News

• 9 October 2026
  VATICAN - Resignation of the dean and approval of the election of the new dean of the College of Cardinals Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the office of the dean of the College of Cardinals presented by His Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who will assume the title o ...
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  9 October 2026
  VATICAN - Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is the new Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization of the Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches, is the new Dean of the College of ...
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  9 October 2026
  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” Tombura Yambio (Fides News Agency) – “Contest the election, but protect the family. Serve the people, but do not destroy one another.” This is the appeal made by Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura Yambio ahe ...
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  9 October 2026
  Brazil - October 4 elections could shape the Country’s future by Cosimo Graziani Brasilia (Fides News Agency) – The first round of Brazil’s presidential election on October 4 confirmed analysts’ expectations. The two leading candidates – Flavio Bolsonaro of the Liberal P ...
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  9 October 2026
  EUROPE/ITALY - Interview with the Superior General of the Society of African Missions: “Mission Today: Stepping out of our comfort zone” by Antonella Prenna Rome (Fides News Agency) – Father François Marie Hervé du Penhoat has been at the head of the Society of African Missions for almost a year and a half, at a time of profound transformation. Aft ...
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  8 October 2026
  CHINA/VATICAN - From “exceptional event” to a common practice: Chinese bishops take part in Holy See initiatives by Marta Zhao Rome (Fides News Agency) – In 1998, when Pope John Paul II invited two bishops from the People’s Republic of China to Rome to participate in the Synod on Asia, their seats remained empty. The two inv ...
• 8 October 2026
  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 City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Sr. Mary Teresa Barron, N.S.A., superior general of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles, as adjunct secretary of the Dicastery ...
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  8 October 2026
  VATICAN - Sister Mary Teresa Barron appointed adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization and president of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – Pope Leo XIV has appointed the Reverend Sr. Mary Teresa Barron, N.S.A., superior general of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles, as adjunct secretary of the Dicastery f ...
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  8 October 2026
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - Religious leaders approve three documents: from dialogue to joint action for peace and human dignity by Paolo Affatato Astana (Fides News Agency) – The 24th session of the Secretariat of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, held in Astana on 7 October, provides a clear picture of the evolutio ...
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  8 October 2026
  Missions in upheaval: World Mission Sunday during the years of war by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) – “Our missionaries are there, standing firm in the trenches of faith, like watchful sentinels at the outposts.” On 19 October 1940, as the war was also devast ...
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  7 October 2026
  ASIA/INDIA - From south India's coastal plains to the Himalayan foothills: the missionary path of Bishop Edward Baretto of Darjeeling by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Darjeeling (Fides News Agency) – When Pope Leo XIV appointed Fr. Edward Baretto coadjutor bishop of Darjeeling on 29 November 2025, he confirmed a journey spanning four decades and the lengt ...
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  7 October 2026
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - “Spiritual diplomacy” in the face of global challenges: ethics, artificial intelligence and climate change by Paolo Affatato Astana (Fides News Agency) – The 24th meeting of the Secretariat of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, taking place today, October 7, at the Palace of Peace and Reconciliat ...
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  7 October 2026
  Pope Leo XIV: Let us celebrate the 100th anniversary of World Mission Sunday with gratitude and generosity
  Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – We publish below the text of the video message delivered by Pope Leo XIV in preparation for World Mission Sunday, established 100 ye ...
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  7 October 2026
  In Malawi, a whole stadium celebrates 100 years of World Mission Sunday: “United in Christ, united in mission” Mzuzu (Fides News Agency) – The Catholic Church in Malawi celebrated the centenary of World Mission Sunday on Saturday, October 3, at Mzuzu Stadium. Established in 1926 by Pope Pius XI, World Mission Sunday is an occas ...
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  6 October 2026
  The Popes and World Mission Sunday Rome (Fides News Agency) – From Pius XII’s appeal during wartime to the annual papal messages of Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis (while in the early years the texts were often drafted by the Cardinal ...