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ASIA/INDIA

From south India's coastal plains to the Himalayan foothills: the missionary path of Bishop Edward Baretto of Darjeeling

ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN

“Spiritual diplomacy” in the face of global challenges: ethics, artificial intelligence and climate change

VATICAN/VATICAN

Pope Leo XIV: Let us celebrate the 100th anniversary of World Mission Sunday with gratitude and generosity

VATICAN/VATICAN

The Popes and World Mission Sunday

Continents

VATICAN

VATICAN

Sister Mary Teresa Barron appointed adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization and president of the Pontifical Mission Societies

AFRICA

SOUTH SUDAN

Bishop Hiiboro Kussala ahead of the General Elections: “Contest the election, but protect the family. Serve the people, but do not destroy one another”

ASIA

QATAR

The Inauguration of the Holy Childhood society: a joyful day for the Church in the country

AMERICA

BRAZIL

October 4 elections could shape the Country’s future

EUROPE

ITALY

Interview with the Superior General of the Society of African Missions: “Mission Today: Stepping out of our comfort zone”

OCEANIA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

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

FIDES NEWS

2026-10-07

In Malawi, a whole stadium celebrates 100 years of World Mission Sunday: “United in Christ, united in mission” - In Malawi, a whole stadium celebrates 100 years of World Mission Sunday: “United in Christ, united in mission”

2026-10-05

100 YEARS SINCE THE ORDINATION OF THE FIRST SIX CHINESE BISHOPS - Bishop Aloysius Chen Guodi and the Diocese of Fenyang

2026-10-05

Bible and cultures: Christian identity as encounter - Bible and cultures: Christian identity as encounter

2026-10-05

EUROPE/FRANCE - Bishop Aldo Berardi: “What Metz can teach Ukraine, the Holy Land and the Middle East about reconciliation”

2026-10-04

Sudan’s war and the arms trade that supplies both sides - Sudan’s war and the arms trade that supplies both sides

2026-10-03

ASIA/MALAYSIA - Repatriation of the Rohingya to Myanmar: Malaysia and Bangladesh take different approaches

2026-10-02

ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishop of Larantuka after the earthquake: “We are experiencing great solidarity and remain united”. “Vocations in Flores: a gift for the whole Church”

2026-10-02

AFRICA/ZAMBIA - African Bishops express concern over the arrest of Archbishop Banda

2026-10-02

ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Care as a language of peace: religions in dialogue on the dignity of vulnerable children

News Analysis vai all'indice

Asia

“The fate of the flock is my fate”: Bishop Anthony Corcoran’s missionary road

Europe

Leo XIV in Metz: Europe seeks peace in the "Lantern of the Good Lord"

Europe

The journey of Leo XIV celebrates the intertwining of popular Christianity and the understanding of faith

Europe

Historian Dumont: Leo XIV’s visit comes amid expectations of a “new missionary impetus”

America

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

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

CEP APPOINTMENTS

AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

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

Acts of the Holy See

VATICAN - Appointment of adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization in the Section for First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches, with the office of president of the Pontifical Mission Societies

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

AFRICA/MOROCCO - Appointment of Coadjutor Archbishop of Rabat

ASIA/CHINA - Ordination of the Archbishop of Chongqing

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Evangelization

ASIA/PAKISTAN - In Mariamabad, the memory of Capuchin missionary Father Frank Van Butsele, who gave his life for the Gospel

ASIA/PAKISTAN - Franciscan family marks the 800th anniversary of the Transitus of St. Francis in a spirit of dialogue and peace

Promotion and Development

“Wecare” missionary experiences/II - When mission becomes a journey of faith

AFRICA/NIGER - Canadians, Australians and Americans relaunch Niger’s uranium industry

Area crisis

AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Tigray, the Eparch of Adigrat raises alarm: “We are completely isolated; humanitarian access is urgently needed”

United States lifts sanctions on Eritrea

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

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

Missionaries Killed

EUROPE/POLAND - Funeral of Father Zbojnowicz, killed in attack on Jarosław monastery, to be held Tuesday, September 29

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

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

The Gospel bears fruit among mountainous ethnic minorities in Northern Vietnam

Bishop Martinelli at the Inter-Christian Symposium in Thessaloniki: Migrants have made the Arabian Peninsula a “Laboratory of an Intercultural Church”

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