLE EAST - "Religions for Peace" call for: "an immediate cessation of hostilities and respect for human dignity"

2026-03-04

ASIA/YEMEN - Bishop Martinelli on the 10th anniversary of the attack on the Missionaries of Charity Sisters: “Witnesses to Christ's charity”

2026-03-04

AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - Awaiting the apostolic visit of Pope Leo XIV: "Mission is a vibrant part of the community"

News Analysis vai all'indice

Asia

Waste as a new form of colonialism in Africa and Asia

Vatican

Leo XIV, Saint Augustine, and the two Cities

America

Lessons from 1989. When a Nuncio Faced Off a US Invasion in Panama

Africa

Archbishop Nwachukwu: Free Nigeria from the "smokescreen" of widespread violence

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

CEP APPOINTMENTS

EUROPE/SWEDEN - Anna Sandberg, new National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies of the Nordic Countries

EUROPE/POLAND - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies.

AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

Acts of the Holy See

ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Tabuk

AFRICA/GUINEA - Resignation and succession of metropolitan archbishop of Conakry

AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Appointment of bishop of Agboville

AFRICA/SEYCHELLES - Resignation and appointment of bishop of Port Victoria or Seychelles

News
Dossier Special Issue Portugués

Evangelization

ASIA/INDIA - A Day of Prayer for Peace in the Middle East

VATICAN - English-language training course for the National Directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies begins on March 2

Promotion and Development

ASIA/INDONESIA - Mineral water, ice cream, pizza: three "San Camillo Dreams" come true

Working together for the good of the peoples: renewal of the memorandum of cooperation between the African Union and the Symposium of Bishops' Conferences of Africa and Madagascar

Area crisis

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Bishops after the recent massacres: "Let's avoid the culture of deadly revenge because this is not justice"

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - A total of 169 people were killed in attacks on Sunday, March 1st in Abiemnhom County

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/BANGLADESH - Bishop Gomes on the parliamentary elections: "Bangladeshi Christians have great hope for a future of stability and peace"

ASIA/THAILAND - Bishop of Surat Thani: “The new government must promote a lasting peace agreement with Cambodia”

Missionaries Killed

AFRICA/UGANDA - Leading one's own killers to salvation: the Christian adventure of missionary Raffaele Di Bari

AFRICA/NIGERIA - A seminarian kidnapped on July 10 has died from injuries sustained during the attack

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/CHINA - Called and led to true happiness. The "Program for the practice of charity" for the Lenten journey of the Parish of Lucheng

ASIA/HONG KONG - The parish of Our Lady of Lourdes, of the Missions Étrangères de Paris, celebrates 130 years of its missionary history

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