News

• 26 May 2026
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Taungngu Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Bernardino Ne Ne, of the clergy of the diocese of Loikaw, until now parish priest of Mother of God in Sondu, as coadjutor bishop of the dioces ...
• 26 May 2026
  ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Daegu Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Simon Jong-Gang Kim, until now bishop of Cheongju, as coadjutor archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Daegu, Korea. Archbishop-elect Simon ...
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  26 May 2026
  "Why are you here?": the legacy of a Korean missionary in Mongolia by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Ulaanbaatar (Fides News Agency) - Three years after his death on May 26, 2023, the figure of Father Stephen Kim SeongHueon remains very much alive in the memory of the Church in Mongolia. A ...
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  25 May 2026
  ASIA/BRUNEI - The life of Catholics in the Islamic monarchy: "With faith and benevolence, praying for local vocations, we are happy" Bandar Seri Begawan (Fides News Agency) – In the small Sultanate of Brunei, located in the northwest of the island of Borneo, there are three Catholic churches and three priests in total, all born there, because only n ...
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  25 May 2026
  ENCYCLICAL - “Magnifica humanitas” and the risk of the digital age becoming “colonial in another form” Vatican City (Fides News Agency) — By dating his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on May 15, Pope Leo XIV deliberately places himself within a well-defined tradition: that of the great social encyclicals, and in ...
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  25 May 2026
  VATICAN - Archbishop Nugent appointed Apostolic Nuncio to the Czech Republic Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - “I receive my appointment as Apostolic Nuncio to the Czech Republic on the day we celebrate the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church, to whom I entrust this new mission, this new stage ...
• 25 May 2026
  ASIA/KYRGYZSTAN - Elevation to the Episcopal Dignity of the Apostolic Administrator of Kyrgyzstan Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has elevated to episcopal dignity, assigning him the titular see of Aeto, the Reverend Father Anthony James Corcoran, S.J., apostolic administrator of Kyrgyzstan. H.E. ...
• 25 May 2026
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – On April 27, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Father Alf ...
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  23 May 2026
  Artificial Intelligence is not made only of bits, but above all of atoms: the environmental consequences of the new "technological promise" by Luca Mainoldi Rome (Fides News Agency) – On the occasion of the publication of Pope Leo XIV's first Encyclical on Artificial Intelligence (AI) on May 25, its impact on the consumption of natural resources should ...
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  23 May 2026
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Apostolic Vicar Shaw: "A mission of love and fraternity in Balochistan" Quetta (Fides News Agency) – Christians in Balochistan live and bear witness to their faith in Christ in the spirit of love, building bridges between different population groups: This was stated by Msgr. Sebastian Shaw ...
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  22 May 2026
  Poverty, education, access to water: a cry for help from the vicariates of the Peruvian region of Loreto Iquitos (Fides News Agency) – The Apostolic Vicariates of the Peruvian region of Loreto are sounding the alarm: In light of the latest data from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) on economic p ...
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  22 May 2026
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Proclaiming the Gospel, schools, development: the new Catholic community close to the indigenous people in the Northwest Joypurhat (Fides News Agency) - The Catholic community of Joypurhat is “young, poor, but dynamic and closely connected with the indigenous communities.” It is “a sign of the Church’s growth and its outreach to et ...
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  22 May 2026
  Theologian Bevans: "Contextual Theology" and new paths of mission Stephen Bennett. Bevans, SVD, is an American Catholic theologian and missiologist, professor emeritus of mission and culture at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and one of the key architects of contemporary context ...
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  22 May 2026
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Plenary Council of the Society of African Missions: Inclusion and a sense of belonging for a renewed mission Lagos (Fides News Agency) – “Let us commit ourselves to including everyone,” urged Father François du Penhoat, Superior General of the Society of African Missions (SMA), at the opening of the 2026 Plenary Council, ...
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  21 May 2026
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops' appeal to priests: impartiality and prudence during election time Bogotá (Fides News Agency) – In line with the initiatives already launched to promote responsible voting in the run-up to the presidential elections scheduled for May 31, 2026 (see Fides, 16/5/2026), the Colombian Epi ...