News Analysis

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  18 September 2026
  POPE IN FRANCE/VI - Leo XIV in Paris: A missionary topography by Marie-Lucile Kubacki On September 25 and 26, Pope Leo XIV will travel to Paris and Saint-Denis, the first French stops on a journey that will also take him to Lourdes and Metz. Over the course of these two days, hi ...
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  15 September 2026
  BEATIFICATION OF FULTON SHEEN/III - An American at the Second Vatican Council: Archbishop Sheen’s contribution to the Decree “Ad gentes” on the Church’s missionary activity by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Vatican City (Fides News Agency) – It is a little-known episode of the Second Vatican Council, but its decree on the missions owes much to a single American bishop: Fulton J. Sheen. Among ...
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  14 September 2026
  The Centenary of the consecration of Six Chinese Bishops and the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China by Paul Han* Shijiazhuang (Fides News Agency) –Fides News Agency publishes this article by Chinese priest Paul Han as a contribution to reflection and further study in view of the forthcoming Centenary of the episco ...
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  7 September 2026
  BEATIFICATION OF FULTON SHEEN/II - Beyond the clichés. Fulton Sheen's lessons in ‘communication’ by Marie-Lucile Kubacki New York (Fides News Agency) - The future Blessed did not conquer America solely thanks to the rise of television. His popularity arose from the combination of rigorous theological preparation ...
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  19 August 2026
  POPE IN FRANCE/II - Behind the figures: the fragmented and “indecipherable” expectations that will greet Leo XIV by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Paris (Fides news Agency) – An exceptional mobilization is taking shape ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France. Tickets for the events scheduled during the papal visit have been snapped u ...
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  31 July 2026
  The Manual of Latin American Ecclesial Communities to address the addiction crisis: A story of Communion by Monica Poletto Bogotá (Fides News Agency) – The meeting is scheduled for the end of August in Rome. For two days, a group of men and women from across Latin America who contributed to the development and draftin ...
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  24 July 2026
  At the Shrine of Banneux, the first Marian Missionary Festival: Mary, face of dialogue and mission in Asia by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Banneux (Fides News Agency) –Showing the link that unites devotion to the Mother of God with the missionary vocation, and the joy of proclaiming the Gospel, an experience open to every baptiz ...
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  10 July 2026
  "Christianity is only just beginning": How Leo XIV's missionary vision is rooted in the Acts of the Apostles by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) – “Your regular book for prayer and meditation should be the Acts of the Apostles. Go there to find your inspiration. And the protagonist of that book is the Holy S ...
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  9 July 2026
  Defending land means defending life: Latin American Churches Stand alongside communities in mining conflicts by Laura Gómez Ruiz Chitré (Fides News Agency) – "Our only concern is to safeguard the life of every human being." With these words, Bishop Rafael Valdivieso of Chitré recently summed up the concern of the Cathol ...
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  24 June 2026
  Cardinals Vesco and Marengo: "At the school of the Acts of the Apostles, in the deserts of the world" by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Rome (Fides News Agency) - At the school of the Acts of the Apostles, Cardinals Jean-Paul Vesco, Archbishop of Algiers, and Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic Prefect of Ulan Bator, agreed to revisit ...
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  23 June 2026
  Between political neo-messianisms and Augustinian realism: scholars and analysts revisit Leo XIV’s teaching on international politics and Global scenarios Rome (Fides News Agency) – One year after the election of Pope Leo XIV, a public lecture at the Pontifical Gregorian University has offered one of the first comprehensive readings of his pontificate in the field of int ...
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  13 June 2026
  There's no need to tilt at windmills. The Pope in Spain, Don Quixote, and the mission of the Church by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Madrid (Fides News Agency) – In one of the most important speeches of his trip to Spain, Pope Leo XIV, meeting with members of the Spanish Paraments, quoted the father of Spanish literature, ...
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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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  21 May 2026
  Artificial intelligence as a weapon of war: "We are killing people using metadata" by Luca Mainoldi Rome (Fides News Agency) – On the occasion of the publication of Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical on artificial intelligence (AI) on May 25, the question of AI's use in warfare is also a key topic. AI ...
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  13 May 2026
  At Urbaniana University, the spotlight is on the relevance of "Contextual Theology," at the service of the mission Rome (Fides News Agency) – In his opening address at the Pontifical Urbaniana University on May 12, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, spoke about the doctrine o ...